Alexey Yakimov
Vocal Coach
He was born in Moscow where he began his music studies at the age of 6. While studying at the Svesnikov Choral College he won several youth competitions as a pianist. In 2008 he graduated from Moscow Academy of Choral Art in choral conducting and opera singing. Since 2009 he has been living in Italy where he studies at Scuola dell'opera Italiana at Teatro Comunale di Bologna and Accademia Rossiniana in Pesaro. She has participated as singer-soloist in various opera productions in theaters in Bologna, Jesi, Treviso, Rome and Palermo. In 2010 in Bologna as pianist and composer he won a competition dedicated to Padre Martini. Since 2014 he has collaborated with the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow as pianist-accompanist and vocal coach where he participates in productions of operas "Così fan tutte" by Mozart, "Don Carlo" by Verdi, "La Sonnambula" by Bellini, "Manon Lescaut" by Puccini. In 2019 he graduated in conducting from the Rossini Conservatory of Pesaro under the guidance of Maestro Manlio Benzi. In 2019 as a collaborating maestro and harpsichordist, he participated in the production of Rossini's opera "La Cambiale di Matrimonio" at the Rossini Opera Festival.