TIMUR
About this Artist
Grammy-nominated Kazakh American singer Timur, “extravagantly transgressive tenor, dangerous and seductive” (Los Angeles Times), has made solo appearances with the LA Phil (Soundcheck, Theatre of the World, Orango, Boris Godunov, Shadow of Stalin festival, Oedipus Rex, 21c Liederabend Op. LA), Comédie de Genève (The Golden Dragon), PROTOTYPE Festival (Black Lodge, Acquanetta, Anatomy Theater), The Industry (Crescent City, Hopscotch, Young Caesar), Theater Magdeburg (Salome), Berlin Konzerthaus (R. Hot), Santa Cecilia Academy (Silvano Sylvano), Long Beach Opera (The Wise Woman), NOF (The Importance of Being Earnest, Powder Her Face), Müpa Budapest (Le Grand Macabre), and Hawai’i Opera Theatre (Eugene Onegin). He has premiered over 40 opera, concert, and film compositions, collaborating with renowned composers including Ellen Reid, Anne LeBaron, Thomas Adès, David Lang, Michael Gordon, Tod Machover, Kate Moore, David T. Little, Gerald Barry, Evan Ziporyn, Mohammed Fairouz, Péter Eötvös, Tobias Picker, Charles Bernstein, Nick Urata, Joel Goldsmith, Louis Andriessen, Gian Carlo Menotti, and Sylvano Bussotti.
Experimental vocal stylings of Timur, described by The New York Times as “a marvel of expressive inflections, from golden falsetto...to ghoulish inhalations” are reflected in his glam band Timur and the Dime Museum. In 2015, the band premiered Collapse, a requiem by Daniel Corral, produced by Beth Morrison Projects with shows at REDCAT, Miami Light Project, Operadagen Rotterdam, and BAM’s Next Wave festival. Timur and his band were featured in Opera Philadelphia’s world premiere of Black Lodge, a metal opera composed by David T. Little and produced by Beth Morrison Projects, followed by shows at CAP UCLA in 2024 and the PROTOTYPE Festival in 2025. The opera was nominated for a Grammy and won the prestigious Music Theater NOW Award in 2024.
His solo dark musical comedy The Great Soviet Bucket, produced by Beth Morrison and directed by Emmy- and Annie-nominated Sandra Powers, premiered in 2023 at Miami Light Project.