Igor Gorban
In the choir since 2025
Igor Gorban graduated from Krasnodar Rimsky-Korsakov Music College (the class of Honoured Artist of Kuban Ivan Shulzhevsky, 2016) and the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (the workshop of Honoured Artist of Russia Georgy Isaakyan, the class of Professor Nikolai Vasiliev, 2021).
He is the laureate of All-Russian and international competitions. He is a nominee of the Onegin National Opera Award (2022), a nominee of the Kuban Theatre Festival Award in the category Best Debut (2023) for the role of the Fool in Boris Godunov by the Krasnodar L. Gatov Creative Association ‘Premiere’. He is also a nominee of the Triumph Award of the Public Chamber of the Krasnodar Territory (2024).
From 2022 to 2024, he worked as a soloist at the Krasnodar Musical Theatre. He toured the cities of Italy, the Ukraine, and Armenia.
In 2024, he was on tour with Boris Godunov cast at the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia performing the part of the Fool.
Since 2025, he has been an artist of the musicAeterna choir.
musicAeterna choir events
Ἄξιόν ἐστιν ὡς ἀληθῶς μακαρίζειν σε τὴν Θεοτόκον, τὴν ἀειμακάριστον καὶ παναμώμητον καὶ μητέρα τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν.
It is truly meet to bless thee, O Theotokos, the ever-blessed and most pure Mother of our God.
Concert from the “Night Vigils” Series
Αγγελος ἐβόα / “Angel Cried Out”
Performed by musicAeterna & musicAeterna Byzantina Choirs
musicAeterna Women’s Choir
Chief Choirmaster: Vitaly Polonsky
Choirmaster: Katya Dondukova
musicAeterna Byzantina Choir
Choirmaster: Antonios Koutroupis
Ribal Wehbe (vocals, Lebanon)
Yorgos Kaloudis (classical Cretan lyra, Greece)
Alla Kazakova (actress)
Conductor: Teodor Currentzis
Director: Elizaveta Moroz
Ἄξιόν ἐστιν ὡς ἀληθῶς μακαρίζειν σε τὴν Θεοτόκον, τὴν ἀειμακάριστον καὶ παναμώμητον καὶ μητέρα τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν.
It is truly meet to bless thee, O Theotokos, the ever-blessed and most pure Mother of our God.
Concert from the “Night Vigils” Series
Αγγελος ἐβόα / “Angel Cried Out”
Performed by musicAeterna & musicAeterna Byzantina Choirs
musicAeterna Women’s Choir
Chief Choirmaster: Vitaly Polonsky
Choirmaster: Katya Dondukova
musicAeterna Byzantina Choir
Choirmaster: Antonios Koutroupis
Ribal Wehbe (vocals, Lebanon)
Yorgos Kaloudis (classical Cretan lyra, Greece)
Alla Kazakova (actress)
Conductor: Teodor Currentzis
Director: Elizaveta Moroz
The musicAeterna Choir continues its exploration of the sacred music of two Western European classics of the 20th century — Francis Poulenc and Benjamin Britten — in a concert to be held at Dom Radio, 62 Nevsky Prospect.