The Albanian-famous in world stages the tenor Saimir Pirgu has been awarded with Lirica Verona Award 2016 ".
The award was given on November 13, 2016. Saimir Pirgu shone with his talent in major opera scenes, most recently on the big stage of Barcelona, in the opera "Macbeth".
The applause lasted eight minutes in Barcelona, after Macbeth is casted, next to the Teatro del Liceu. Spanish media have highly valued the appearance of Saimir Pirgu.Pirgu cooperates with well-known conductors orchestras such as Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, Lorin Maazel, Daniele Gatti, Seiji Ozawa, Franz Welser Most, Gustav Kuhn, Antonio Pappano and Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
He is the international winner of "Caruso" and "Tito SCHIP" in 2002.