Evgeny Bobrov

Evgeny Nikolaevich Bobrov is an Honoured Worker of Culture of Russia, chairman of the Interregional Centre of Russian Choral Art, Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation, chairman of the audit commission of the All-Russian Choral Society, artistic director and organiser of the choral festivals “Golden Ples on the Volga”, “Alexander Nevsky Choral Cathedral”, “Golden Knight”, “Artos” and “Singing Crimea”, and organiser of the annual “Sheremetev Assemblies”.

He graduated from the Nizhny Novgorod State Conservatory in the class of the outstanding master of choral art, People’s Artist of Russia, Professor Lev Konstantinovich Sivukhin. He completed an internship at the European Choral Academy (Marktoberdorf, Germany). He was awarded the international certificate “Outstanding Conductor” (Hungary).

1979–1984: head of the choral studio of the GAZ Children’s Music School;\n1984–1985: teacher at the Ivanovo Music College;\nfrom 1985 to the present: artistic director of the creative association “Sheremetev Centre” of the Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology and conductor of the Ivanovo Chamber Choir.

As a colleague of G. Polyachenko, Evgeny Nikolaevich organised and held 25 international festivals of sacred music “Golden Ples”, 15 regional Easter celebrations “Artos”, 10 all-Russian “Alexander Nevsky Choral Cathedrals” and “Sheremetev Assemblies”, and the A. M. Zhukovsky Memorial Festival in 2022.

Evgeny Bobrov

In April 2023 the music festival “Spring Waters”, dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Russian composer S. V. Rachmaninoff, took place in the Ivanovo region; its author and artistic director is Evgeny Nikolaevich Bobrov.

Evgeny Nikolaevich is the founder and lifelong director of the Chamber Choir of the Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology (since 1986) and of the creative association “Sheremetev Centre” (since 1991).

The Chamber Choir is a laureate of choral festivals in Germany, France, Norway, Hungary and the Czech Republic, and Evgeny Nikolaevich has been awarded the Order of St Sergius of Radonezh, 3rd class.

In 2017 he created the male vocal ensemble “Klassika” from graduates of the A. M. Zhukovsky Boys’ Choir Chapel. In five years of creative work the ensemble won recognition, becoming a laureate of six international competitions:\n – Grand Prix of the 7th S. P. Oskina International Choral Festival-Competition “Vivat, Boys”, with diplomas for Best Conductor and Best Accompanist, Petrozavodsk;\n – 1st Prize at the 2nd M. G. Klimov International Choral Competition, Kazan;\n – 2nd Prize at the 10th International Festival-Competition of Sacred Music “Crystal Chapel”, Moscow;\n – twice 1st Prize at the Open All-Russian Competition of Male Choirs “Male Singing Brotherhood”, Izhevsk;\n – 2nd Prize at the 1st V. V. Rovdo International Choral Competition, Minsk, Belarus;\n – 1st Prize at the L. K. Sivukhin All-Russian Competition of Academic Male Choirs “The Singing Male Brotherhood”, Kaluga.

In 2020 Evgeny Nikolaevich Bobrov became head of the A. M. Zhukovsky Boys’ Choir School. Under his direction the choir reached a new performing level and prepared an extensive and demanding programme, performing on the most prestigious stages of the country and worthily continuing the traditions of the male singing brotherhood.

Under the direction of Evgeny Nikolaevich, the Concert Boys’ Choir and the A. M. Zhukovsky Choir Chapel became:\n – laureates (2nd prize) of the 13th L. K. Sivukhin All-Russian Competition of Academic Choirs, Boys’ Choirs and Vocal Ensembles “The Singing Male Brotherhood”, Kaluga;\n – laureates (1st prize) of the 20th Moscow International Music Festival “Moscow Sounds”, House of Music, Moscow (Concert Boys’ Choir);\n – laureates of the V. V. Rovdo International Competition, Minsk, Belarus (Chapel);\n – winners of the Gold Diploma of the 11th “Cyril and Methodius” International Choral Competition, Rachmaninoff Hall and Great Hall of the Conservatory, Moscow (Chapel);

In two and a half years the Boys’ and Youth Chapel under Evgeny Nikolaevich has taken part in various choral festivals across the country:\n – “Alexander Nevsky Choral Cathedral”, Gorodets, Nizhny Novgorod region;\n – International Children’s and Youth Festival “Young Voices of Onego”, Petrozavodsk;\n – 5th International Choral Festival “Volga Choral Cathedral”, Konakovo, Tver region;\n – “Peter’s Choral Assemblies”, St Petersburg;\n – Vladislav Sokolov Rybinsk International Choral Festival, Yaroslavl region.