Gennady Pishchayev

Gennady Mikhailovich Pishchayev (Russian: Генна́дий Миха́йлович Пища́ев; born July 30, 1927) is a Soviet opera singer, lyric tenor altino.[1] Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1965).[2][3]

Gennady Pishchayev
Born
Gennady Mikhailovich Pishchayev

(1927-07-30) 30 July 1927
Zirgan, RSFSR, USSR
NationalityRussian
Occupationsinger
Years active1953–present

Biography

Gennady was born in the village of Zirgan, Meleuzovsky District, Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.[2][3] His brother Pavel is an honorary citizen of the Salavat, director of the sulfuric acid and catalyst plant of the Salavat petrochemical plant.[3]

The parents of Gennady, Mikhail Stepanovich and Klavdiya Petrovna (nee Makarova), were ordinary people. The grandfather of Gennady Pishchaev was a blacksmith. The family was very fond of singing, his father played the accordion well, his father's brother was considered a good singer.[3]

He was born without an arm, which did not prevent him from developing many talents.[3]

Currently lives in Moscow.[4]

Career

He worked at the Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theater (Ufa), where he performed the part of Lensky in the opera Eugene Onegin (1966).[5]

He worked at the Leningrad Maly Opera and Ballet Theatre, where he also performed the part of Lensky (1968).[4]

Since 1980 he taught at the vocal faculty of GITIS.[4]

In 1988, at the Bolshoi Theatre, he sang the part of the Astrologer in Rimsky-Korsakov's The Golden Cockerel. In the film Mirror for a Hero, Gennady Pishchayev sang Smith's serenade from Bizet's opera La jolie fille de Perth.[4][6]

June 17, 1999 awarded the Order of Friendship.[7]

Discography

Albums
  • Gennady Pishchayev (Mono, 1960)
  • Gennady Pishchayev (RP, 1968)
  • Songs And Dances of The Renaissance (LP, 1977) with Sándor Kallós
  • Romances (LP)
  • Tchaikovsky. Sixteen Songs for Children (LP, 1980)

Singles
  • Sweetheart, Wonderful / High Wave On the Volga (Mono, 1954)
  • Rendezvous (Mono, 1965)

References
  1. "Мужские голоса. Тенор". Archived from the original on 2011-10-12. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
  2. G.M. Pishchayev // Musical Encyclopedia / ed. Yuri Keldysh, 1978. – vol. 4
  3. "Геннадий Пищаев. Радио во Благо". Archived from the original on 2016-02-15. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  4. Владимир Молчанов. Геннадий Пищаев в программе «Рандеву с дилетантом»
  5. "Его голос до сих пор считается непревзойдённым". Archived from the original on 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  6. "Кинофильм «Зеркало для героя» режиссуры Владимира Хотиненко. Серенада из оперы Бизе «Пертская красавица»". songkino.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  7. Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 17 июня 1999 года № 786 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»
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