Mark Kurmanbayev

Mark Kurmanbayev gained his experience in his home of Serbia. He has already worked with conductors Dmitry Korchak, Liubof Orfenova and Kirill Petrenko and studied with Grace Bumbry, Barbara Frittoli, Freddie de Tommaso and Sergei Leiferkus. In December 2021, Mark debuted in Ravel’s L’enfant et les Sortileges at the World Opera Workshop. This year he made his debut as Narumov in Tchaikovsky’s Pique Dame at Baden-Baden, working with Maestro Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker and last season he began working under the guidance of the world-renowned bass Alexey Tanovitski, and will appear in the world premiere of Animal Farm at Dutch National Opera. This summer he was part of the Summer Residency at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, performing under the baton of Thomas Hengelbrock. This season, he will enter the Dutch National Opera Studio.