Gennady Pishchayev


Gennady Mikhailovich Pishchayev is a Soviet opera singer, lyric tenor altino. Honored Artist of the RSFSR.

Biography

Gennady was born in the village of Zirgan, Meleuzovsky District, Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. His brother Pavel is an honorary citizen of the Salavat, director of the sulfuric acid and catalyst plant of the Salavat petrochemical plant.
The parents of Gennady, Mikhail Stepanovich and Klavdiya Petrovna, were ordinary people. The grandfather of Gennady Pishchaev was a blacksmith. The family was very fond of singing, his father played the accordion well, his father's brother was considered a good singer.
He was born without an arm, which did not prevent him from developing many talents.
Currently lives in Moscow.

Career

He worked at the Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theater, where he performed the part of Lensky in the opera Eugene Onegin.
He worked at the Leningrad Maly Opera and Ballet Theatre, where he also performed the part of Lensky.
Since 1980 he taught at the vocal faculty of GITIS.
In 1988 at the Bolshoi Theatre, he sang the part of the Astrologer in Rimsky-Korsakov's The Golden Cockerel. In the film Mirror for a Hero, Gennady Pishchayev sang Smith's serenade from Bizet's opera La jolie fille de Perth.

Awards

June 17, 1999 – Order of Friendship

Discography

Albums

Singles

  • Sweetheart, Wonderful / High Wave On the Volga
  • Rendezvous