Sardar Tagirovsky

Born in Kazan (Russia) in 1985, he has lived in Hungary since the 1990s. He studied acting at the Shakespeare Academy of Dramatic Arts in Budapest and later earned a puppetry qualification at the studio of the Budapest Puppet Theatre. He subsequently graduated in theatre directing from the University of Arts in Târgu Mureș (Romania), in the class of László Bocsárdi. He studied the Stanislavski-Strasberg method in Budapest and Rome under the guidance of Paolo Antonio Simioni.

His first official theatre production, “The Cherry Orchard”, staged in Sfântu Gheorghe (Romania), won the Audience Award at the 2015 POSZT (National Theatre Festival of Pécs), and three actors were awarded for Best Performance. His productions in Transylvanian theatres have received numerous awards at the Hungarian Theatre Festival of Kisvárda and at the National Theatre Festival of Hungary.

In 2021, he was invited to the Kazan Tinchurin Theatre, where he staged the award-winning production “Yedesh” and created a dramatic adaptation of “Turandot”.

Since 2024, he has been the Chief Director of the Almetyevsk State Tatar Drama Theatre. His production “The House of My Youth” received the Grand Prize at the Tatar Tantana Festival in Best Experimental Performance category.

At MITEM he achieved great success with his production of Géza Szőcs’s “Rasputin”, staged with the Harag György Company of Satu Mare.

As a mentor and coach, he conducts masterclasses in various countries. He actively participates in theatrical experiments and alternative theatre initiatives and regularly organizes and co-organizes acting workshops.