Bagdasar Khachikyan

Born 1984 in Krasnodar, Russia, Bagdasar Khachikyan began his musical studies with Galina Velmiseva, first as a baritone and from 2005 on as a countertenor. Following his studies with Ivan Myakishev and Yuriy Drozhnyak he became the Conservatory’s first countertenor graduate. He subsequently refined his vocal skills at the Trossingen University of Music in Germany under the guidance of Alexandra Coku. In 2006 Bagdasar Khachikyan made his Moscow debut singing the alto part in Mozart’s Requiem at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall with Vladimir Ponkin conducting the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. Having performed in various concert halls in Krasnodar he began touring through Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg as a soprano soloist of the Don Cossack Choir Serge Jaroff. H