Oleg Arapi
Oleg Arapi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 July 1958 |
| Education | Institute of Arts in Tirana Moscow Conservatory |
| Occupations | Conductor, musician |
| Awards | Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture |
Oleg Arapi (born July 9, 1958) is an Albanian conductor and musician.[1][2][3]
Early life and education
Arapi was born to a mixed Albanian-Russian family. He graduated with a degree in conducting from the Institute of Arts in Tirana in 1988. He pursued further studies from 2004 to 2006 at the Moscow Conservatory in the opera and symphonic conducting class, under the supervision of Leonid Nikolayev.[1]
Career
Arapi has conducted concerts internationally, with performances in Italy,[4] Poland, Ukraine, Ecuador, China, Argentina, and Russia. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with soloists such as Inva Mula and Josif Gjipali.[5] In 2017, he performed with the Oskar Kolberg Świętokrzyskie Philharmonic orchestra in Poland.[6]
Awards and honors
He was awarded the Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland.[7]
References
- 1 2 Shupo, Sokol (2008). Enciklopedia e muzikës shqiptare [Albanian Musical Encyclopedia] (in Albanian). Tirana, Albania: Asmus. pp. 19–20.
- ↑ "Mahniti si dirigjent i skenave ndërkombëtare, por s'e pa veten kurrë larg Shqipërisë! Oleg Arapi në 'Esencë': Arma ime në vitet e diktaturës, ishte talenti - Shqiptarja.com". shqiptarja.com (in Albanian). Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ "Foto/Orkestra Simfonike e RTSH, koncert në 100-vjetorin e kompozitorit Bernstein - ATSH -". Agjencia Telegrafike Shqiptare. 5 July 2018. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ www.gruppoeidos.it. "Oleg Arapi - Direttore d'orchestra". www.filarmonicamarchigiana.com. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ "Orkestra Simfonike e RTSH-së nis vitin artistik me mjeshtrin Oleg Arapi - ATSH -". Agjencia Telegrafike Shqiptare. 8 January 2019. Archived from the original on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ "FILHARMONIA ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKA W KIELCACH". filharmonia.kielce.pl. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ "Lista laureatów Medalu Zasłużony Kulturze Gloria Artis - Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego - Portal Gov.pl". Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego (in Polish). Retrieved 22 March 2026.