Alexander Vedernikov (bass)
Alexander Vedernikov | |
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Born | Alexander Filippovich Vedernikov 23 December 1927 |
Died | 9 January 2018[1] | (aged 90)
Nationality | Russian |
Awards | People's Artist of the USSR (1976)[2] |
Alexander Filippovich Vedernikov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Фили́ппович Веде́рников; 23 December 1927 – 9 January 2018) was a Soviet and Russian opera and chamber singer (bass) and teacher. He was soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre of the USSR in 1958–1990.
His son is a Russian conductor Alexander Vedernikov.[3]
Awards[]
- Winner of the performers competition of World Festival of Youth and Students (2nd Prize, 1953)
- Winner of Robert Schumann International Competition for Pianists and Singers (1956)
- Winner of the All-Union competition for the execution of works by Soviet composers (1st prize, 1956)
- Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1961)
- People's Artist of the RSFSR (1967)
- USSR State Prize (1969)
- People's Artist of the USSR (1976)
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Categories:
- 1927 births
- 2018 deaths
- 20th-century male singers
- 20th-century Russian opera singers
- 20th-century Russian singers
- People from Sovetsky District, Kirov Oblast
- People from Yaransky Uyezd
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- Honorary Members of the Russian Academy of Arts
- Moscow Conservatory alumni
- Honored Artists of the RSFSR
- People's Artists of the RSFSR
- People's Artists of the USSR
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
- Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Recipients of the USSR State Prize
- Russian basses
- Russian music educators
- Russian opera singers
- Soviet music educators
- Soviet opera singers
- Russia stubs