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Andrei Bondarenko (born 1987) is a Ukrainian baritone opera singer.
Bondarenko was born in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine. He trained at the National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music in Kiev and at the Kiev Conservatory. He won the "Art in the 21st Century" competition in Vorzel, and was a prize-winner at the 2006 International Rimsky-Korsakov competition in St Petersburg and the 2008 Nadezhda Obuhova Young Vocalists´ Festival. In 2007 he joined the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers and has studied in Kiev with Valery Buimister.
Bondarenko appeared in the Salzburg Festival in 2009, and in 2011 represented Ukraine in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, winning the Song Prize and getting through to the final for which he became hot favourite. Interviewed by Josie D'Arby for BBC2 immediately following his performance in the final, he stated that he would award himself only "70 per cent", and he was defeated by Valentina Nafornita for the main prize.
Bondarenko is married to the Ukrainian soprano, Eleonora Vindau.
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition (known as Cardiff Singer of the World from 1983–2001 and BBC Singer of the World in Cardiff in 2003) is a competition for opera and art singers held every two years.
The competition was started by BBC Wales in 1983 to celebrate the opening of St David's Hall in Cardiff, Wales, home of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. The creation of the competition was overseen by Geraint Stanley Jones, who was the controller at BBC Wales at the time.
Auditions are held throughout the world in the autumn before the competition, with singers being selected to take part in Cardiff the following June. Each singer represents their own country. In Wales is there a competition to select the national representative. The winner of the Welsh Singers Competition represents Wales in BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition.
The competition is judged by a panel of distinguished singers, musicians and music professionals. In 2003 an audience prize was also introduced for the primary competition; in 2011 it was renamed the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize to mark the passing of the legendary singer who was the competition's first patron.
Andrey or Andrei (in Cyrillic script: Андрей or Андрэй) is the Russian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Finnish, Estonian or Belarusian form of Andrew. Notable people with the name include:
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2011, Song Prize Final from St David's Hall in Cardiff, 17 June, 2011.
Baritone Andrei Bondarenko sings Rodrigo's final scene from Verdi's Don Carlo at the Cardiff Singer of the World 2011 Competition.
arte.tv/starsvonmorgen Dass Träume nicht immer wahr werden, das müssen junge Musiker oft genug erleben. Andrei Bondarenko zum Beispiel wäre so gerne Jazz-Saxofonist geworden. Immerhin konnte er mit 23 Jahren als Sänger sein Debüt bei den Salzburger Festspielen geben - wahrlich keine schlechte Alternative. Bei den "Stars von morgen" zeigt sich der junge Bariton von zwei ganz unterschiedlichen Seiten: mit der ebenso schwierigen wie komischen "Stotter-Arie" aus Mascagnis "Le Maschere" und dem lyrischen "Tanzlied des Pierrot" aus Korngolds "Die tote Stadt".
Ukrainian baritone Andrei Bondarenko,piano Oleg Pavlov Рахманинов "В молчании ночи тайной" E.Grieg "Ich liebe dich" P.Mascagni Tartaglia aria from "Le Maschere"
5(7) STARS VON MORGEN 15.12.13 Rolando Villazón -Andrei Bondarenko "Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen" (Die Tote Stadt - E.W.Korngold), Alexander Krichel (piano) Klavierkonzert Nr.2-III Rondo- Beethoven - Céline Moinet (oboe), Alexandra Conunova-Dumortier (violín), Barrie Kosky (Chefregisseur und Intendant der Komischen Oper Berlin), Junge Sinfonie Berlin, Elias Grandy- Kulturbrauerei Berlin 15/12/2013
Amelie Robitaille and performer Andrii Bondarenko gave Juan Fernandez a preview of the show.
When Brother Andrew started the ministry of Open Doors in 1955, he had a heart specifically for those behind the Iron Curtain. The USSR had become an extremely difficult place to be a Christian and Christians were losing freedoms more and more as time went by. Brother Andrew visited several parts of Eastern Europe in the early days of his ministry, up until the Soviet Union collapsed. He befriended several pastors and Christian leaders during this time. One of them was a man named Joseph Bondarenko. Joseph was a pastor with a heart for the youth. In spite of all the restrictions and threats he faced, he would hold evangelism conferences, leading many people to the Lord. His actions caused him to be put on the KGB’s most wanted list. And eventually, he was arrested and spent nearly ...
The terrific Baritone Andrei Bondarenko and I had a great conversation in the middle of a performance of La Boheme at the Opernhaus Zuerich. Hope you enjoy!!
Joseph Bondarenko is interviewed by Pastor Steve Jolley of Santa Barbara Community Church on August 24, 2014. Recounting his struggles of torture and near death while being imprisoned nearly 10 years for preaching the gospel, Joseph shares what gave him courage and strength to stand firm in his Christian faith and why he could not be silenced by the Soviet government. To support The Good Call Ministries and purchase your copy of the KGB's Most Wanted please click here: https://goodcallministries.org/News/1017
See a preview of the Festival 2014 revival of Graham Vick's production of Eugene Onegin starring Andrei Bondarenko and Ekaterina Scherbachenko. More information and tickets glyndebourne.com/production/eugene-onegin-1
Mengmei Zhu, China Telekom Europe, und/and Alexander Bondarenko, speedFlow Communications