Motorin opera singer. Vladimir Anatolyevich Matorin: biography
Vladimir Matorin is a People's Artist of Russia, soloist of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia, professor, chairman of the Fund for the Revival of Culture and Traditions of Small Towns of Rus', holder of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree. He was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland III degree, the Order of the Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow, was awarded commemorative signs and medals of many public, charitable and military-patriotic organizations, the first laureate of the People's Prize "Recognition". Winner of the international Sholokhov Prize - 2009.
Vladimir Matorin is one of the greatest masters of the Russian opera stage. The owner of a strong voice, unique in timbre, and a bright acting talent.
Vladimir Matorin was born and raised in Moscow. In 1974 he graduated from the Gnessin Institute, where his teacher was E.I. Ivanov, in the past also the famous bass of the Bolshoi Theater. As a 5th year student, Matorin in 1974 became a laureate of the International Vocal Competition in Geneva, and in 1975, after graduating from the institute, he became a laureate of the All-Union Glinka Vocal Competition.
For more than 15 years, Matorin sang at the Moscow Academic Musical Theater. Stanislavsky and Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko, completing his work on this stage with the performance of the part of Boris in the opera Boris Godunov by MP Mussorgsky.
Since 1991, Matorin has been a soloist with the Bolshoi Theater of Russia. In the Bolshoi Theater and on the stages of theaters around the world, he sang more than 60 parts, such as: Boris Godunov, Varlaam and Pimen in the opera by M.P. Mussorgsky's "Boris Godunov", Konchak and Prince Galitsky in A.P. Borodin's opera "Prince Igor", Ivan Khovansky and Dosifei in M.P. Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina, Ivan Susanin in M.I. Glinka's opera A Life for the Tsar, King Rene in P.I. Tchaikovsky's opera Iolanta, Prince Gremin in P.I. Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin,
Boris Timofeevich in the opera "Katerina Izmailova" by D.D. Shostakovich, Tsar Dodon in the opera by N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov's The Golden Cockerel, King of Clubs in S.S. Prokofiev's The Love for Three Oranges, Don Basilio in G. Rossini's The Barber of Seville, Ramfis in G. Verdi's Aida, Sparafuchil in G Verdi "Rigoletto", "The Nose" by D. D. Shostakovich, "Betrothal in a Monastery" by Prokofiev, etc.
His performance of Boris Godunov was rated as the best operatic role in the year of MP Mussorgsky's jubilee. In this part, the singer performed not only in Moscow, but also at the Grand Theater (Geneva), Trieste (Italy), Auckland and Wellington (New Zealand), Houston (USA) and the Lyric Opera in Chicago ( USA).
In the concert halls of Moscow, Russia and abroad, Matorin's concerts are held with great success, including sacred music, vocal lyrics by Russian and foreign composers, folk songs, old romances.
Professor Matorin conducts active pedagogical work. Until 2007, he headed the vocal department at the Russian Academy of Theater Arts.
Listeners from many countries of the world are familiar with the work of Vladimir Matorin, he sang on the stages of theaters in Italy, Great Britain, France, Germany, USA, Switzerland, Spain, Ireland, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, China, and successfully performed as a soloist performer of concert programs.
Chairman of the Charitable Foundation for the Revival of the Culture of Small Towns of Rus'.
People's Artist of the Russian Federation. Laureate of the Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation.
Vladimir Matorin was born on May 2, 1948 in Moscow. The boy's father was the commander of a military unit, so he spent his childhood in military camps. In his youth, he liked to wander through the forest and sing everything he heard on the radio. One of the unforgettable impressions of childhood was the first performance at the Bolshoi Theater: Rimsky-Korsakov's opera The Tsar's Bride.
In 1974, Vladimir graduated from the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music, where his teacher was Yevgeny Vasilievich Ivanov, who performed as a soloist of the Bolshoi Theater. Matorin devoted seventeen years to the Moscow Academic Musical Theater named after Konstantin Stanislavsky and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko. In 1989, Boris Godunov, in his performance, was recognized by the international community as the best opera part of the year.
He has been a soloist of the Bolshoi Opera Company since 1991. Since the same year, Matorin has been teaching at the Russian Institute of Theatrical Art. Since 1994, for eleven years, he was a professor and head of the department of vocal art.
Vladimir Anatolyevich sang on the best stages of the world, performed on tour in England, Italy, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, USA, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, and Cyprus. An important part of the artist's work are concerts in Russian cities, radio and television performances, sound recording.
During this period, the artist took part in the Irish Wexford Festival in a production of Pyotr Tchaikovsky's opera Cherevichki. At the same time, he sang the title role in Boris Godunov at the Grand Theater in Geneva, and also sang the part of the Head in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's opera May Night at the Cologne Philharmonic.
In 1999, Matorin performed as Tsar Dodon in The Golden Cockerel in a Royal Opera production on the stage of London's Sadler's Wells Theatre. In 2002, he performed at the Paris National Opera on the stage of the Bastille Opera as Pimen in the production of Boris Godunov. A year later, he sang the title role in the opera Boris Godunov in the theaters of Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand, and in the same opera the part of Varlaam in the Royal Opera's production at the London Covent Garden Theater staged by Andrei Tarkovsky.
He made his debut as Pimen at the New York Metropolitan Opera House. In 2008 he performed the role of Quarterly in Dmitri Shostakovich's opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Theatre, Italy. Later, the artist performed the part of Aphranius in Alexander Gradsky's rock opera The Master and Margarita.
Vladimir Matorin is recognized as one of the best performers of sacred music, performs accompanied by the Moscow Kremlin Chapel under the direction of Gennady Dmitryak with programs from the chants of the Russian Orthodox Church. Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II visited the Bolshoi Theater at the artist's anniversary evening.
As of April 2019, the singer, being the head of the “Revival of Culture and Traditions of Small Towns of Rus'” fund, performs a lot with charity concerts in the Russian provinces: Zaraysk, Suzdal, Alexandrov, Shuya, Kineshma, Vologda, Kolomna, Vladimir, Pereslavl-Zalessky. Gatherings from concerts go to the construction and restoration of churches, church schools.
In the Russian Cultural Foundation September 12, 2019 the ceremony of awarding state and departmental awards of the profile ministry of cultural and art workers took place. Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky awarded Vladimir Anatolyevich Matorin with the Order of Friendship - for his merits in the development of national culture and art, the media, and many years of fruitful activity.
Awards and Recognition of Vladimir Matorin
Order of Friendship (April 29, 2019) - for a great contribution to the development of national culture and art, many years of fruitful activity
Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree (April 29, 2008) - for his great contribution to the development of domestic musical art and many years of creative activity
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", IV degree (March 22, 2001) - for his great contribution to the development of domestic musical and theatrical art
People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1997)
Honored Artist of Russia (1986)
II Prize at the International Competition of Performing Musicians in Geneva (1973) Dosifey, Ivan Khovansky (Khovanshchina by M. Mussorgsky)
Ramfis (Aida by G. Verdi)
King of Clubs (Love for Three Oranges by S. Prokofiev)
Melnik (Mermaid by A. Dargomyzhsky)
Sobakin (The Tsar's Bride by N. Rimsky-Korsakov)
Mamyrov (The Enchantress by P. Tchaikovsky)
Priest (Katerina Izmailova by D. Shostakovich)
Vladimir Anatolievich Matorin. Born May 2, 1948 in Moscow. Soviet and Russian opera singer (bass), teacher, professor. Soloist of the Bolshoi Theater (since 1991). Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1986). People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1997). Laureate of the Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation (2015).
Father - Anatoly Matorin, military man, colonel.
In connection with the father's profession, the family often changed their place of residence, Vladimir spent his childhood in military camps.
From an early age, he studied music and vocals.
In 1974 he graduated from the Gnessin Institute (now the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music), where his teacher was Yevgeny Vasilievich Ivanov (soloist of the Bolshoi Theater in 1944-1958).
In 1974-1991 he served in the Moscow Academic Musical Theater named after K.S. Stanislavsky and V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko, performing almost the entire bass repertoire in 15 seasons (33 parts in total). The first role in the theater was Zaretsky in "Eugene Onegin" (it was still a performance staged by Stanislavsky). In 1989, Boris Godunov in his performance was recognized by the international musical community as the best opera part of the year.
Since 1991, he became a soloist of the Bolshoi Opera Company, to which E.F. Svetlanov back in 1990 to perform the part of Prince Yuri in the opera The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia by N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov. The artist's repertoire includes about 90 parts. It is compared with .
Opera parts by Vladimir Matorin at the Bolshoi Theatre:
Prince Yuri - "The Tale of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia" by N. Rimsky-Korsakov;
King Rene - "Iolanta" by P. Tchaikovsky;
Don Basilio - "The Barber of Seville" by G. Rossini;
Boris Godunov - "Boris Godunov" by M. Mussorgsky;
Ivan Susanin - "Life for the Tsar" / "Ivan Susanin" by M. Glinka;
Gremin - "Eugene Onegin" by P. Tchaikovsky;
Galitsky, Konchak - "Prince Igor" by A. Borodin;
Old Gypsy - "Aleko" by S. Rachmaninov;
Tsar Dodon - "The Golden Cockerel" by N. Rimsky-Korsakov;
Dosifey, Ivan Khovansky - "Khovanshchina" by M. Mussorgsky;
Ramfis - "Aida" by G. Verdi;
King of Clubs - "Love for Three Oranges" by S. Prokofiev;
Melnik - "Mermaid" by A. Dargomyzhsky;
Sobakin - "The Tsar's Bride" by N. Rimsky-Korsakov;
Mamyrov - "The Enchantress" by P. Tchaikovsky;
Lanciotto Malatesta - "Francesca da Rimini" by S. Rachmaninov;
Storm-bogatyr - "Kashchei the Immortal" by N. Rimsky-Korsakov;
Salieri - "Mozart and Salieri" by N. Rimsky-Korsakov;
Mendoza - "Betrothal in a Monastery" by S. Prokofiev;
Porgy - "Porgy and Bess" by J. Gershwin;
Zupan - "Gypsy Baron" by I. Strauss;
Martin - "Key on the Pavement" by J. Offenbach;
Chub - "Cherevichki" P.I. Tchaikovsky;
Head - "May Night" N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov;
Cherevik - "Sorochinskaya Fair" by M.P. Mussorgsky;
Storozhev - "Into the Storm" by T. Khrennikov;
Osmin - "Abduction from the Seraglio" by Mozart;
Bretigny - "Manon" by J. Massenet;
Falstaff - "The Merry Wives of Windsor" by O. Nicolai;
Barbarossa - "The Battle of Legnano" by G. Verdi;
Schiarone - "Tosca" by G. Puccini;
Householder Benois - "La Boheme" by G. Puccini.
Vladimir Matorin sang on the best stages of the world, performed on tour in England, Italy, Ireland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic, Yugoslavia, Turkey, Greece, Estonia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, China, Japan, Mongolia, South Korea, USA, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Cyprus, etc.
In 1993, he took part in the Wexford Festival (Ireland) in a production of P. Tchaikovsky's opera Cherevichki. In the same year, he sang the title role in Boris Godunov at the Grand Theater in Geneva.
In 1994 he performed the part of the Head in N. Rimsky-Korsakov's May Night at the Cologne Philharmonic, and sang Boris Godunov at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. In 1995 he performed the part of the Head (May Night) at the Wexford Festival in Ireland (conductor Vladimir Yurovsky).
In 1996 he sang Dositheus (Khovanshchina) at the Opéra Nantes (France), Boris Godunov at the National Theater in Prague and Pimen (Boris Godunov) at the Montpellier Opera (France).
In 1997 he sang Boris Godunov at the Houston Grand Opera (USA).
In 1998 he took part in a concert performance of Tchaikovsky's The Enchantress at London's Festival Hall (Royal Opera, conductor Valery Gergiev), performed as Mendoza in S. Prokofiev's Betrothal in a Monastery at the Grand Theater in Geneva and as The Tempest - Bogatyr in a concert performance of N. Rimsky-Korsakov's opera Kashchei the Immortal with the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the Festival Hall (conductor Alexander Lazarev).
In 1999, he performed as Tsar Dodon (The Golden Cockerel) in a production of the Royal Opera at the London theater Sadler's Wells (conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky).
In 2001 he performed the part of Mendoza at the Opéra de Lyon (conductor Oleg Caetani).
In 2002, he performed the part of Pimen (Boris Godunov) at the Opéra National de Paris at the Opéra Bastille (musical director and conductor James Conlon, director Francesca Zambello) and the part of Boris Godunov at the Opéra de Lyon (conductor Ivan Fischer, director Philippe Himmelman, co-production with National Theater Mannheim).
In 2003 he sang the title role in the opera Boris Godunov in the theaters of Auckland and Wellington (New Zealand) and in the same opera the part of Varlaam in the Royal Opera at the London Covent Garden Theater (staged by Andrei Tarkovsky, conductor Semyon Bychkov, among partners John Tomlinson, Sergey Larin, Olga Borodina, Sergey Leiferkus, Vladimir Vaneev).
In 2004 he made his debut as Pimen at the New York Metropolitan Opera (conductor Semyon Bychkov), sang Pimen and Varlaam (Boris Godunov) at the Liceo Theater in Barcelona (Spain).
In 2008 he performed the role of Quarterly in D. D. Shostakovich's opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Theater (Italy).
In 2009 he performed the role of Aphranius in the rock opera The Master and Margarita.
One of the best performers of sacred music. He himself said that he was baptized at the age of 42. And he came to sacred music in the late 1980s: “In 1988, when the country was celebrating the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia, I first came into contact with prayer singing. how I was stunned by her beauty and her spills. I listened, and she penetrated into my every cell, filled with something that was completely unknown to me at that time. It was as if I were frozen into ice with pleasure. "
Vladimir Matorin performs accompanied by the Chapel of the Moscow Kremlin Museum under the direction of Gennady Dmitryak with programs from the chants of the Russian Orthodox Church (Apostle Nikolaev-Strumsky, Mikhail Strokin, Pavel Chesnokov, Alexander Grechaninov, Sergei Rachmaninov).
Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II visited the Bolshoi Theater at the artist's anniversary evening.
Since 1991 he has been teaching at the Russian Academy of Theater Arts. In 1994-2005 - Professor and Head of the Department of Vocal Art.
Public activities of Vladimir Matorin
He is the head and founder of the Foundation for the Revival of Culture and Traditions of Small Towns of Rus', founded in 2006.
Every year, the Foundation holds the Bakhrushinsky Festival, the Pearls of Russia festival. Since 2012, on the territory of the Temple of Sophia the Wisdom of God, located on the Sofiyskaya embankment of the Moskva River opposite the Kremlin, concerts of spiritual, classical and folk music dedicated to the celebration of the Day of the Baptism of Rus' and the Orthodox holiday of the Day of Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir have been organized.
Since 2015, the all-Russian festival of Orthodox culture and traditions - "Sofia" has been held with great success, within the framework of which musical competitions of creative groups from all over Russia and a traditional festive concert are held, in which the winners of the competition also perform. The idea of holding a festival of Orthodox culture and traditions of small towns and rural settlements "Sofia" belongs to the people's artist Vladimir Matorin and the rector of the Temple of Sophia the Wisdom of God in Sredny Sadovniki Archpriest Vladimir Volgin. During its existence, the Foundation has assisted in the restoration and establishment of cultural and historical monuments in many cities of Moscow, Vladimir, Tver, Kaluga, Yaroslavl and other regions of the central region of Russia.
In 2013, Matorin received a medal from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation "For Strengthening Combat Cooperation" - for holding joint concerts with the Russian Army.
He performs a lot with charity concerts - in Zaraysk, Suzdal, Alexandrov, Shuya, Kineshma, Vologda, Kolomna, Vladimir, Pereslavl-Zalessky. The proceeds from which go to the construction of temples, church schools, etc.
Personal life of Vladimir Matorin:
Married. Wife - Svetlana Sergeevna Matorina, pianist, associate professor of the Russian Academy of Music. Gnesins.
A son, Michael, was born in the marriage.
Grandchildren - Anna, Ekaterina, Maria, Sergey.
The singer said about his wife: "This is my faithful companion in life and in work. She is a benevolent but strict critic, constantly monitors and corrects my performance from the audience, evaluates how my voice sounds, whether the emotional message is right."
Filmography of Vladimir Matorin:
1986 - Aleko (vocals)
1998 - Strokes for a portrait (documentary)
Awards and titles of Vladimir Matorin:
Honored Artist of the RSFSR (04/28/1986);
People's Artist of Russia (01/22/1997);
Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree (April 29, 2008) - for a great contribution to the development of domestic musical art and many years of creative activity;
Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (March 22, 2001) - for a great contribution to the development of domestic musical and theatrical art;
People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1997);
Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1986);
II Prize at the International Competition of Performing Musicians in Geneva (1973);
II Prize of the All-Union Competition of Vocalists named after M. I. Glinka (1977)
