Mikhail Kruglov

Mikhail Kruglov (Russian: Михаил Круглов) is a Russian opera, folk and choir singer possessing a strong low-ranging oktavist voice. Mr Kruglov was born in Siberia in 1972.

Biography

He is a graduate of the National Conservatory Nowosybirskiego and Saint Petersburg State Conservatoire. The artist has an active concert career. He has performed with distinguished conductors such as Semyon Bychkov, W. Czernuszenko, A. Katz, Krzysztof Penderecki, J. Swietłanow, and Vladimir Spivakov. Mikhail Kruglov also performed and with the choir Radio France, the State Academic Capella of St. Petersburg, Chamber Choir Lege Artis, and Novosibirsk Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Choir University of Technology. In 2007, received the title of Distinguished Artist of the Republic of Karelli.

Oktavists Sergei Kochetov, Mikhail Kruglov and Vladimir Miller recently recorded a number of classic Russian folk songs and similar music, singing them in a low pitched key. The idea was to invoke the old oktavist tradition which dates back to the Tzar's court, where there would be several oktavists assembled to sing when called upon. The trio also sang in a number of concerts as a part of the project. Mikhail Kruglov and Vladimir Miller, are great friends and they often sing together.

Physical appearance

Kruglov is an archetypal Russian Basso Profondo. He stands over 200 cm tall and weighs over 90 kilos.

Sources

http://miedzywschodemazachodem.art.pl/ludzie/kroglov.htm http://thebassoprofondoblog.blogspot.ch/search?q=Mikhail+Kruglov

Further reading

• Morosan, Vladimir Choral Performance in Pre-revolutionary Russia, UMI Research Press, 1986. ISBN 0-8357-1713-5
• Rommereim, J. C., "The Choir and How to Direct It: Pavel Chesnokov's magnum opus", Choral Journal, Official Publication of the American Choral Directors Association, XXXVIII, no. 7, 1998

See also

• Oktavist
• Basso Profondo
• Russian Orthodox chant