Biography
Soprano in the ensemble of Oper Leipzig since 2010/11
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TRAINED – College of Arts and Culture in Luhansk, Ukraine; Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music in Kyiv; Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig
PREVIOUS PROGRAMMES / ENGAGEMENTS – Participant in the Young Singers Project of the Salzburg Festival, 2011; BBC New Generation Artist Programme
IMPORTANT CONDUCTORS – Vassily Sinaisky, Peter Schreier, Jun Märkl, Nicholas Collon, Rafael Payare, Damian Iorio, Alpesh Chauhan, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Jean-Claude Casadesus
IMPORTANT ROLES AT OPER LEIPZIG – Gretel in »Hänsel und Gretel«, Pamina in »Die Zauberflöte«, Susanna in »Le nozze di Figaro«, Sophie in »Der Rosenkavalier«, Mimì in »La bohème«, Liù in »Turandot«, Marguerite in »Faust«, Micaëla in »Carmen«, Violetta Valéry in »La traviata«, title role in »Rusalka«
GUEST – Opera houses in Vilnius, Trondheim, Cologne and Bolzano; Grange Park Opera; Semperoper Dresden; Olavshallen Norway; Bayreuth Festival
IMPORTANT ROLES ELSEWHERE – Zdenka in »Arabella«, Juliette in »Roméo et Juliette«, Zemina in »Die Feen«, Margret in »Feuersnot«, Susanna in »Figaro 360°«
FURTHER ENGAGEMENTS – As a concert singer, appearances include Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bach’s »Christmas Oratorio« with the Gewandhausorchester, Poulenc’s »Gloria« with the Basque National Orchestra, Berg’s »Seven Early Songs« with the Residentie Orkest The Hague and Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra; with pianist Igor Gryshyn, appearances at venues and festivals including Gasteig Munich, Wigmore Hall London, LSO St Luke’s, Tonhalle Zürich, Stadtcasino Basel, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Beethoven Festival Warsaw and Spring Festival in Tokyo
AWARDS / HONOURS – Winner of the ARD International Music Competition; Grand Prix at the International »Boris Gmyria Competition« in Kyiv; finalist at the International »Ferruccio Tagliavini« Singing Competition and the International »Francisco Viñas« Singing Competition in Barcelona
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