Gagik Vardanyan
baritone
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Biography
Young Armenian baritone Gagik Vardanyan is currently a soloist of the Young Artist Program at the Armenian National Opera. In Yerevan his repertoire includes Belcore L'elisir d'amore, Don Alvaro Il viaggio a reims and as upcoming new roles Sharpless Madama Butterfly and Schaunard La bohème. With the Estonian National Opera he made his role debut as Germont La Traviata in December 2023.
He was a member of the opera studio at Staatsoper Hannover 2019-2022. There he performed Zaretsky Eugene Onegin, Marullo Rigoletto, Officer, Fiorello Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Melot Tristan und Isolde and the baritone solo in the production Stimmen: Liebeslieder. His first roles Marullo Rigoletto and Il Commissario Madama Butterfly he sang in productions of the Aram Khachaturyan Concert Hall.
He was a member of the opera studio at Staatsoper Hannover 2019-2022. There he performed Zaretsky Eugene Onegin, Marullo Rigoletto, Officer, Fiorello Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Melot Tristan und Isolde and the baritone solo in the production Stimmen: Liebeslieder. His first roles Marullo Rigoletto and Il Commissario Madama Butterfly he sang in productions of the Aram Khachaturyan Concert Hall.
Gagik Vardanyan obtained his Bachelor’s degree from the Komitas State Conservatory in Yerevan. As an invited soloist in the Opera for Peace Academy 2023 he sang in concert with Sumi Jo, Etienne Dupuis and Kamal Khan. He has participated in the masterclasses of Renée Fleming and Neil Shicoff and appeared as a soloist with the Kaunas Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Constantine Orbelian. He was awarded 3rd prize at the Klaudia Taev Competition 2023, 5th prize at the Ottavio Ziino Competition 2023, 1st prize at the Manhattan International Music Competition 2020, 1st prize at the ISCART competition 2020, Special prize at the Tenor Viñas Competition 2019, Special prize at the Eva Marton Competition 2018 and 3rd prize at the Aram Khachaturian Competition 2017.