Singer : Mezzo Soprano Ksenia Viaznikova CONTACT: Tel: +7 (095) 154-30-16 EMAIL & WEBSITE *** To the Client *** PLEASE NOTE email address needs updating!

Birthday: 05/11/1971 Citizenship: Russian Languages: English, German Education: graduated from Moscow Conservatoire (1998) Training: 1995-1997 - Master class under the guidance of prof. I. Wamser (Vienna) 1996 &endash; tuition for 6 months under the guidance of prof. I. Wamser (invitation of Austrian Bundesministry)

Ksenia Viaznikova is a young talented mezzo-soprano who is rapidly claimed her place among the most important emerging singers of our day. She had a good fortune to receive a wonderful musical education being graduated from Moscow Conservatoire in 1997 and after that a finest vocal training in Wien Academy of Music for six months. While tuition among her early works was the title roles in Handel's Xerxes, Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin and R.-Korsakov's Tzar's Bride on the stage of Moscow Conservatoire Opera Theatre. In 1995 she became a winner of the 3 All-Russian Schubert Musical Competition.

A gifted singer and actress Ms Viaznikova proved herself as a magnificent performer in Russian dramatic operas such as Lubasha in Tsar's Bride, Kosheevna in Prince Igor, Marpha in Khovanshchina, which were performed in the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatoire in 1998 and N. Novgorod's Opera Theatre. After her brightness appearance at the Sobinov's Music Festival with conductor J.Kochnev, 1999 became her debut season with Saratov Opera Theatre in production of Bizet's Carmen, Paulina and Countess of Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades, and Azuchena in Verdi's Trovatoire. At home she also working with Moscow Chamber Opera Theatre under the guidance of Boris Pokrovsky where she sing the leading parties in operas Don Giovanni (Zerlina) by Mozart, The Fair at Sorochintsy (Khivrya) by Moussorgsky and The Nose (Old Barin's Wife) by Shostakovich.

An active recitalist she has performed on many concert series with oratorio and chamber music in Moscow, Wien, Nice, Budapest, Belgrade and Prague. Her varied repertoire includes Bach's St. Matthew Passion, Magnificat and C-Minor Mass, the Mozart's Requiem, the Brahms Requiem, the Verdi Requiem, Orchestrated Songs of Richard Strauss, Bach's Cantatas, Berlioz's oratoria Condemnation of Faust as Margareth and Mahler's Songs About Died Children. In St.Petersburg she has taken part in sponsored program "Opera Masterpieces of Twentieth Century" where she has been noticed with her unique interpretation of Shostakovich's Jewish Songs and Shedrin's Barbara's Song and Chastooshkies from his opera "Not Only Love". As a member of Moscow Philarmonic Society Ksenia Viaznikova has worked with the well-known musicians and conductors including H.Rilling (Bach's Magnificat) L. O'Riordan (Handel's Messiah), E.Svetlanov (Verdi's Requiem).

These days Ms Viaznikova presents herself as one and only female performer in Russia of Brahms' vocal chamber masterpiece Die Schöne Magelone based on poems of L.Tieck. "It was an unique and inimitable singing of mezzo-soprano Ksenia Viaznikova, supported by beautiful piano playing, comparable only with F.Diskau's twenty fifth ago performance. She demonstrated an extraordinary affinity for the music of Brahms". Moscow Musical Review

During this Verdi's musical year Ksenia Viaznikova inscribed in plans the performance of his greatest operas as Amneris, Aida, and Ulrica, Un Ballo di Maschera in Ekaterinburg's and Perm's Opera Theatres.

She has taken part in Sobinov's Memorial Festival of Music (Russia) twice in 1999 and 2001. For many years she presents herself as a member of the charity musical organization "New Names".

The richness of her expressive voice, profound penetration into the artistic heart of the piece performed and of her virtuoso mastering of the whole timbre palette and stylistic versality allowed her to tackle mezzo and contralto roles with equal ease.

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Now works at the Moscow Chamber music theatre under the guidance of B. Pocrovsky, soloist of Moscow Philharmonic Society

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Hard worker, able team or own account working.
Good humor, sociable, easy educated.