Maharram Huseynov

Maharram Huseynov was born in Baku and graduated from the Leopold and Mstislav Rostropovich School of Music in Baku, where he studied under Svetlana Mirzoyeva. Between 2009 and 2013, he participated in notable festivals including the Mstislav Rostropovich International Music Festival (Baku), the Uzeyir Hajibeyli International Music Festival, and the Gabala International Music Festival (Azerbaijan). In 2011, Maharram Huseynov’s name was entered into The Golden Book of Young Talents of Azerbaijan.

In 2013, at the Accademia Lirica Osimo (Italy), he was coached by Lella Cuberli, Raina Kabaivanska, William Matteuzzi, and Anna Vandi. He made his debut at the Teatro La Nuova Fenice (Osimo) as Moralès in Carmen. He also took part in masterclasses conducted by Juan Diego Flórez, Vivica Genaux, Bernadette Manca di Nissa, and Alberto Rinaldi. His repertoire includes the roles of Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Dandini in La Cenerentola, Don Alvaro in Il viaggio a Reims, the Demon in Pergolesi’s oratorio Li prodigi della Divina grazia nella Conversione e morte di San Guglielmo Duca d’Aquitania, Figaro in Paisiello’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Don Giovanni, with performances at the Teatro Brancaccio (Rome), the Teatro Flavio Vespasiano (Rieti), the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, the Teatro Rossini and the Rossini Opera Festival (Pesaro), the Festival Pergolesi Spontini (Jesi), the Reate Festival (Rieti), the Follonica Summer Festival, and the Dubai Opera.

From 2017 to 2019, he trained at the Accademia Teatro alla Scala. At this theatre, he performed the roles of Ours-Kan in Cherubini’s Ali Baba, ou Les quarante voleurs, Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore, the Pastor in Khovanshchina (conducted by Valery Gergiev), Guccio in Gianni Schicchi, the Poet in Salieri’s Prima la musica e poi le parole, and Count Monterone in Rigoletto.

In 2019, he sang the role of Colline in La Bohème at theatres in Modena and Piacenza. In 2021, Maharram performed the role of Ramfis in Aida at the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (Baku) and appeared with Ekaterina Semenchuk at the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus (Minsk). In January 2021, he made his debut at the Mariinsky Theatre, singing the role of Masetto in Don Giovanni.