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Saimir Pirgu | |
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 Pirgu in 2015 | |
| Born | (1981-09-23)September 23, 1981 (age 43) |
| Nationality | Albanian |
| Occupation | Tenor |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Family | Pirgu |
| Website | SaimirPirgu.com |
Saimir Pirgu (born 23 September 1981 inElbasan) is an Albanian internationalopera singer (tenor).[1] In 2014 he was awarded the Italian citizenship by the President of the Italian RepublicGiorgio Napolitano.[citation needed]
Saimir Pirgu was born inElbasan,Albania on the 23rd of September 1981. He graduated in singing at the ConservatoryClaudio Monteverdi inBolzano (Italy)[2] where he studied with Vito Maria Brunetti.
At the age of 22 he was discovered byClaudio Abbado who chose him to play the role of Ferrando inMozart'sCosì fan tutte. He collaborates with the most prestigious theaters and musical institutions in the world as:Teatro alla Scala in Milan,Opéra National de Paris,Royal Opera House,Metropolitan Opera,Vienna State Opera,Gran Teatre del Liceu,Moscow Bolshoi Theatre,Berlin State Opera andDeutsche Oper,Salzburg Festival,Vienna Musikverein,Bayerische Rundfunks in Munich, and AmsterdamConcertgebouw.[citation needed]
He has been directed byRiccardo Muti,Claudio Abbado,Mariss Jansons,Zubin Mehta,Nikolaus Harnoncourt,Lorin Maazel,Seiji Ozawa,Gianandrea Noseda,Daniel Barenboim,James Conlon,Antonio Pappano,Daniele Gatti.[citation needed]
He worked withFranco Zeffirelli,Woody Allen,Peter Stein,Graham Vick,Willy Decker,Deborah Warner,Luca Ronconi,Kasper Holten,David McVicar,Ferzan Ozpetek,Mario Martone,Michael Haneke,Robert Carsen.[citation needed]
Among his last appearances are:La damnation de Faust at MoscowBolshoi Theatre,Rigoletto andKing Roger atRoyal Opera House London,La traviata atMetropolitan Opera New York,Santa Fe Opera andBerlin State Opera,The Magic Flute atTeatro alla Scala,L'elisir d'amore atVienna State Opera andDeutsche Oper Berlin,Lucia di Lammermoor atLos Angeles Opera,La traviata andI Capuleti e i Montecchi atSan Francisco Opera,La bohème andLucia di Lammermoor atWashington National Opera,Un ballo in maschera in Tel Aviv,La clemenza di Tito at theOpéra national de Paris,Rigoletto at theArena di Verona andVienna State Opera,La bohème atGran Teatre del Liceu,Mozart's Requiem atSymphony Center Chicago,Verdi's Requiem atSalzburg Festival,Vienna Musikverein,Bayerische Rundfunks in Munich,Pilharmonie de Paris andAmsterdam Concertgebouw.[citation needed]
Pirgu won the first prize in the international competitionsCaruso in Milan in 2002, andTito Schipa inLecce in the same year. He was recognized with theFranco Corelli award in 2009 in Ancona (Italy) and with the prestigious "Pavarotti d'Oro Award" in 2013.[citation needed]
In December 2015, he released his albumIl Mio Canto, edited byOpus Arte.[3]
Pirgu made his debut withOpera Australia in 2017 as Shepherd inSzymanowski'sKing Roger at theSydney Opera House.[4]
Saimir Pirgu has described himself as an atheist, although he has said "if a God exists he exists in music".[5]
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