Miller was not initially planning a singing career. He graduated from
Leningrad State Conservatoire as a
musicologist. Later he studied singing at
Cologne Music School in
Germany. His teachers were Reinhard Leisenheimer and
Kurt Moll. He soon became a leading soloist in the St. Petersburg State Academic Capella. Miller has performed in concerts in
Great Britain,
Germany, the
Vatican, the
Netherlands,
Italy, and the
United States. Miller has learned and performed an extensive repertoire, singing leading parts in
operas by
Mozart and
Claudio Monteverdi. He sang parts in
cantatas and
oratorios by
Heinrich Schütz,
Johann Sebastian Bach,
Anton Bruckner,
Alexander Gretchaninov,
John Tavener, and others. A discography available on Miller's official website currently lists 110 cds featuring Vladimir Miller. Miller has sung in the Male Choir of the
Valaam Institute for Choral Art since 1990. He is also performing with the
Optina Pustyn Male Choir St. Petersburg, which was founded by Alexander Semyonov in 1996. Besides his concerts Vladimir Miller focuses on the field of Russian musical history. He has published a number of works. Miller and
Mikhail Kruglov, are great friends and they often sing together. He has also sung with fellow oktavists
Yuri Wichniakov, the late
Vladimir Pasyoukov and the late
Yuri Emashev. == See also ==