Oliver Kuusik
{{Short description|Estonian opera singer}}
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Oliver Kuusik (born 21 July 1980 in Tallinn) is an Estonian opera singer (tenor) {{cite web |title=Kuusik, Oliver {{!}} Estonian Music Information Centre |url=https://www.emic.ee/?sisu=interpreedid&mid=59&id=164&lang=eng&action=view&method=biograafia |website=www.emic.ee |access-date=15 February 2021}}{{Cite web |title=Oliver Kuusik, Tenor |url=https://www.operabase.com/artists/oliver-kuusik-13399/en |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Operabase |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Oliver Kuusik / Tenor |url=https://plmf.ee/en/portfolio/oliver-kuusik-tenor/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Pille Lill Music Fund |language=en-US}}
In 2006, he graduated from Guildhall School of Music and Drama's Opera Studio.
Since 2008, he is a tenor soloist at the Estonian National Opera.
He is a member of Association of Estonian Professional Musicians.
Roles
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- Ferrando (Mozart's "Così fan tutte")
- Nicias (Massenet's "Thaïs")
- Bernhard Schmidt (Clements' "Cigars, Biscuits, and Cognac")
He has participated in the ETV music show series " Kaks takti ette "{{Cite web |title=tiuu lask |url=https://www.epl.ee/artikkel/370752 |access-date=January 20, 2007}}
Acknowledgments
- 2002 Estonian song contest "Young singer 2002" 1st prize
- 2005 Pille Lille Musician's Foundation Marje and Kuldar Sing first prize "Young Musician".{{Cite web |date=2016-02-16 |title=PLMF - Preemiad |url=http://www.plmf.ee/preemiad_est |access-date=2024-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216062124/http://www.plmf.ee/preemiad_est |archive-date=2016-02-16 }}
- 2006 Hendrik Krumm singing competition - 1st prize {{Cite web |date=2016-03-08 |title=!Saaremaa uudiste arhiiv (28/07/2006) - Selgusid Hendrik Krummi nimelise laulukonkursi võitjad |url=http://www.saarlane.ee/uudised/arhiiv/2006/07/28/26558/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308005430/http://www.saarlane.ee/uudised/arhiiv/2006/07/28/26558/ |archive-date=2016-03-08 }}
- 2007 Klaudia Taevi competition - III prize and special German music prize (jury Barbara Hendricks, Jevgeni Nesterenko etc.)
- 2010 Crystal Shoe Award {{Cite web |date=2016-03-04 |title=Teater.ee |url=http://www.teater.ee/teater_eestis/uudised/aid-3909/Eesti-teatri-aastaauhindade-laureaadid&art_year=2010&art_month=3 |access-date=2024-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304123813/http://www.teater.ee/teater_eestis/uudised/aid-3909/Eesti-teatri-aastaauhindade-laureaadid&art_year=2010&art_month=3 |archive-date=2016-03-04 }}
- 2011, 2015 SEB audience award laureate.{{cite web | url=http://www.seb.ee/uudised/2015-03-30/seb-publikupreemia-laureaadid-2015-ooperisolistid-helen-lokuta-ja-oliver-kuusik | title=SEB publikupreemia laureaadid 2015 on ooperisolistid Helen Lokuta ja Oliver Kuusik | SEB }}
- 2015 Tiit Kuusik scholarship{{Cite web |title=ARVUSTUS {{!}} "Orpheus põrgus". Särav maailm, kus armastusel pole kohta |url=https://epl.delfi.ee/artikkel/120087680/arvustus-orpheus-porgus-sarav-maailm-kus-armastusel-pole-kohta |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=Eesti Päevaleht |language=et}}
References
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Category:21st-century Estonian male opera singers
Category:Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Category:Musicians from Tallinn
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