Born in Ufa Bashkortostan, Russian bass Askar Abdrazakov won numerous prizes including: The Lauareat International Glinka Competition, Alma-Ata Kazakhstan
First Prize in the Unisa Transnet Competition, Pretoria.
First Prize in the Chaliapin Bass Competition, Kazan.
Grand Prix in the Maria Callas Competition, Athens.
First prize in the International Sergei Rachmaninov Competition, Moscow.
Career Highlights include:
AIDA - Ramfis
ALEKO - the old Gypsy
ATTILA - title role
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA - Basilio
BORIS GODOUNOV - Boris
LA DAMNATION DI FAUST
DON CARLO - Philip II
DON CARLO - Grand Inquisitor
DON GIOVANNI - title role
DON GIOVANNI - Leporello
DUKE BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE - Bluebeard
EUGENE ONEGIN - Prince Gremin
FAUST - Méphistophélès
LA FAVORITA - Baltazar
INVISIBLE CITY OF KITEZH - Prince Yuri
KHOVANSCHINA - Dosifey
LUCIA - Raimondo
LUISA MILLER - Count Walter
MACBETH - Banco
MAZEPPA - Kotchubey
MEFISTOFELE - title role
NABUCCO - Zaccaria
NORMA - Oroveso
PRINCE IGOR - Kontchak
LE ROSSIGNOL - Bonze
RUSLAN AND LUDMILLA - Ruslan
SIMONE BOCCANEGRA - Fiesco
THE TALE OF TSAR SALTAN- Tsar Sultan
TURANDOT - Timur
Arena di Verona Pretoria Teatro Nacional de São Carlos Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova Cagliari Festival
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos
Opéra de Marseille
Stadttheater Basel
Stadttheater Basel
Hamburgische Staatsoper
Teatro Real Madrid Bayerische Staatsoper Teatro Colón Buenos Aires
Teatro Comunale di Bologna & Japan tour with the Company Teatro Regio di Parma Teatro Real Madrid Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova
Grand Théâtre de Limoges
Washington Opera
Dublin
Teatro G. Verdi Trieste Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova
Teatro Regio Torino Ufa
Bilbao
Bregenz Festival
Oper Frankfurt
Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona
Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona De Vlaamse Opera
Teatro Comunale Firenze Grand Théâtre, Génève
Teatro alla Scala Milano
Teatro Regio Torino Teatro Massimo Palermo Oper Frankfurt
Arena di Verona Deutsche Oper Berlin Santiago de Chili
Las Palmas
Metropolitan Opera
Théâtre du Chatelet BBC Symphony Orchestra
Metropolitan Opera
Teatro del Maggio Musicale
Teatro del Maggio Musicale
Teatro Regio Torino
Concerts Include: MESSA DI GLORIA - Moscow; LE ROSSIGNOL - BBC Symphony Orchestra; REQUIEM in honour of Maria Callas - Athens; SOLO CONCERT - Vladimir Spivakov Festival, Colmar; REQUIEM Dvorák; BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY NO. 9 - Lille and Paris; VERDI MESSA DA REQUIEM - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; MAHLER SYMPHONY NO 8 - Tonhalle Orchester Zürich.
Recitals Include: Wigmore Hall with Irina Arkhipova; Carnegie Hall.
Conductors with whom he has appeared include:
Claudio Abbado; Alexander Anisimov; Maurizio Arena; Bruno Bartoletti; Pierre Boulez; Oleg Caetani; Jean-Claude Casadesus; Mark Elder; Mark Ermler; Vladimir Fedoseyev; Daniele Gatti; Valery Gergiev; Jesus Lopes-Corbos; Lorin Maazel; Carlo Montanaro; Daniel Oren; Michel Plasson; Mstislav Rostropovich; Nello Santi; Marcello Viotti; Raif Weikert.