Oliver Kuusik (born 21 July 1980 in Tallinn) is an opera singer (tenor)
Kuusik was born in Tallinn. In 2006, he graduated from Guildhall School of Music and Drama's Opera Studio.
Since 2008, he is a tenor soloist at the Estonian National Opera.
He is a member of Association of Estonian Professional Musicians.
Roles
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Ferrando (Mozart's "Così fan tutte")
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Nicias (Massenet's "Thaïs")
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Bernhard Schmidt (Clements' "Cigars, Biscuits, and Cognac")
He has participated in the ETV music show series " Kaks takti ette "
Acknowledgments
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2002 Estonian song contest "Young singer 2002" 1st prize
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2005 Pille Lille Musician's Foundation Marje and Kuldar Sing first prize "Young Musician".
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2006 Hendrik Krumm singing competition - 1st prize
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2007 Klaudia Taevi competition - III prize and special German music prize (jury Barbara Hendricks, Jevgeni Nesterenko etc.)
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2010 Crystal Shoe Award
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2011, 2015 SEB audience award laureate.
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2015 Tiit Kuusik scholarship
