Alexander Sharovsky


Alexander Yakovlevich Sharovsky is an Azerbaijani actor and theater director, chief director of the Azerbaijan State Academic Russian Drama Theatre, People's Artiste of Azerbaijan, and head of the community of European Jews in Baku.

Biography

Alexander Sharovsky was born in 1948 in Baku. In 1973, he graduated from Azerbaijan State Institute of Foreign Languages.
Since 1967, he has been an actor at the Azerbaijan State Theatre of Young Spectators, and since 1976, he has continued his work at the Azerbaijan State Academic Russian Drama Theatre, where he was first an actor, then, from 1978 to 1990, an assistant director, and a production director since 11 June 1991. He has been the chief director of the theater since 3 February 1993.
During these years, he played more than 50 roles on stage, appeared in 4 movies, and staged 54 plays.
Alexander Sharovsky is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Baku International Center for Multiculturalism.

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