Saimir Pirgu

Saimir Pirgu

Pirgu in 2015
Background information
Born (1981-09-23) September 23, 1981
Elbasan, Albania
Occupation(s) Tenor
Years active 2001-present
Website SaimirPirgu.com

Saimir Pirgu (born 23 September 1981 in Elbasan) is an Albanian international opera singer (tenor).[1] In 2014 he was awarded the Italian citizenship by the President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano.

Biography

He graduated in singing at the Conservatory Claudio Monteverdi in Bolzano (Italy)[2] where he studied with Vito Maria Brunetti.

At the age of 22 he was discovered by Claudio Abbado who chose him to play the role of Ferrando in Mozart's Così 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 and Deutsche Oper, Salzburg Festival, Vienna Musikverein, Bayerische Rundfunks in Munich and Amsterdam Concertgebouw.

He has been directed by Riccardo Muti, Claudio Abbado, Mariss Jansons, Zubin Mehta, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Lorin Maazel, Seiji Ozawa, Gianandrea Noseda, Daniel Barenboim, James Conlon, Antonio Pappano, Daniele Gatti.

He worked with Franco 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, Ursel and Karl-Ernst Herrmann.

Among his last appearances there are: "La Damnation de Faust" at Moscow Bolshoi Theatre", "Rigoletto" and "King Roger" at London Royal Opera House, "La Traviata" at New York Metropolitan Opera, Santa Fe Opera and Berlin State Opera, "The Magic Flute" at Teatro alla Scala, "L'elisir d'amore" at Vienna State Opera and Deutsche Oper Berlin, "Lucia di Lammermoor" at Los Angeles Opera, "La Traviata" and "I Capuleti e i Montecchi" at San Francisco Opera, "La Bohème and "Lucia di Lammermoor" at Washington National Opera, "Un ballo in maschera" in Tel Aviv, "La clemenza di Tito" at the Opéra national de Paris, "Rigoletto" at the Arena di Verona and Vienna State Opera, "La Bohème" at Gran Teatre del Liceu, "Mozart's Requiem" at Chicago Symphony Center, "Verdi's Requiem" at Salzburg Festival, Vienna Musikverein, Bayerische Rundfunks in Munich, Pilharmonie de Paris and Amsterdam Concertgebouw.

Saimir Pirgu won the first prize in the international competitions Caruso in Milan in 2002 and Tito Schipa in Lecce in the same year. He was recognized with the Franco Corelli award in 2009 in Ancona (Italy) and with the prestigious "Pavarotti d'Oro Award" in 2013.

In December 2015, he released his latest album "Il Mio Canto", edited by Opus Arte.[3]

Honors and awards

Repertoire

Discography

References

  1. ↑ Gurewitsch, Matthew (2013-03-08). "The Tenor Saimir Pirgu Hits His Stride". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ "Ein Sängerleben ist nicht so einfach" by Daniel Ender, Der Standard (9 December 2010) (German)
  3. ↑ Opus Arte, SAIMIR PIRGU: IL MIO CANTO
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