In 1970
as first prize winner at the Tschaikowsky Competition, the Moscow born bass
Evgeny Nesterenko was launched on a blazing career. After the Bolshoi, all the
great houses beckoned: Vienna, the Metropolian, La Scala, the Teatro Colòn
Paris, Covent Garden with Abbado, Muti, Kleiber, Pretre, Sawallich and many
more. He has also been guest at the world's great festivals. His beautiful
basso voice has charmed audiences of opera, oratorio and Lieder, In the latter
domain, he has interpreted the works of Shostakovich and Georgij Swiridow. His
Don Carlo, also sung to mark bi-centennial celebrations at La Scala, has
brought him particular renown. Nesterenko has recordings to his credit on
Melodia, EMI, Philips and other labels. Accorded many distinctions in Russia
and abroad, Nesterenko is also professor of singing in Vienna.