With his stunning vocal range and deep acting skills, Pavel Kolgatin has been hailed by international critics as a discovery of modern bel canto. At the age of 18, Pavel began his collaboration with one of the best opera agencies and keeps performing at the most prestigious venues of the world.
After winning the Neue Stimmen competition, where Pavel also received the audience award, his international career began to develop rapidly. At the age of 21, Pavel made his debut as Tamino in the opera Die Zauberflöte at the Bolshoi Theater. He is a soloist of the Vienna Opera since 2012.
The highlights in recent years include Lensky (Eugene Onegin), Innocent (Boris Godunov) and Elvino (La sommambula) at the New National Theater in Tokyo, Ferrando (Cosi fan tutte) at Teatro di San Carlo, Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore), Don Ramiro (La Cenerentola) and Conte d’Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia) at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Brighella (Ariadne auf Naxos) at Teatre alla Scala, Conte d’Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia) at Semperoper Dresden, Don Narciso (Il Turco in Italia) at the Bolshoi Theatre in Warsaw, Don Ramiro (La Cenerentola) at the Manheim National Theatre and Basel Theatre, Nemorino (L’elisier d’amore)and Elvino (La Sonnambula) at Salzburg Opera House.
Pavel has participated in many Opera Festivals, including Rossini Opera Festival, Salzburger Festspiele, Suntory Hall, Tongyeong International Music Festival, Festival d'Aix en Provence, Kissinger Sommer, Classics at the Palace Square Gala, Classic Open Air am Gendarmenmarkt, Festival in Bad Wörishofer, and Easter Fest in Vatikan.
He has worked with conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Marco Armiliato, Franz Welser-Möst, Adam Fischer, Carlo Rizzi, Donato Renzetti, Marco Boemi, Christopher Moulds, Vladimir Spivakov, Nikolay Nekrasov, Alexander Sladkovsky, Vasily Sinaisky, Christophe Rousset, Louis Langrée, amongst others.
Pavel also appears on television in programs such as Stars von Morgen with Rolando Villazon, with solo performances and galas, which are broadcast on ORF, ArteTV, ZDF2, DW, PULS4, 3sat TV, Rai TV.
He regularly sings at government and charity events, including the Claudio Abbado Memorial Concert (2014) and the Aids Gala.
Among the awards Pavel has received are The Best Young Artist at the Year (2010) in Bad Wörishofen, Audience Prize and Prize Winner at Neue Stimmen (2009) in Gütersloh, First Prize at the Hariclea Darclée International Voice competition held in Brăila, Romania in 2015. He is Laureate of the Academy of Mozart in Aix-en-Provence and First Prize winner at the International Feodor Chaliapin Competition (2010), the 21-st Century Art International Competition (2006) in Ukraine and the National Competitions in Ryazan and Moscow (2005).
