• Prize-winner at the III International Pavel Lisitsian Competition (Vladikavkaz, 2013, 1st prize) 
• Diploma recipient at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition (St. Ðetersburg, 2015)

Trained at the Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg Conservatory under Olga Kondina. Since 2011 he has been a soloist for the Mikhailovsky Theatre where he has sung Lensky (Eugene Onegin), the Novice (Billy Budd), the  Steersman (Der fliegende Holländer), Lykov (The Tsar’s Bride), and Nemorino (L’Elisir d’amore). He was nominated for a Golden Mask National Theatre Award for Best Male Singer, Opera (2014) for his role as Lensky in Andriy Zholdak's production.

In 2014, he made his debut at the Mariinsky, appearing as Lensky in the premiere of a new production of Eugene Onegin.

Since 2015 he has been a member of the Mariinsky Opera and since 2016 – a fellow at Atkins Young Artists Program in Mariinsky.

Repertoire also includes: Edmondo (Manon Lescaut), Beppe (Pagliacci), the Simpleton (Boris Godunov), Chekalinsky (The Queen of Spades), the Novice (Billy Budd), the tenor roles in Mozart’s Requiem and Britten’s Spring Symphony.

Yevgeny Akhmedov has toured in China, Finland, France, Scotland, England, Italy and Germany.