Born on August 21, 1970 in a family of engineers. He started studying music fr om an early age. In Orel, he graduated from the piano music school, and later - the conductor and choral department of the Orel Music School.
After being drafted into the armed forces, he was transferred to the MVO Ensemble, and then to Twice the A.V. Alexandrov Red Banner Song and Dance Ensemble, first as an artist of the choir, and then as a soloist of the famous collective.
In 2002 Alexander Zakharov graduated The Gnesins Russian Academy of Music (class of prof. K. Lisovsky) majoring in academic vocals.
In 1999, he was accepted into the troupe of the Moscow State Academic Chamber Music Theater under the direction of B. Pokrovsky, wh ere he performed the following roles: Gritsko ("Sorochinskaya Fair" by Mussorgsky), — for four years he was the only performer, the play received the Golden Mask award; Luigi ("Cloak" by Puccini), Don Ottavio ("Don Juan" by Mozart), Ferrando ("That's how everyone does" by Mozart), Sextus ("Julius Caesar in Egypt" by Handel) — the play received the Golden Mask Award, Lucentio (The Taming of the Shrew by Shebalin).
As part of the theater troupe, he toured a lot abroad, including Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy and Japan. Alexander Zakharov constantly collaborates with the best orchestras of Russia, participates in concert performances of rarely performed operas. In his repertoire: CHARLES IV ("The Maid of Orleans" by Tchaikovsky), Bayan ("Ruslan and Lyudmila" by Glinka), Kashchey ("Kashchey the Immortal" by Rimsky-Korsakov), Benedictov ("The Last Days" by Nikolayev), Devil ("The Night Before Christmas" by Rimsky-Korsakov), etc., as well as tenor roles in symphonic works by Beethoven, Britten and Verdi. The only modern performer of the role of Alyosha Popovich in the opera Grechaninova's "Dobrynya Nikitich", which was staged only twice in Moscow with the National Academic Orchestra of Russian Folk Instruments. Osipova, in 2003 - with the conductor, People's Artist of Russia Nikolai Kalinin, and in 2005 - with the conductor, People's Artist of Russia — Vladimir Ponkin. Since 2006 , he has been performing in concerts under the auspices of The Union of Composers of Russia and the Academy "New Peredvizhnichestvo" in Moscow and other cities of Russia.
Since 2004 he has been a soloist Bolshoi Theater Of Russia, on the stage of which he performed more than 20 roles, among which: The Fool and the Podyachy (Boris Godunov and Khovanshchina by Mussorgsky), the Shabby Peasant (Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District by Shostakovich), Platon Karataev (War and Peace by Prokofiev), Guidon (The Tale of the Golden Cockerel by Rimsky-Korsakov), etc. He toured with the theater company in Covent Garden (London), took part in the Opera Festival in Savonlinna (Finland), the 55th Summer Festival in Ljubljana (Slovenia), as well as in the theater's tours to Latvia and Greece.
For many years he was a participant in the Art project "Tenor of the XXI century".
From 2011 to 2020 Alexander Zakharov - soloist-vocalist The National Academic Orchestra of Russian Folk Instruments of Osipov (Moscow) under the leadership of the People's Artist of Russia — Vladimir Andropov, with whom he toured in many cities of Russia and the world.
Currently, the artist performs solo concerts accompanied by the leading folk and symphonic ensembles of our country. In 2011, the CD "My Homeland" was released with a recording of Russian folk songs performed by Alexander Zakharov.
In 2021 , he was invited to The Gnesins Russian Academy of Music as an academic vocal teacher at the department under the leadership of People's Artist of Russia A. A. Naumenko.
Awards and titles
- In 2006, the singer was awarded the title of "Honored Artist of the Republic of Ingushetia".
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In November 2007, he was awarded the "National Treasure of Russia" Award.
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In 2013, Alexander Zakharov was awarded the Moscow City Prize in Literature and Art for promoting classical music, popularizing opera among the younger generation, and creating a number of new concert programs.
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In 2019 He was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia.
