Background
Goodwin was born in Sydney, Australia, and began learning the violin at the age of five. His father, a school teacher, was a fan of classical music and collector of opera gramophone records.
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Andrew Goodwin
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Following a suggestion by his piano teacher that he study voice in Russia, Goodwin left Australia for Europe in 1999. He studied in the Saint St. Petersburg Conservatory under Professor Lyov Nikolaevich Morozov. Goodwin graduated from the Conservatory in June 2005.
In 2006, he began a postgraduate diploma in vocal studies at the Royal Academy of Music.
Career
While singing in Saint Andrew’s Cathedral choir, he continued learning the violin, piano, and organization Goodwin"s operatic debut was as Fenton in Verdi"s Falstaff for Opera Australia in January 2006. He is also now a regular soloist with the Street St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra and a cultural ambassador for Australia on the world stage.
Since 2006, Goodwin has been a soloist with the Bolshoi Theatre (Moscow, Russia).
He has also appeared at The Sydney Opera house, The Arts Centre, Melbourne, Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, Seoul Arts Centre, National Concert Hall Taipei, Teatro Real, Madrid, Gran Teatre de Liceu, Barcelona, Louisiana Scala, Milan, Philharmonic Hall, Saint Peterburg, Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. A list of Goodwin"s roles includes: Lensky (Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow) Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky Fenton (Sydney) Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi Belmonte (Sydney) The Abduction from the Seraglio.
Also known as Il Seraglio by Mozart Don Ottavio (Sydney) Don Giovanni by Mozart Janek (Sydney) The Makropulos Affair by Leoš Janáček Tamino (Sydney) The Magic Flute by Mozart Leandre (Tel Aviv) The Mock Doctor by Charles Gounod Dante (StPeterburg) Francesca da Rimini by Sergei Rachmaninov Avvakum (Moscow) Boyarinya Morozova by Rodion Shchedrin Alfred (Moscow) Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II In December 2010, Goodwin played Orpheus in the Pinchgut Opera production of L"anima del filosofo by Joseph Haydn.
Achievements
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Goodwin has won a number of competitions and prizes in Australia and abroad, including the Marten Bequest Traveling Scholarship, Sir Robert Askin Operatic Traveling Scholarship, Australian Opera Auditions Committee Joan Sutherland, and Richard Bonynge Scholarship. He was a finalist in the 2004 Australian Singing Competition and won the Nelly Apt Traveling Scholarship to attend the International Vocal Art’s Institute at Tel Aviv in Israel. In April 2004, he won the Amber Nightingale singing competition at Kaliningrad in Russia. In November 2005, he received 2nd prize in the Elena Obrastzova Singing competition at Saint St. Petersburg where he also won the Audience vote and prize for the best German Lieder.
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Australia
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Goodwin has won a number of competitions and prizes in Australia and abroad, including the Marten Bequest Traveling Scholarship, Sir Robert Askin Operatic Traveling Scholarship, Australian Opera Auditions Committee Joan Sutherland, and Richard Bonynge Scholarship. He was a finalist in the 2004 Australian Singing Competition and won the Nelly Apt Traveling Scholarship to attend the International Vocal Art’s Institute at Tel Aviv in Israel. In April 2004, he won the Amber Nightingale singing competition at Kaliningrad in Russia. In November 2005, he received 2nd prize in the Elena Obrastzova Singing competition at St. Petersburg where he also won the Audience vote and prize for the best German Lieder.Goodwin has won a number of competitions and prizes in Australia and abroad, including the Marten Bequest Traveling Scholarship, Sir Robert Askin Operatic Traveling Scholarship, Australian Opera Auditions Committee Joan Sutherland, and Richard Bonynge Scholarship. He was a finalist in the 2004 Australian Singing Competition and won the Nelly Apt Traveling Scholarship to attend the International Vocal Art’s Institute at Tel Aviv in Israel. In April 2004, he won the Amber Nightingale singing competition at Kaliningrad in Russia. In November 2005, he received 2nd prize in the Elena Obrastzova Singing competition at St. Petersburg where he also won the Audience vote and prize for the best German Lieder.