Tikhomirov
Born in Kazan. In 1998 he completed his studies at the Kazan I. Aukhadeyev Music College Choral conducting Department (V. Zakharova class). In 2003 he graduated from the Kazan N. Zhiganov State Conservatoire Academic Chorus conducting Department (L. Draznin class), and in 2006 — from the Conservatoire’s vocal faculty (Yu. Borisenko’s class).
In 2003, while still a student, he made his debut at the S. Saydashev Conservatoire Concert Hall in the title role of Donizetti’s Don Pasquale (conductor Fuat Mansurov).
From 2004-06, he perfected his skills at the Galina Vishnevskaya Centre for Opera Singing (A. Belousov class).
Since 2005, he has been a soloist with Moscow’s Helikon-Opera Company.
In 2010, he made his Bolshoi Theatre debut in the part of Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte).
lst prize at the Galina Vishnevskaya International Competition of Opera Singers
lst prize at the lst Republican Competition, the title Best Young Bass of Tartarstan
Honoured Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan
Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte)
Ruslan (Ruslan and Lyudmila)
Pimen (Boris Godunov)
Tsar Saltan (The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
Prince Gremin (Eugene Onegin)
The Great Inquisitor (Don Carlo)
Boris, Pimen, Varlaam (Boris Godunov)
Dosifei, Ivan Khovansky (Khovanshchina)
King Rene (Iolanta)
Prince Gremin (Eugene Onegin)
Kochubei, Orlik (Mazeppa)
Sobakin, Malyuta Skuratov (The Tsar’s Bride)
The Miller (Dargomyzhsky’s Rusalka)
Galitsky, Konchak (Prince Igor)
Ruslan, Farlaf, Svyatozar (Ruslan and Lyudmila)
King of Clubs (The Love for Three Oranges)
Kutuzov (War and Peace)
Andrei Degtyarenko (Fallen from the Sky — based on the motifs of Prokofiev’s The Story of a Real Man)
Old Convict, Priest, Boris Timofeyevich (The Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk)
Shvokhnev, Gavryushka, Alexei (Shostakovich’s The Gamblers)
Semyon (Big Lightening — based on the motifs of Shostakovich’s works)
Agamemnon (Iphigenie en Aulide, french version)
Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte)
Il Commendatore, Leporello (Don Giovanni)
Don Pasquale (Don Pasquale)
Don Basilio (Il Barbiere di Siviglia)
Moise, Osiride (Moïse et Pharaon, french version)
Méphistophélès (Faust)
Sparafucile, Monterone (Rigoletto)
Philip II, The Great Inquisitor (Don Carlo)
Fiesco (Simon Boccanegra)
Ramphis (Aida)
Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Mozart’s Requiem, Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de Confessore, Verdi’s Requiem, Rossini’s Stabat Mater, Cherubini’s Messe solennelle, Grechanninnov’s Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 14 and Antiformalist rayok
His operatic career has taken him to international opera houses such as Teatro Real Madrid, Rome Opera, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Theater an der Wien, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Opéra Royal de Wallonie Liège, Opéra Marseille, Opéra de Monte Carlo, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Opéra Marseille, Polish National Opera Warsaw, New National Theatre Tokyo, Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile as well as Saltsburg Festival, Chorégies d'Orange summer opera festival, St Gallen Festival and others.