Anton Bagrov

In 2005 he graduated from the Glinka Nizhny Novgorod State Conservatory, in the class of Lev Sivukhin and Georgy Muratov, with a degree in “Conductor of an Academic Choir, Choirmaster”.

In 2001 he became a soloist of the male vocal ensemble “Cantors”, touring with the group in the Czech Republic, Poland and France. He took part in recordings of the discs “Passion Week” by Grechaninov (2000, as a soloist), “To Thee We Sing” (2001), “O God, in Thy Name” (2003) and “To the Glory of the Most Holy Trinity” (2006) with the ensemble. He also took part in recording the soundtrack of the television series “Ivan the Terrible” (Mosfilm, Demarsh studio, 2008; composer Andrei Eshpai).

In October 2012 he became a singer of the musicAeterna chamber choir of the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre. Taking part in all of the ensemble’s projects, from January 2018 Anton also worked as a choirmaster on such works as Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Berio’s Coro and Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex. At the Diaghilev International Festival he worked with the choir on Honegger’s “Joan of Arc at the Stake”, Retinsky’s Marian Antiphons and “The Blow of the Hammer”. He was also choirmaster for Mozart’s opera “La clemenza di Tito” on musicAeterna’s tour in Amsterdam.

Since the 2019/2020 season he has been a singer and choirmaster of the choir of the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre.

Laureate of the All-Russian Competition of Male Choirs and Vocal Ensembles “The Singing Male Brotherhood” (Grand Prix, Kaluga, 1997)