Bekhzod Davronov

Bekhzod Davronov was born in 1993 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. In 2012 he entered the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan, where he sang in the conservatory's opera studio, including the Duke in Verdi's Rigoletto, Tamino in Mozart's The Magic Flute and Hoffmann in Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann.

In 2015 he took second prize at the Republican festival-competition for young opera performers in Uzbekistan. In 2016 he won the Grand Prix of the Romansiada International Competition in Moscow, and in 2017 first prize at the 8th International Competition of Opera Singers "St. Petersburg".

In 2016 he was an intern at the Alisher Navoi State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Tashkent, where he debuted as the Young Gypsy in Rachmaninoff's Aleko.

Since April 2018 he has been a soloist of the opera company of the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, where he debuted as Almerik in Tchaikovsky's Iolanta. The company's repertoire he has sung includes Remendado in Bizet's Carmen, Giuseppe in Verdi's La traviata and the Herald in Verdi's Don Carlos.

In 2019 he took part in the premieres of Bernstein's Candide and Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims.

In 2020 he became the first recipient of the Bolshoi Theatre prize for young opera singers, established together with Credit Suisse. In 2021 he won second prize at the Operalia competition founded by Plácido Domingo, held in Moscow.

He has performed on the stages of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, the Glyndebourne Festival, the Ruhrtriennale, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Zaryadye Concert Hall in Moscow.

In 2023 he was awarded the Order of Friendship (Do'stlik) of Uzbekistan, among education, health and culture workers honoured on the eve of Independence Day.