Zurab Sotkilava

Zurab Lavrentievich Sotkilava Russian Зураб Лаврентьевич Соткилава Georgian ზურაბ სოტკილავა 12 March 1937 – 18 September 2017 Was A Georgian Opera Singer And Football Player And People's Artist Of The USSR Recipient Who Was Born In Sukhumi Georgia SSR And Was A 1960 Graduate Of The Tbilisi State Polytechnical Institute. In 1965 He Graduated From The Tbilisi Conservatory Where He Was Under Guidance From David Andguladze And From 1965 To 1974 He Was A Soloist Of The Tbilisi Opera And Ballet Theatre Named After Zakaria Paliashvili. From 1966 To 1968 He Was A Student At La Scala Where His Teacher Was Dinaro Barra And After That He Became A Teacher At The Moscow Conservatory Where He Remained Untill 1988. Six Years Later He Became Chairman Of The International Tchaikovsky Competition And Was A Member Of The Bologna Academy Of Music He Became Known For His Singing Of Giuseppe Verdi's Works. By 2000 He Became Kinoshok Chairman Of The Anapa Film Festival Which Was Hosted Throughout The CIS And Baltic States. Since Childhood He Played Football Was In Dynamo Sukhumi At Age 16. In 1956 He Became Captain From Georgia National Team Under The Age Of 20 Years. Two Years Later He Played For Dynamo Tbilisi. Injuries In 1958 And 1959 Ended His Football Career. Bolshoi Theatre
Il Trovatore — Manrico
Tosca — Mario Cavaradossi
Iolanta — Vaudemont
Aida — Radames
Sadko — Indian Merchant
The Abduction Of The Moon — Arzakan
Un Ballo In Maschera — Riccardo
Cavalleria Rusticana — Turiddu
La Molinara — Barone Caloandro
Boris Godunov — The Pretender
Khovanshchina — Galitzine
Nabucco — Ismaele Awards
2nd Prize International Tchaikovsky Competition 1970 Honored Artist Of The Georgian SSR 1970 People's Artist Of The Georgian SSR 1973 People's Artist Of The USSR 1979 Shota Rustaveli Prize 1993 Order "For Merit To The Fatherland" 3rd Class 2007 Order "For Merit To The Fatherland" 4th Class 2001 Order Of The Badge Of Honour 1971 Order Of The Red Banner Of Labour 1976 Order Of Honor Georgia 1997 Ovation 2008 Russian Federation Presidential Certificate Of Honour 2012 Honorary Member Of The Academy Of Music Bologna Italy - Elected "for A Brilliant Interpretation Of The Works Of Verdi"
Academician Of The Academy Of Aesthetics And Liberal Arts Moscow read less