Erik Kurmangaliev
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Erik Kurmangaliev (December 31, 1959 - November 13, 2007) was a Russian-Kazakh opera singer, actor and a leading public figure in Russia's perestroika music scene.[1]
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[edit] Early life
Kurmangaliev was born in Kazakhstan, which at the time was part of the Soviet Union, as Erik Salim-Meruet.[1] He attended a music conservatory in the city of Almata.[1] He later transferred to the Gnesin Institute in Moscow.[1] He was known for an unusual "countertenor voice."[1]
[edit] Career
Kurmangaliev debuted in 1980 at the Leningrad Philharmonia.[1] He later performed in Alfred Shnitke's Second Symphony and "Dr. Faust" cantata during his career.[1]
His career reached his peak when he teamed up with director Roman Viktyuk in the early 1990s, when he appeared in the Russian language version of David Hwang's M. Butterfly.[1]
Kurmangaliev made his last appearance in film appearance in Rustam Khamdanov's "Vocal Parallels"[1]
He died in Moscow on November 13, 2007, of a liver infection at the age of 47.[1]
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