• Honoured Artist of Russia
• Honoured Artist of Ukraine
• Prize-winner at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition (1993)
• Prize-winner at the International Rimsky-Korsakov Young Opera Singers’ Competition (1st prize, St Petersburg, 1994)
• Recipient of the Golden Sofit, St Petersburg’s highest theatre prize (1999)
• Recipient of the Fortissimo music prize, founded by the St Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire (“Performing skills” category)
Born in Vaslovitsy in Chernovitsky Region (Ukraine). Graduated from the Leningrad State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire in 1991 (class of Professor N. Serval). Was invited to join the Mariinsky Opera Company while still a fourth year student in 1990.
• Honoured Artist of Russia
• Honoured Artist of Ukraine
• Prize-winner at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition (1993)
• Prize-winner at the International Rimsky-Korsakov Young Opera Singers’ Competition (1st prize, St Petersburg, 1994)
• Recipient of the Golden Sofit, St Petersburg’s highest theatre prize (1999)
• Recipient of the Fortissimo music prize, founded by the St Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire (“Performing skills” category)
Born in Vaslovitsy in Chernovitsky Region (Ukraine). Graduated from the Leningrad State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire in 1991 (class of Professor N. Serval). Was invited to join the Mariinsky Opera Company while still a fourth year student in 1990.