Art director

Victor Skorobogatov

Honoured Artist of Republic Belarus (1982)

Diploma-winner of the Republican competition of singers (Minsk, 1974)

Prize-winner of the Republican competition of singers (Minsk, 1976)

Prize-winner of the International competition of singers (Tallinn, Estonia 1976)

Prize-winner of the all over the USSR competitions of singers in Riga (Latvia, 1976) and Tallinn (Estonia, 1979)

Diploma-winner of the International competition of singers in Paris (France, 1980)

Laureate of the State prize of the Republic of Belarus (1990)

Honourable member of the International Science Academy of EURASIA (1994)

Laureate of the Special prize of the President of the Republic of Belarus for the high achievements in arts and culture in the "Music art" section (production of the opera "Faust" by A.Radzivill, 1999)

1977 - graduated from Belarussian State Conservatoire (now Academy of music) as a solo-singer (by professor S.Oskolkov). 1984 - accomplished the post-graduate studies (by People's Artist of Republic Belarus, professor T.Nizhnikova).

1980-81 - won the UNESCO grant on probation work in La Scala, Milan (by professors G.Simionato and E.Muller).

Since 1977 principal soloist (baritone) of Belarussian opera. Since 1984 - teacher of singing of the Belarusian State Academy of Music (since 2003 - professor).

1988-94 - the fist in the history of Belarussian art prepared and performed the cycle of 10 concert programs "Anthology of Belarusian vocal music of XVI-XX c".

1991 - initiated an conducted the first festival "Revival of Belarussian Capella". Since may of 1992 - the founder and art director of Belarussian Capella.

Victor Skorobogatov is the regular jury member of the International festival of church music "Mahutny Bozha (Mighty God)" (Mogilev, since 1993) and the National Stanislav Monyushko's competition of singers "Ubelskaya lastauka (The swallow of Ubel)" (Tcherven, since1999). 1999 - was the first to put on the Belarussian stage the opera "Faust" by A.Radzivill (composed in1820, libretto by J.W.Goethe), received with a great interest by the audience and press both in Belarus and abroad.

Victor Skorobogatov is engaged in research on Belarussian music heritage. His science articles are permanently published both in Belarus and abroad. Since 1996 - the Editor-in-chief of the

two notes series: "Musyka starazhytnyh siadzibau (The music of the ancient manors)" and

"Belaruski histarychny notazbor (Belarussian historical notes collection)", for the time being there are 16 collections been published. Victor Skorobogatov has compiled, prefaced and commented 9 of them.

Victor Skorobogatov and his colleagues have brought back in Belarus all the discovered autographic materials by Yan Tarasevitch (1889-1961), Belarussian composer of Belastok, the author of first works on verses by Belarussian poets F.Bogushevitch, J.Kolas, M.Bogdanovitch