Where does Nikolai Basque live? Worldwide recognition in opera

Nikolai Baskov - star Russian stage and opera, legendary actor, professor, host of many television programs, People's Artist of Russia and Ukraine. Artist of arts in Moldova. He was born on October 15, 1976 in the Balashikha district of the Moscow region.

Childhood and parents

Although Nikolai Baskov is considered a full-blooded Russian, he had to live abroad for a long time. During the time when little Nikolai was only 2 years old, his dad graduated from the Frunze Military Academy and moved his family to the GDR, where he was sent to serve.

In childhood

Baskov’s dad worked in Dresden and Königsbrück for a very long time. He started as a simple commander of a military detachment and rose to the position of deputy commander-in-chief of a division. A little later, Nikolai’s father graduated from college General Staff Russian Armed Forces.

The mother of the future singer, Elena, was a mathematics teacher by profession. For a long time she worked as a television announcer in Germany. From the early childhood Nikolai dreamed of becoming famous singer. Starting at the age of 5 with his mother he taught musical notes. To first grade future star I started going to the Russian stage in the GDR, and went to the second grade in Kyzyl. In addition to simple studies, Basque began classes at a music school.

The rise of a musical career

To everyone's surprise music teachers, Basque wins several awards. In 1999, the artist received a second award at a competition in Spain called Grande Voce. And in 2000, the famous singer began filming his first videos.

In young age

He shot his very first video for the song “In Memory of Caruso.” And soon this video reached the highest level of the Russian musical Olympus. In addition, this video received first place in the Russian hit parade. From that moment on, Baskov’s musical passion began to go beyond the walls. academic halls, he has fans.

Discs with recordings of his songs were snapped up by huge publications. In the end, Nikolai becomes the first performer of songs in Russia who could perform the Crossover and Pop styles. Any of his songs was a hit of the year and won first places in music competitions, and videos were shown on the most popular, elite music channels.

Nikolai Baskov was awarded several times national award: “Ovation”, “MUZ-TV”, “Golden Gramophone”, “Style of the Year”, as well as “Singer of the Year”. In 2001, Nikolai joined the opera troupe Bolshoi Theater. Following this, he received a Gnesinka diploma (chamber and opera singing group) and began studying at the Moscow Conservatory of Pyotr Tchaikovsky.

Three years later, Basque leaves graduate school with a gold medal. Nikolai did not stay long at the Bolshoi Theater. As soon as he left this theater, he began working in the Yoshkar-Ola theater and Nizhny Novgorod. At the same time, the singer began to delight viewers on Russian television.

Film and television

At the beginning of July 2003, young Nikolai appears on TV. For about three months he was the host of the “House - 1” program on TNT.

in 2005 famous artist began hosting an entertainment program " Saturday evening"on channel Russia -1. In 2012, he released his personal television show called " Marriage Agency Nikolai Baskov." At the same time, MTV released a completely new project « Home video stars”, which he also led.

And in 2010, Baskov wanted to voice someone. He voiced Ken, the doll from the children's cartoon Toy Story. The Great Escape." In 2013, he was invited to voice the funny cartoon “Real Squirrel”.

As a result, from 2002 to 2014, Nikolai Viktorovich took part in 14 projects (TV series, musicals and feature films). Baskov's film debut is the role of Prince in New Year's performance"Cinderella". It should be said that Nikolai Baskov simply stunned all television viewers with such a role.

Star colleagues

After graduating from the Moscow Conservatory, young Nikolai had one unexpected acquaintance, after which his whole life changed. He meets a famous opera singer and the strongest soprano of the 20th century, Montserrat Caballe.

From the beginning, he performed several times with the orchestra, and then Senorita Caballé expressed her opinion to him about the change in his vocal profile. From many opera singers Caballe liked the Basques. Together with Montserrat Caballe, Basque performed opera compositions in many countries.

In the spring of 2009, by order of the head of state Dmitry Anatolievich Medvedev, the singer was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia. Also a little later he received honorary award People's Artist of Moldova.

For the whole musical career 12 discs with songs by Nikolai Baskov were released. But besides this, he could be seen on screen several times in some role. He starred in 12 television projects. Most of all, the audience remembers the musicals: “Cinderella”, “ The Snow Queen", "Golden Key", " Wedding ring", "Little Red Riding Hood".

Failures in a musical career

Nikolai’s first performance on stage was in second grade, and it was unsuccessful for him. He was then asked to recite a poem in New Year's holiday. However, little Kolya was unable to do this: during the raising of the curtain, he became very excited, cried and ran backstage.

But still, this embarrassment did not break Baskov, and already in the seventh grade he signed up for acting classes. He performed on stage Musical theater young actor, headed by A. Fedorov. With the Basque troupe he toured almost all foreign countries.

Already at that time, the singer understood that art was his future. It was not easy, but Nikolai went through all the obstacles and achieved success. In 1997, Basque won the first All-Russian competition for young romance singers “Romansiada”. And already in 1998 he was awarded the prize of the All-Russian Opera Singing Competition.

Since 2011, the singer began to actively engage in the activities of a teacher and became a professor at the vocal department of Moscow State University for the Humanities named after M. A. Sholokhov, and already in 2016 he received the same position at Moscow State Pedagogical University at the Institute of Arts.

As for creative activity singer, then she quickly went up. Basque performs leading roles in leading operas known throughout the world, writes and performs new hits in duets with other famous Russian and foreign performers, the news about the opening of a music production center also came as a surprise. Nikolai is also active as a TV presenter.

For example, in 2016 he became the host of the television project “Saturday Evening.” And in 2018, the singer became a member of the “Putin Team,” a team that shares the views of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Personal life and wife of Nikolai Baskov

In 2001, the young artist married Svetlana Shpigel, who was the daughter of his producer, popular entrepreneur and figure Boris Shpigel. In April 2006, their son Bronislav was born. But soon their family life began to decline, and in the fall of that year they filed for divorce.

They were completely divorced only after 6 months. A few months after the divorce, the singer told everyone that he was going to marry himself. attractive woman Russia Oksana Fedorova.

With Oksana Fedorova

Name: Nikolai Baskov. Date of birth: October 15, 1976. Place of birth: Moscow (Russia).

Childhood and youth

Nikolai Viktorovich Baskov was born on October 15, 1976 in Moscow. According to other sources, the boy was born in Balashikha near Moscow, where his father, Viktor Vladimirovich Baskov, served.

The family lived in this city in the Moscow region for the first two years, after which they left for the GDR, where Nikolai’s father was sent to serve.

The boy's mother, Elena Nikolaevna Baskova, was a mathematics teacher by training, but in Germany she got a job not by profession - as a television announcer.

Nikolai took his first steps in music at home - his mother helped him master notes, and in Germany the boy went to school for the first time.

Soon the family returned to Russia, but did not stay long in any city; the military father was transferred from unit to unit.

Nikolai Baskov's parents

The Basques, in particular, managed to study at secondary schools Moscow and Novosibirsk, and also during that period began to study music professionally in piano class.

Basque first appeared on stage in 1989 as part of the Children's Musical Theater of Young Actors. Together with this troupe he is already in at a young age went on tour in the USA, Switzerland, France and Israel. It was then that Nikolai realized that he wanted to tie later life precisely with music.

Early life, study and theater

In 1993, Baskov entered GITIS, but a year later he decided to transfer to Gnesinka. At that time, his vocal teachers were Liliana Shekhova and Jose Carreras.

It is interesting that at the first university Nikolai specialized in musical theater actor, and at the second - opera singing. As time has shown, the artist made the right decision when he changed educational institutions.

In 1997 the Basque won All-Russian competition young performers of Russian romance, and the very next year he became the winner of the All-Russian Competition of Young Opera Singers.

In 1998, Nikolai joined the troupe of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater, and in 1999 he received an invitation to an internship at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. In the same year, the artist became a laureate of the Grande Voce competition in Spain.

First steps on the stage


At the beginning of the 2000s, Basque decided that it was time to delight not only fans of opera music with his talent, but also those who gravitate more toward popular music. However, for some time Nikolai “groped” for the style in which he would develop, and sang both opera and what is commonly called “pop”.

However, Basque made his debut in Russian show business after all, with an opera composition - “In Memory of Caruso”. Despite the unformatted work for most radio stations, it still got into rotation, moreover, it ended up in the charts.

By the way, then young singer Opera legend Montserrat Caballe herself noticed and even took him on as a student, which did not stop Nikolai from conquering the stage and receiving further musical education.

In 2001, Baskov entered graduate school at the Moscow State Conservatory. P.I. Tchaikovsky (class of Pyotr Skusnichenko).

In 2003, Nikolai defended his Ph.D. thesis in this educational institution, and in 2010 also graduated from the Master’s program at the Faculty of Public Administration of Moscow State University.

In the first decade of the 2000s, the singer toured a lot - performed in Spain, the USA, Israel and Russia, worked in theaters Nizhny Novgorod and Yoshkar-Ola.

First solo concert Baskov took place in 2008 in Ice Palace in St. Petersburg. Career blossoming

In 2011-2012, Nikolai gave several large concerts, in particular, he performed at the Vienna Philharmonic and at the Beacon Theater in New York, and also performed the role in the opera Albert and Giselle in Moscow.

In the period from 2011 to 2016, Baskov was a professor at the vocal department of the Moscow State Humanitarian University. M.A. Sholokhova.

All this time - from the 2000s to the present - Nikolai has recorded dozens of popular songs and made video clips for many of them.

Perhaps the most famous compositions are “The Wanderer”, “Love is Right”, “Well, Who Told You”, “Nikolai”, “Natural Blonde” and “I Will Give You Love”.

By the way, he sang some songs in duets, in particular, with Taisiya Povaliy, Valeria, Sofia Rotaru, Oksana Fedorova and Natalie.

The “golden voice of Russia” already has ten studio albums: “Dedication” (2000), “Encore Dedication” (2000), “Masterpieces of the Past Century” (2001), “I’m 25” (2001), “Never Say Goodbye” (2004), “Let Me Go” (2004 ), " Best songs"(2005), "For You Alone" (2007), "Romantic Journey" (2011) and "The Game" (2016).

In 2017, Nikolai released the single “Your Eyes Marengo”, in the video for which his current lover Victoria Lopyreva starred. By the way, in this song he sings that “in (these) eyes is the light of love.”

Film, television and other activities

In 2002, Basque made his film debut, playing a prince in New Year's musical"Cinderella". IN next year he was Kai in the festive musical film"The Snow Queen".

Since then, Nikolai has been involved in various roles in two dozen feature projects for film and television, and in some - a cameo, that is, in the role of himself.

The most famous of them are “My Fair Nanny”, “The Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors”, “Wedding Ring”, “Our Russia. Eggs of Destiny”, “Morozko”, “The New Adventures of Aladdin”, “Little Red Riding Hood” and “Voronin”.

In 2016, the film “Fix Everything” was released, in which Baskov played the role of a Star - in fact collective image yourself. By the way, it is from the lips of his character that the most funny jokes in the picture.

It’s interesting that many of the artist’s friends talk about him as a person with a great sense of humor.

Nikolai Baskov on stage

The premiere of two projects with Nikolai’s participation is scheduled for 2018-2019 - the series “Choir” and the film “Russo Tourist”.

In 2003, Baskov was for some time the host of the “Dom-1” project, and from 2005 to the present, the “Saturday Evening” program. In 2011, he appeared as the host of the “Cinderella for Baskov” program, and in 2012 -m - program “Marriage Agency of Nikolai Baskov”.

Among the programs that were released with the participation of the singer were also the projects “Home Video of Stars”, “Big Little Star”, “Million from Prostokvashino” and others.

It’s interesting that Baskov, as they say, came to the “blind auditions” of one of the seasons as a joke music show“The Voice,” however, the jury members, who traditionally sat with their backs to the performer, understood from his voice that it was Nikolai who was singing.

In addition, the singer has repeatedly become the object of jokes from teams in the KVN television leagues, and in 2011 he even appeared on stage as a guest star as part of the SOK (Samara) team.

In 2016, Baskov opened his own production center, which promotes musicians.

Awards and prizes

In 2001, Baskov was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia, and in 2009 - People's Artist of Russia.

In 2017, the singer was awarded the Order Friendship with the wording “for his great contribution to the development of national culture and art, the media, many years of fruitful activity.”

It has also received recognition at the state level in other countries, such as Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine.

Basque is a multiple winner of the “Song of the Year”, “Golden Gramophone”, “Ovation” awards, as well as awards from music television channels.

In November 2017, Baskov wrote on Instagram: “I unconditionally support and join the Putin Team. I believe that Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin made Russia strong country, which the whole world reckons with."

Personal life

Baskov is 41 years old, but he looks younger. Of course, such a prominent man could not remain without female attention.

The singer was married only once - in 2001, he married Svetlana Shpigel. In 2006, the couple became the parents of a son, Bronislav. However, soon after this happy event Nikolai and Svetlana decided to separate; the divorce was filed in 2008.

In 2009, Baskov began dating TV presenter Oksana Fedorova, the couple even announced their engagement. But the wedding never happened - in 2011, Nikolai and Oksana announced that they had ended their relationship.

Literally a few months after this, the media wrote about Baskov’s affair with ballerina Anastasia Volochkova. But two years later the couple broke up. However, during this time the press managed to write a lot about the lovers, including not the most unpleasant things. However, the artists themselves often gave rise to discussion, for example, with photographs of naked Volochkova on social networks.

Nikolay Baskov and Sophie Kalcheva

After breaking up with Anastasia, Nikolai was not alone for long; already in 2013, he began dating singer Sophie Kalcheva. The press predicted a wedding for them, which would be quite logical in such cases, but it did not happen - in 2017, this relationship ended, but the artists remained friends.

Soon after this, the media reported on the new romance of the “emperor of the Russian stage,” this time TV presenter Victoria Lopyreva became his chosen one. The wedding was scheduled for the end of 2017, but the wedding was postponed to 2018. These relationships are often discussed in the press in different contexts.

Nikolay Baskov and Victoria Lopyreva

It is interesting that the artist recorded duet songs with many of his lovers or otherwise involved them in his own creative activities, and also participated with them in the filming of various television shows.

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Biography, life story of Baskov Nikolai

Baskov Nikolay Viktorovich – Russian singer(opera and stage), actor.

Childhood

Nikolai was born on October 15, 1976 in the town of Balashikha near Moscow. Parents: father Viktor Vladimirovich - colonel, mother Elena Nikolaevna - teacher, mathematician.

When Kolya was barely two years old, his family, due to the nature of Viktor Vladimirovich’s work, moved to Germany. Over the next five years the Basque family lived in Dresden and Königsbrück. His father rose to the rank of deputy division commander (he started as a platoon commander), and his mother, while living in the GDR, worked as an announcer on local television.

At the age of five, Kolya developed a high, sonorous voice—a treble. The boy enters the nursery music school, and later - to the music school at the Novosibirsk Conservatory, piano class (the Baskovs moved to Novosibirsk when Kolya was ten years old). In addition, the boy went in for surfing and scuba diving and received a second youth rank. Subsequently, swimming lessons were very useful - a well-developed chest and breathing apparatus are one of the necessary conditions opera singing.

From 10 to 15 years old, Nikolai, as part of the Children's Musical Theater of Young Actors, went on tour in the USA, Israel, Switzerland, and France. At the same time he listens to a lot of operas. The boy's dream of becoming an opera singer arises.

At the age of 12, Nikolai made his first opera debut - in the opera The Magic Flute he performed the role of the third boy.

Youth

At the age of 16, Nikolai takes vocal lessons from the Honored Artist of Russia Liliana Sergeevna Shekhova, who told the young man: "Wait, Kolya, time will pass- and they will listen to you and cry"(her prophecies came true). Then the future celebrity enters GITIS, but a year later he is transferred to Russian Academy music named after Gnesins.

At the age of 19, he made his “adult” debut - on the International Theater Day, Nikolai was engaged to perform the role of Lensky (Eugene Onegin) at the Novosibirsk Opera House. After a successful performance, the debutant received an invitation to cooperate from the management of the Bolshoi Theater. Appreciated the talent young performer and the famous Spanish tenor Jose Carreras, who, after listening to his young Russian colleague, told him: “You are on the right path. You have a teacher, trust only him. Only he and your head can do what you are striving for. There will be a lot of different opinions from the outside and you need to get used to it.”. Carreras invited Baskov to his three-week master class in Spain. These three weeks became young man three years of fruitful creative work on improving your talent. As a result, even the Italians, gourmets of opera singing, recognized that the voice of the young Russian tenor was beautiful, powerful and emotional, and saw the influence of the famous Italian school in his performing style. So, at the age of 22, Nikolai Baskov becomes known to the whole world, he is compared with Caruso, Pavarotti, and is invited to perform in different countries, including to America.

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Career

Everywhere Nikolai’s talent meets with admiring reception; after the concert, the Schtuder Deutsche newspaper wrote: “After performing the song of memory, Nikolai Baskov forced the audience to stand for ten minutes of applause. He combines the beauty and purity of the Russian soul, as well as an extraordinary beautiful voice" . Helped this talent to enter the band of fame Russian composer Alexander Morozov, who also fell under the spell of Baskov’s voice and invited Nikolai to perform and record two tracks – his romance and a second one of his choice. Basque chose his favorite composition - “In Memory of Caruso”. The interpretation of these works and the divine flight of his voice brought Nikolai warm gratitude and love from the public in Russia. From that moment on, the musician understands that his talent does not belong only to him alone, his talent is the property of all of Russia. By the way, the singer always treated this property very carefully - he never smoked, did not abuse alcohol, actively kept in shape, and went in for winter swimming (which is so unconventional for vocalists in general and tenors in particular).

Baskov, together with producer Boris Isaakovich Shpigel, recorded his first album, “Dedication,” at the “Music, Perfection, Beauty” studio, created specifically for Nikolai and equipped with Swiss equipment. The album, in addition to the composition “In Memory of Caruso” that made the musician famous, includes works by Handel, Albinoni, Evgeny Martynov, and others. The resulting stylistic palette is surprisingly rich – from classics to pop. After the release of the album, engagements rained down with even greater frequency and now Basque sings in a duet with an opera prima, who, by the way, presented the album “Dedication” to the public at the fashionable club “Dolls”. Music critics They believed that the Basques were creating in line with today's cultural trend of popularizing classical academic music; in the West, this trend is supported by many opera singers, including Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman.

In March 2001, Nikolai passed the state exams at the Russian Academy of Music. Gnesins. Despite the insane prices, crowds of fans and music lovers purchased tickets (all money received for tickets, as stated, was used to support the country's famous music university) to listen to Baskov during his exam. Even the Minister of Labor came and social development Mr! The work of the examination committee was complicated by the exclamations of “bravo” and applause that accompanied the end of each issue, but in the end the “excellent” mark took its place. The exam is passed - then life, rehearsals, concerts, disappointment, fatigue and the endless joy of creativity. Laureate of the Maria Callas International Vocal Competition in Athens, winner of the All-Russian Competition for Young Performers of Russian Romance, winner of the Ovation Prize in the Golden Voice of Russia category, winner of the Spanish Grand Voce competition - not a bad place to start.

After graduating from the university, Nikolai Viktorovich entered graduate school at the Moscow State Conservatory. . In 2003, she successfully completed her studies, receiving gold medal. But he decided not to stop his studies there. A little later, he entered the master's program at Moscow State University at the faculty government controlled. In 2010, he completed his master's degree, as always, successfully.

In 2003, Baskov left the Bolshoi Theater troupe and began singing in opera houses Yoshkar-Ola (was fired from there in the fall of 2012) and Novgorod. Since then most Nikolai had to spend his time touring various countries - he visited Spain, Israel, and the USA... In every country, in every city, the artist was eagerly awaited by his loyal fans, ready to do almost anything just to hear with their own ears as the golden voice of Russia sings.

Policy

On September 14, 2003, Nikolai Viktorovich was nominated as a candidate for deputy in the elections to the State Duma of the fourth convocation. Alas, he failed to get closer to power.

Awards and prizes

Nikolai Baskov has received more than a dozen different awards, prizes and titles, including: Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2001), People's Artist of Ukraine (2004), People's Artist of Moldova (2007), People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2009) and others.

Television and cinema

On July 1, 2003, Nikolai Baskov appeared before his fans in a new image - as a TV presenter. For several months he hosted the “House - 1” program on TNT.

In 2005, he became the host of the entertainment program “Saturday Evening” on the Russia-1 channel. In 2012, on the same channel he acquired own show called “Marriage Agency of Nikolai Baskov”. At the same time, the “home video of stars” project was launched on the MTV channel, the host of which was, of course, Basque.

In 2010, Nikolai Viktorovich decided to try his hand at dubbing. Ken, the doll from the cartoon “Toy Story,” spoke in his voice. The Great Escape." In 2013, he took part in the voice acting of the animated comedy “Real Squirrel”.

Between 2002 and 2014, Nikolai Baskov starred in fourteen films (musicals, TV series and feature films). His debut was the role of the Prince in the New Year's musical "Cinderella". It should be noted that Nikolai coped brilliantly with his role.

Personal life

On January 27, 2001, Nikolai married the daughter of his producer Boris Shpigel, Svetlana. Almost five years later family life(April 24, 2006) Svetlana gave Nikolai a son. The boy was called very handsome and rare name Bronislav. Unfortunately, soon after this, the relationship between Nikolai and Svetlana began to deteriorate. In May 2008, they officially divorced.

In 2009, Baskov began an affair with one of the most beautiful women countries. They were together until 2011, after which they publicly announced their separation.

In 2014, Nikolai Viktorovich met Sophie Kalcheva, a successful producer. An affair began between the artists, which gradually developed into a serious relationship.

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Nikolai Viktorovich Baskov gave birth on October 15, 1976 Balashikha, Moscow region, RSFSR, USSR - Russian pop and Opera singer(tenor), film actor, TV presenter, teacher, professor. National artist Russia (2009). People's Artist of Ukraine (2004). People's Artist of Moldova (2007)

When Kolya was two years old, his father, Viktor Vladimirovich Baskov, graduated from the M.V. Frunze Military Academy and moved with his family to serve in the GDR, where he served for five years in Dresden and Königsbrück. My father went from platoon commander to deputy division commander, then he graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.

His mother, Elena Nikolaevna Baskova, a mathematics teacher by training, worked as a television announcer in Germany.

He went in for surfing and scuba diving and received a second junior rank. From 3rd to 7th grade he studied at school No. 186 in the city of Novosibirsk, graduating with a gold medal from a school with in-depth study of music and choreography.

From 1986 to 1992 he performed on the stage of the Musical Theater young actor under the leadership of director A.L. Fedorov, with whom he went on tour in the USA, Israel, Switzerland, and France.

In 1996, Nikolai entered the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music. I studied vocals for 9 years with Honored Artist of Russia Liliana Sergeevna Shekhova. Took part in a master class by Jose Carreras. Laureate of the Spanish competition “Grand voce”. Receives the Ovation Award three times in the Golden Voice of Russia nomination.

In 1997, he became a laureate of the first All-Russian competition for young performers of Russian romance “Romansiada”.

In 1998, he became a laureate of the First Prize at the All-Russian Competition for Young Opera Singers; receives an offer to perform the role of Lensky in Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s opera “Eugene Onegin” on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater

In 1999, he won the Second Prize at the Grande Voce competition (Spain).

In 2000, he shot a video clip for musical composition"In memory of Caruso."

In 2001, he became a soloist of the Bolshoi Theater opera troupe, and at the same time graduated from the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music in the class of chamber and opera singing (class of Prof. V. Levko and V. Shcherbakov) and entered graduate school at the Moscow State Conservatory named after P. I. Tchaikovsky according to the class of prof. P. Skusnichenko)

In 2001, he married the daughter of his producer, Senator Boris Shpigel, Svetlana Shpigel.

In 2003, he completed his postgraduate studies at the Moscow State Conservatory named after P. I. Tchaikovsky with a gold medal.

In 2003, he left the Bolshoi Theater opera troupe and sang at the opera houses of Nizhny Novgorod and Yoshkar-Ola.

On July 1, 2003, he became the host of the Dom-1 project on the TNT channel, and was later replaced by Svetlana Khorkina.

Nikolay Baskov has been one of the students of Montserrat Caballe's master class in Barcelona for many years.

Basque participated in opera performances in Barcelona and Madrid together with Montserrat Caballe's daughter, Marti.

Among the most famous opera roles from Baskov’s repertoire is Lensky from P. I. Tchaikovsky’s opera “Eugene Onegin”.

Along with the execution classical works, Basque performed a lot on the stage, performing opera arias, Neapolitan songs, musicals, modern pop and pop music.

September 14, 2003 at the II Congress Russian Party Life was nominated as a candidate for deputy in the Elections in State Duma 4th convocation on the Federal party list at number No. 4, but the party bloc did not overcome the electoral threshold.

2001-2004 - tour in Israel. 2005 - tour in the USA.

On May 12, 2009, by decree of the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, Nikolai Baskov was awarded the title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation.

In October 2009, Nikolai Baskov and Taisiya Povaliy went on tour to Germany for the third time.

June 17, 2010 in Russian box office animated film"History of toys. The Great Escape" in which Nikolai voices a character named Ken.

In 2010, he completed his master's degree at the Faculty of Public Administration of Moscow State University.

Basque is the leader of several television projects, including “Saturday Evening” on the “Russia” channel, etc.

In 2001, he married Svetlana Shpigel, the daughter of his producer, entrepreneur and public figure Boris Shpigel.
April 24, 2006 - son Bronislav was born.
November 2007 - the beginning of divorce proceedings with Svetlana; May 2008 - The divorce process officially ended.
2009-2011 - Romance with Oksana Fedorova
2011-2013 - Romance with Anastasia Volochkova.
Since 2014, he has been dating singer and producer Sophie Kalcheva.

Creation
Opera parts

Performed opera roles:

The third boy in the opera “The Magic Flute” by W. A. ​​Mozart
Lensky in the opera “Eugene Onegin” by P. I. Tchaikovsky
Mozart in the opera "Mozart and Salieri"
Vladimir Igorevich in the opera “Prince Igor” by A. Borodin
The Holy Fool in the opera “Boris Godunov” by M. Mussorgsky
Ishmael in "Nabucco" by G. Verdi
Levko in the opera "May Night"
Canio in the opera "Pagliacci"
Spakosa in the opera “Cleopatra” by J. Massenet
Albert in the opera “Albert and Giselle” by A. B. Zhurbin

Baskov's stage partners

Opera singers:

Montserrat Caballe
Lyubov Kazarnovskaya
Larisa Rudakova
Karina Serbina
Maria Maksakova-Igenbergs

Teams:

Choir Turkish
Dr. Watson
Gift

Pop performers:

Maksim Galkin
Philip Kirkorov
Oleg Gazmanov
Nadezhda Babkina
Ekaterina Shavrina
Kristina Orbakaite
Katya Lel
Taisiya Povaliy

Yulia Mavrina
Sofia Rotaru
Tamara Gverdtsiteli
Nadezhda Kadysheva
Laima Vaikule
Valentina Tolkunova
Natalia Koroleva
Valeria
Diana Gurtskaya
Alsou
Emma Chaplin
Ishtar Alabina (Eti Zakh)
Sophie

Discography

2000 - Dedication
2000 - Encore
2001 - Masterpieces of the passing century
2001 - I'm 25
2004 - Never Say Goodbye
2004 - Let me go (with T. Povaliy)
2005 - Best songs
2007 - For you alone
2011 - Romantic Journey

Videography

2000 - “Where can I find you”
2000 - “In Memory of Caruso”
2000 - “The Secret” (duet with Lyubov Kazarnovskaya)
2000 - “A Moment”
2000 - “Big Love”
2001 - “Castle in the Air”
2001 - “Apple Trees in Bloom”
2001 - “Hurdy Organ”
2002 - “Power of Love”
2004 - “Moments” (with the group “Murzilki International”)
2004 - “Let me go” (duet with Taisiya Povaliy, dir. Semyon Gorov)
2005 - “Heart” (dir. Irina Mironova)
2005 - “You’re Far Away” (duet with Taisiya Povaliy, dir. Semyon Gorov)
2007 - “For You Alone” (dir. Alexander Igudin)
2007 - “Pagliacco” (Aria Canio) (dir. Giancarlo Del Monaco)
2008 - “Ship of Destiny” (dir. Alexander Igudin)
2009 - “Natural Blonde” (Production: Mukha studio)
2009 - “The Rights of Love” (duet with Oksana Fedorova, directed by Pavel Khudyakov)
2010 - “Near You” (dir. Alexander Igudin)
2011 - “Keeping Love” (duet with Valeria, directed by Victor Derbenev)
2012 - “The Wanderer” (dir. Alexander Igudin)
2013 - “Well, who told you” (dir. Evgeny Timokhin)
2013 - “Nikolai” (duet with Natalie, director Sergei Tkachenko)
2014 - " Cherry love"(dir. Oleg Gusev)
2014 - “Zaya, I love you” (dir. Semyon Gorov)
2014 - “You are my happiness” (duet with Sophie, dir. Sergei Tkachenko)

Filmography

2002 - “Cinderella” (musical) - Prince
2003 - “The Snow Queen” (musical) - Kai
2004 - “My Fair Nanny” (TV series) - cameo
2007 - “The Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors” (musical) - King Yagupop
2007 - “A Very New Year’s Movie, or Night at the Museum”
2008 - " gold fish"(musical) - Ivanushka the Fisherman
2008 - “Wedding Ring” (TV series) - Baskov’s double
2009 - “The Golden Key” (musical) - Pierrot
2010 - “Our Russia. Eggs of Destiny" - cameo
2010 - “Morozko” (musical) - Ivan Tsarevich
2011 - “The New Adventures of Aladdin” (musical) - Russian Groom
2012 - “Little Red Riding Hood” (musical) - Robin Hood
2013 - “Three Heroes” (musical) - Nightingale the Robber
2014 - “Turn the other way around” (TV series) - singer “Nikolai”

2010 - “Toy Story. The Great Escape - Ken
2013 - “Real Squirrel” - Grayson
2015 - “Savva – Heart of a Warrior”

A television

July - September 2003 - presenter of the TV show "Dom-1" on TNT.
2005 - present - permanent presenter of the TV show “Saturday Evening” (Russia-1).
February - April 2011 - “Cinderella for Baskov” with Irina Shvets on the Inter TV channel.
2011 - KVN - performance in the “STEM with a Star” competition.
2012 - host of the TV show “Nikolai Baskov’s Marriage Agency” on the Russia-1 TV channel.
2012 - host of the TV show “Home Video of Stars” on the MTV channel.

Awards and honorary titles

September 6, 2001 - Honored Artist Russian Federation- for services in the field of art.
2006 - Order of Francis Skaryna (Belarus) - for great personal contribution to the development of Belarusian-Russian cultural relations, strengthening friendship and cooperation between the peoples of Belarus and Russia.
December 9, 2006 - Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree - for services in the field of culture and art, many years of fruitful work.
May 2, 2007 - People's Artist of Moldova.
May 12, 2009 - People's Artist of the Russian Federation - for great services in the field musical art.
November 2004 - People's Artist of Ukraine.

Gold medal "For peacekeeping and charitable activities».
People's Artist of Chechnya.
April 20, 2012 - International public order "Golden Falcon" - for nobility of thoughts and deeds.

Competitions

1997 - Moscow international competition young performers of the Russian romance “Romansiada” (second prize)
1998 - All-Russian competition for young opera singers (first prize)
1999 - Grande Voce Competition, Spain (second prize)
multiple winner of the Ovation, Golden Gramophone, Muz-TV, Style of the Year, and Singer of the Year awards

Basque: a talent with a unique voice

Nikolai was born into a military family on October 15, 1976. He will turn 41 in the fall of 2017. What has a genius succeeded in at the age of 40?

We must give the singer his due: he worked hard to gain recognition. He has studied at the Academy named after him. Gnessins, postgraduate studies at the Moscow Conservatory, private lessons with the best teachers. The talent was also noted in the West. Montserrat Caballe herself took Basque under her wing, and at the age of 22 he brilliantly performed such a difficult role in the production of “Cleopatra” that he received a standing ovation from Roman critics and the discerning public.

Today opera and stage seem close to Nikolai. He is a showman, TV presenter, film actor, professor of the vocal department, teacher. He dubs children's films, performs complex parts and popular songs.

Personal life

A tenor who devoted himself to serving people until he found family happiness, although he was married. At the age of 20, he tied the knot of Hymen with 19-year-old Svetlana Shpigel. The couple's wedding took place on January 27, 2001, but already in mid-2008 the union of the “natural blonde” and the brunette Spiegel broke up.

It took Basque a long time to recover from the blow. Then, in 2009, he became fascinated by a new relationship with Miss Universe 2002, Oksana Fedorova. However, the announced engagement in early 2011 did not lead to a wedding. The couple lost interest in each other, and in the same 2011, the “golden voice of Russia” was consoled in the arms of Anastasia Volochkova. The tenor and ballerina were frank with the audience, sharing candid photos, appeared everywhere together. But this connection also ended painlessly for everyone in 2013.

Since 2014, Nikolai Baskov has been dating Sofia Kalcheva, who once took the pseudonym Sofia Bogdan. According to some sources, the tenor’s beloved is 28 years old, other versions say that she is 34.

Children

The singer, married to Svetlana Shpigel, found the happiness of becoming a father and almost immediately lost it. The couple had a son on April 4, 2006; at the family council they decided to give him the name Bronislav Shpigel-Baskov. After the divorce, Svetlana wanted her son to bear her last name and did not allow Nikolai to meet with him. At the age of 10, the boy calls Svetlana’s second husband, with whom she has also already separated, dad.

The tenor himself believes that “time will put everything in its place,” but for now he is content with the fact that his son does not need anything. By the way, the singer’s current lover Sofia has a 10-year-old son, Bogdan. Perhaps Nikolai Baskov could become his adoptive father if the couple’s relationship develops into family ties.

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