Biography

Baritone Gurgen Baveyan is swiftly establishing himself as a specialist in Italian bel canto repertoire making an impressive series of debuts in major European houses to great acclaim.

Recent highlights include a series of debuts as Figaro Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Norwegian National Opera & Ballet, Opéra National de Lorraine, Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Teatro Verdi in Pisa, Teatro Pergolesi in Jesi, Papageno Magic Flute at Teatro Regio Torino, Poeta Il Turco in Italia at the Festival della Valle d’Itria in Martina Franca, Schaunard La Bohème Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari.

Nominated as the ‘most sought after singer’ of the year by the OpernWelt magazine in 2018,

his wider engagements include a series of concerts with Maestro Riccardo Muti at the Ravenna Festival and Maggio Musicale Florence with repertoire including Schubert’s Messe and Tigran Mansourian Purgatorio, the roles of  Marcello La Boheme at Nederlandse Reisopera, Figaro Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Staatstheater Hannover, Teatro Verdi Trieste, Theater Basel, Gran Teatro Nacional of Lima, Teatro delle Muse Ancona and Teatro Verdi Sassari, Don Alvaro Il Viaggio a Reims at Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Rossini Opera Festival Pesaro, and in the golden hall of Musikverein as part of Juan Diego Florez & Friends Rossini Gala concert, Dandini La Cenerentola for the New Generation Festival at the Boboli Gardens Florence, Schaunard La bohème at Theater Basel, Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Michelotto Cibo Die Gezeichneten at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and a guest performance at the Festival of White Nights with the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg.

Gurgen was a member of the Accademia Rossiniana at ROF Pesaro. He studied voice at the Armenian State Conservatory and Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt am Main, under the tutelage of Hedwig Fassbender.

In his early career, he was a member of the ensemble at the Armenian National Theatre, a guest artist at the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra and at Yerevan Opera Studio, a member at the Opera Studio and later on a guest artist at Oper Frankfurt, where he performed a variety of roles.

Awards include the 2nd prize at the Pavel Lisitsian Competition in Moscow, 2013 and the Young Singer of the Year Award 2010 from the President of the Republic of Armenia.