Gennady Pishchayev
Gennady Pishchayev | |
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| Born | Gennady Mikhailovich Pishchayev 30 July 1927 |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation | singer |
| Years active | since 1953 |
Gennady Mikhailovich Pishchayev (Russian: Генна́дий Миха́йлович Пища́ев; born July 30, 1927) is a Soviet opera singer, lyric tenor altino.[1] Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1965).[2][3]
Biography
[edit]Gennady was born in the village of Zirgan, Meleuzovsky District, Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.[2][3] His brother Pavel is an honorary citizen of the Salavat, director of the sulfuric acid and catalyst plant of the Salavat petrochemical plant.[3]
The parents of Gennady, Mikhail Stepanovich and Klavdiya Petrovna (nee Makarova), were ordinary people. The grandfather of Gennady Pishchaev was a blacksmith. The family was very fond of singing, his father played the accordion well, his father's brother was considered a good singer.[3]
He was born without an arm, which did not prevent him from developing many talents.[3]
Currently lives in Moscow.[4]
Career
[edit]He worked at the Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theater (Ufa), where he performed the part of Lensky in the opera Eugene Onegin (1966).[5]
He worked at the Leningrad Maly Opera and Ballet Theatre, where he also performed the part of Lensky (1968).[4]
Since 1980 he taught at the vocal faculty of GITIS.[4]
In 1988 at the Bolshoi Theatre, he sang the part of the Astrologer in Rimsky-Korsakov's The Golden Cockerel. In the film Mirror for a Hero, Gennady Pishchayev sang Smith's serenade from Bizet's opera La jolie fille de Perth.[4][6]
Awards
[edit]June 17, 1999 – Order of Friendship[7]
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]- Gennady Pishchayev (Mono, 1960)
- Gennady Pishchayev (RP, 1968)
- Songs And Dances of The Renaissance (LP, 1977) with Sándor Kallós
- Romances (LP)
- Tchaikovsky. Sixteen Songs for Children (LP, 1980)
Singles
[edit]- Sweetheart, Wonderful / High Wave On the Volga (Mono, 1954)
- Rendezvous (Mono, 1965)
References
[edit]- ^ "Мужские голоса. Тенор". Archived from the original on 2011-10-12. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
- ^ a b G.M. Pishchayev // Musical Encyclopedia / ed. Yuri Keldysh, 1978. – vol. 4
- ^ a b c d e "Геннадий Пищаев. Радио во Благо". 10 January 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-02-15. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
- ^ a b c d Владимир Молчанов. Геннадий Пищаев в программе «Рандеву с дилетантом»
- ^ "Его голос до сих пор считается непревзойдённым". Archived from the original on 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
- ^ "Кинофильм «Зеркало для героя» режиссуры Владимира Хотиненко. Серенада из оперы Бизе «Пертская красавица»". songkino.ru (in Russian). 21 October 2018. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
- ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 17.06.1999 г. № 786 • Президе…". archive.ph. 2018-09-14. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
External links
[edit]- Геннадий Пищаев: «Наверное, я счастливый человек, потому что пел ту музыку, которая нравилась»
- Gennady Pishchayev. Je Crois Entendre Encore
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