Ilya Hardikov
Date of birth: December 20, 1989.
Place of birth: the city of Stary Oskol, Belgorod region of the Russian Federation.
The voice is a tenor.
Contact information: phone +7-926-666-78-65. Mail: iliahard@mail.ru
Education: In 2011 he graduated from the Rostropovich Voronezh College of Music in the bayan class. In 2017 he graduated from the Bachelor’s degree of the Gnessin Academy of Music Vocal Faculty, in 2019 – the master’s degree of the Gnessin Academy of Music Vocal Faculty, in 2021 he graduated from the assistant internship of the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music Vocal Faculty academic singing class of Professor Leonid Arkadyevich Bomstein.
He has a qualification – a teacher of the higher school of music, an artist of the highest qualification.
Prizes and awards: Winner of the prize of the All-Russian competition of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation “Young talents of Russia” 2011. Winner of the first prize of the international competition “Musica Classica” in the city of Ruza in 2013. Winner of the Grand Prix of the Moscow Festival of Student creativity “Festos – 2014”. Laureate of the Natalia Shpiller International Vocal Competition 2016 in Moscow. Winner of the 45th review of the competition of vocalists of university graduates in St. Petersburg 2017. In 2018, the winner of the second international summer festival-competition (Moscow, Central Music School). The winner and the winner of the Grand Prix Award from the National Fund for the support of copyright holders of the vocal competition “Arena Moscow night” 2019 the city of Moscow.
Professional activity: Invited artist of the Moscow Regional Philharmonic, soloist -vocalist of the Nadezhdina State Academic Choreographic ensemble “Berezka”, invited soloist of the Lyudmila Zykina State Academic Ensemble of Folk Instruments “Russia”, soloist of the Moscow Synodal Choir, Soloist of the Stupinskaya Philharmonic, soloist of the exemplary Symphony Orchestra of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation.
Participates in creative projects of the Center for Film Festivals and international programs of the Russian Cultural Foundation.
In 2015, at the Bolshoi Theater of Russia, he participated in a master class with the opera administrator of European festivals and agencies Eva-Maria Wieser. In May 2016, he completed an internship at the Accademia d’arte lirica at the Music Academy of the city of Ozimo in Italy under the patronage of the Italian Embassy in Moscow. In 2017, he performed at the Khmeimim military base (Syria), was awarded the medal of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation “Participant in the military operation in Syria”.
He performs concerts in Italy, France, Serbia, Germany, Austria, the United Arab Emirates, the Czech Republic, the Republic of Cyprus.