In 2020/2021, the young Russian bass Ilia Kazakov (*1992), alumnus of the Kazan State Conservatoire, joins the Opera Studio of the Vienna State Opera as a scholarship holder of the Czerwenka Private Foundation.
Mr Kazakov is the winner of the 2019 VII International Competition of Opera Artists Galina Višniewski and also won the special prize (a year of study at the Opera Singing Center, where he has been studying since September 2019).
Master classes include the International Young Opera Project in Italy in October 2019, where he performed at Teatro Olimpico of Vicenza under Christian Ricci. He also participated in the casting of the television show "Big Opera", which led to an invitation to the Theatre of the Helicon Opera.
Mr Kazakov is the winner of the 2019 VII International Competition of Opera Artists Galina Višniewski and also won the special prize (a year of study at the Opera Singing Center, where he has been studying since September 2019).
Master classes include the International Young Opera Project in Italy in October 2019, where he performed at Teatro Olimpico of Vicenza under Christian Ricci. He also participated in the casting of the television show "Big Opera", which led to an invitation to the Theatre of the Helicon Opera.