Background
She was born in Leningrad, Russia, in 1983.
She was born in Leningrad, Russia, in 1983.
In 2006 she graduated from Saint St. Petersburg Conservatory after studying opera singing under Professor Olga Kondina.
In her professional debut she appeared in 2006 as Flora in Britten"s The Turn of the Screw conducted by Valery Gergiev at Mariinsky Theatre. She garnered international attention after performing in the 2010 RADA Film Production of Verdi"s Rigoletto a Mantova opposite Plácido Domingo. The production was conducted by Zubin Mehta and televised live in 148 countries.
Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition, Sweden (2006) Concours de Geneve, Switzerland and Neue Stimmen, Germany (2007) Emmerich Smola Förderpreis – in the context of Musikdebüt project of SWR Television (2008) Operalia – First Prize for best female voice, Audience Prize winner, Budapest (2009).