Malik, Azat
Voice: Baritone
Country of birth: Kazakhstan
Date of birth: 16 March 1991
He has been attending the Department of Vocal Art and Choral Conducting at the Kazakh National University of Arts since 2012, but has also taken courses at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia as an exchange-student and has atteneded the masterclasses of Paolo Bosisio aiming at various aspects of opera directing at the University of Milan. He has given stage performances in Italy, Germany, Austria, Turkey and Serbia. He has been merited at various competitions, for instance at the 15th International Festival of Creative Youth “Shabyt”, where he received the Grand Prize or the 32nd Republic’s Competition of Young Performers, which allowed him to take the 1st prize home.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Im Rhein, im schönen Strome (H. Heine)
Bellini: Ah!, per sempre... Bel sogno beato – Sir Riccardo Forth’s Aria from I puritani
Tchaikovsky: Vy mne pisali, ne otpiraytes (You wrote to me… Do not deny it) – Eugene Onegin’ Aria from Eugene Onegin
Semi-final
Rimsky-Korsakov: S uma neydyot krasavitsa (I cannot get the beautiful girl out of my mind) – Gryaznoy’s Aria from The Tsar's Bride
Leoncavallo: Zazà, piccola zingara – Cascart’s Aria from Zazà
Final
Giordano: Nemico della Patria – Charles Gérard’s Aria from Andrea Chénier
Verdi: Alzati! la tuo figlio – Renato’s Aria from Un ballo in maschera
Mozart: Fin ch’han dal vino – Don Giovanni’s Aria from Don Giovanni