Mergen Sandanov

• Honoured Artist of the Republic of Buryatia (2018)
• Prize-winner at the Bazarsadaev International Competition (Ulan-Ude, 2010, 2^nd prize)
• Prize-winner at the Young Voices International Competition (Abakan, 2010, 2^nd prize)
• Grand-Prix at the Dashiyev Interregional Competition (Ulan-Ude, 2014)
• Prize-Winner at the All-Russian Music Competition (Moscow, 2014, 2^nd prize)
• Prize-winner at the Sobinov International Competition (Saratov, 2015, 3^rd prize)
• Prize-winner at the Bazarsadaev International Competition (Ulan-Ude, 2017, 1^st prize)
• Diploma-recipient at the 8^th St Petersburg International Opera Competition (2017)

Mergen Sandanov was born in Ulzyte (Eravninsky Region, the Republic of Buryatia). In 2006, he graduated from the Tchaikovsky Music College (class of Vyacheslav Elbayev). In 2012, graduated from Glinka Novosibirsk State Conservatory (class of Shagdar Zonduev). In 2011 he became a soloist of the Tsydynzhapov Buryat State Opera and Ballet Theatre. Since 2018, he has been a soloist of the Opera Company of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre.

Repertoire at the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre includes:
Cavaradossi (Tosca, G. Puccini);
Don Jose (Carmen, G. Bizet);
Alfredo (La traviata, G. Verdi);
Radames (Aida, G. Verdi);
Macduff (Macbeth, G. Verdi);
Vakula (Christmas Eve, N. Rimsky-Korsakov);
First sailor (The Tale of Tsar Saltan, N. Rimsky-Korsakov).

Repertoire also includes: Vladimir Igorevich (Prince Igor, A. Borodin), Calaf (Turandot, G. Puccini), Richard (Un Ballo in Maschera, G. Verdi), Young Gypsy (Aleko, S. Rachmaninoff), Darkhan (Enhe-Bulat Bator, V. Frolov).