Born: 2 June 1970
Voice: Bass
Studied at: Gnesin State Academy of Music, Moscow 1990-95
Tigran first studied physics before deciding to become an opera singer. He began singing professionally in 1993. His roles include Salieri Mozart and Salieri and Gremin Eugene Onegin for Moscow Municipal Theatre, and Ramphis Aida, Raimondo Lucia di Lammermoor and King of Clubs Love of Three Oranges for Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow. European tours include Shostakovich concerts with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rostropovich and a performance of Philip in Don Carlo for Sophia Opera. His numerous prizes include a special prize and diploma at the tenth International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1994 and second prizes in the Queen Sonja Competition in Oslo in 1995.
His leisure interests include computers and cinema.
Tigran Martirosian made a very strong impression. The Armenian bass tackled a broadly outgoing programme with vocal gusto and a range of expressive gesture which suggested a comfortable amount of stage experience: Mr Martirosian seemed perfectly at ease with his material, and with the audience. His was a well-chosen programme beginning with Zaccaria's prayer from Act 2 of Verdi's Nabucco and continuing with Mussorgsky's famous 'Song of the Flea'. An unusual item was a song by Sviridov (1915-1998) -- a vivid drinking song based on a translation into Russian of a poem by Robert Burns. His programme concluded with Basilio's showpiece patter-aria 'La Calunnia' from Rossini's The Barber of Seville: Mr Martirosian's confident acting made the audience forget that this was a concert performance.
Graeme Kay
Preliminary
Verdi Nabucco Act 2 - Vieni, o Levita!-Tu sul labbro
Mussorgsky - The Song of the Flea
Sviridov - The day is gane and mirk's the night
Rossini Il Barbiere di Siviglia Act 1 No 6 - La calunnia
Opera d'Avignon: Sparafucile Rigoletto
Minnesota Opera: Mephistopheles Faust
London Symphony Orchestra, Salzburg Festival, Teatro Comunale di Firenze, Munich Opera: Les Troyens
