Oleksandr Pushniak

From 2008 to 2010, Pushniak was a member of the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program in Washington, D.C. where he honed his professional skills while performing with the Washington National Opera in roles such as Dottore Grenvil LA TRAVIATA, Petrucci LUCREZIA BORGIA, Mandarin TURANDOT, Fiorello IL BARBIERE DI SIVILGLIA and Antonio LE NOZZE DI FIGARO. While in Washington, Oleksandr performed the roles of Conte Almaviva LE NOZZE DE FIGARO and the title-role FALSTAFF under the auspices of the Young Artists Program, as well as many concert performances conducted by Placido Domingo.

In 2007, Pushniak was semi-finalist in the Domingo ‘Operalia’ Vocal Competition in Paris, and during the same time he was titled Prize Winner of the ‘European Song Contest’ held at the Styriarte Music Festival in Austria. Mr. Pushniak began his professional career as a singer and actor, performing in a variety of concert halls in his native Ukraine, among which were the National Philharmonic of Ukraine and the Dnipropetrovsk Philharmonic. Oleksandr Pushniak was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, where in 2007 he graduated from the National Music Academy of Ukraine, Kyiv, where he earned his degree in Music Performance.