Vladimir Miller

Vladimir Robertovich Miller (Russian: Влади́мир Ро́бертович Ми́ллер) is a Russian opera singer possessing the rare low-ranging basso profondo voice. He was born in Siberia in 1964.

Biography

Miller was initially planning a singing career. He graduated from Leningrad State Conservatoire as a musicologist. Later he studied singing at Cologne Music School in Germany. His teachers were Reinhard Leisenheimer and Kurt Moll. He soon became a leading soloist in the St. Petersburg State Academic Capella.

Miller has performed in concerts in Great Britain, Germany, the Vatican, the Netherlands, Italy, and the United States. Miller has learned and performed an extensive repertoire, singing leading parts in operas by Mozart and Claudio Monteverdi. He sang parts in cantatas and oratorios by Heinrich Schütz, J.S. Bach, Anton Bruckner, Alexander Gretchaninov, John Tavener, and others. Miller has sung in the Male Choir of the Valaam Institute for Choral Art since 1990.

Sources

• Nikitin, K., (translation by Irinia Simonchik) Chants of the Russian Orthodox Church, Male choir of the Valaam Institute for Choral Art
• The Male Choir of St. Petersburg, Biography: Vladimir Miller