Vladimir Robertovich Miller ( Russian: Влади́мир Робертович Ми́ллер) (born February 3, 1964) is a Russian

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singer possessing a low-ranging basso profondo (oktavist) voice, one of the lowest voices in the world. Many have also lauded the powerful unique timbre of his voice, especially when singing low notes. Miller is regularly heard singing the F1 and G1. He was born in

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Biography

Miller was not initially planning a singing career. He graduated from Leningrad State Conservatoire as a musicologist. Later he studied singing at Cologne Music School in

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. His teachers were Reinhard Leisenheimer and Kurt Moll. He soon became a leading soloist in the St. Petersburg State Academic Capella. Miller has performed in concerts in

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. Miller has learned and performed an extensive repertoire, singing leading parts in

s by

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. He sang parts in

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, Alexander Gretchaninov, John Tavener, and others. A discography available on Miller's official website currently lists 110 cds featuring Vladimir Miller. Miller has sung in the Male Choir of the

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Institute for Choral Art since 1990. He is also performing with the Optina Pustyn Male Choir St. Petersburg, which was founded by Alexander Semyonov in 1996. Besides his concerts Vladimir Miller focuses on the field of Russian musical history. He has published a number of works. Miller and Mikhail Kruglov, are great friends and they often sing together. He has also sung with fellow oktavists Yuri Wichniakov, the late Vladimir Pasyoukov and the late Yuri Emashev.

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Sources

* Nikitin, K., (translation by Irinia Simonchik) ''Chants of the Russian Orthodox Church'', Male choir of the Valaam Institute for Choral Art * The Male Choir of St. Petersburg
Biography: Vladimir Miller

External links

Miller's official website

Miller's official youtube channel
1964 births 20th-century Russian male opera singers 20th-century Russian male singers 21st-century Russian male opera singers 21st-century Russian male singers Living people Saint Petersburg Conservatory alumni Honored Artists of the Russian Federation Operatic basses Russian basses Russian male opera singers Russian musicologists Soviet male opera singers Soviet musicologists {{Russia-opera-singer-stub

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