Artyści - Lower Silesian Opera

Artists

Soprano and Mezzo-soprano

Katarzyna Czekanowska

Soprano. She graduated from the V. Hnatiuk Pedagogical University in Ternopil with a degree in musicology and choral conducting. Since 2013 she has lived and performed in Wrocław, where she founded the folk music ensemble Śpiewogra and co-organised the Psalterion choir at the Greek Catholic Church. She took part in concerts as part of "Wrocław - European Capital of Culture 2016". She co-organises concerts and festivals. She is a laureate of international and national vocal competitions, including the S. Kruszelnicka Grand Prix. Winner of the first prize in the international competition in Cambridge 2023, she is an invited jury member of vocal competitions. She is active in concert activities.

Natalia Akinina

Opera singer, mezzo-soprano. Graduate of the Belarusian State Music Academy. For 15 years she worked as a soloist and served as the head of the opera troupe of the National Opera and Ballet Theatre in Minsk. She was recognised as the best mezzo-soprano in Belarus. Winner of first prizes at international competitions and festivals, including the Anna German Song Festival "Eurydice". She has participated in the International Dance and Music Festival in Bangkok, Internationales Brucknerfest in Linz and Opera Nova in Bydgoszcz. Her performances have taken place on the stages of leading concert halls of Poland, Austria, France, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, the Czech Republic, Belarus, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, etc. The singer's extensive repertoire includes well-known opera roles for mezzo-soprano, chamber music and cantata-oratorio works from various eras.

Alexandra Mominova

Mezzo-soprano. Graduate of the Belarusian State Academy of Music in the field of opera singing (class of Professor Lyudmila Shcherbakova). Winner of the first prize in the S. Moniuszko competition, winner of the first prize in the competition-festival "Slavonic Encounters". For more than 20 years she worked as a soloist of the Brest Philharmonic Orchestra and taught academic singing at the Brest G. Shiyrma Secondary Music School. Her numerous students have become laureates of prestigious vocal competitions and perform on stages all over the world. Aleksandra's wide repertoire includes well-known opera works and pearls of chamber music. She is actively involved in concert activity. She is an invited jury member for vocal competitions.

Zoja Rolińska

Soprano. She graduated with honours from the Odesa National Academy of Music in the vocal department (class of Anna Dzhulay). During her studies she began her professional career as an organist and conductor. She is a laureate of International Vocal Competitions and Festivals (including the International Festival of Sacred and National Music in Odesa). She has given concerts in Austria and Poland, in Ukraine and Hungary. For eight years she worked as an artist in the choir of the Wrocław Opera. During this time she took part in more than 40 opera relizations, including singing solo parts. In 2022, she made her debut as Javotte in the opera "Manon" by Jules Massenet at the Wrocław Opera.
Her wide repertoire includes opera arias and romances, sacred and folk pieces.
Since 2024, she has been a choir artist at the Grand Theatre National Opera in Warsaw.

Olena Lapko

Soprano, graduate of the A. Nezhdaniova Music Academy in Odesa (solo singing class and bandura class), leader of the vocal ensemble. In Khmelnitsky she worked as a soloist of the Academic Chamber Choir, accompanied by which she took part in many international competitions and festivals. She has given concerts in Belgium and France, Bulgaria and Austria, Poland and Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Spain, Italy and Serbia. She has performed solo parts with the chamber orchestra and the artistic ensemble "Kozaki Podolia".
She worked as a teacher of solo singing at the V. Zaremba Music School in Khmelnitsky. She has received many awards from the city and district cultural office. Since 2016, she has been performing solo concerts at the Khmelnitsky Regional Philharmonic.

Tenor

Valerij Zadorozhny

Opera singer, tenor. Graduate of the Ukrainian National Academy of Music in Odesa. Worked in the choir of the National Opera and Ballet Theatre in Odesa. The geography of concerts and tours covers many countries, including Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany. He is currently a soloist in the choir of the Wrocław Opera.

Bass

Pavlo Denysenko

Bass. He graduated from Kyiv's Tchaikovsky Music Academy with a major in solo singing. From 2016 to 2022 he was a soloist of the Kyiv Opera and Ballet Theatre. Theatre director at the Kyiv municipal choir "Khreshchatyk".

Flute

Darya Yeliseyeva

Flutist, winner of numerous international competitions. She graduated from the Belarusian State Music Academy in the transverse flute class. Darya also studied in Paris at the Aubervilliers Regional Conservatory. She completed an internship at the International Summer Academy in Nice with Professor Philippe Bernold of the National Conservatory of Paris. For five years she worked as a soloist with the Belorussian State Philharmonic Orchestra. She played more than a hundred solo concerts. She is currently active as a teacher and concert pianist.

Clarinet

Yauhen Shymanovich

Clarinetist. Graduated with honours from the Belarusian Academy of Music in Minsk. Worked as concertmaster of the clarinet group in the Symphony Orchestra of the Belarusian Academic Music Theatre. He was involved in teaching activities at the Belarusian Academy of Music. As a soloist, he has performed with symphony orchestras, actively participating in international festivals and representing Belarusian and European music at various events in Poland, Ukraine, France, Switzerland, Lithuania and other countries. In 2014 he was the representative of Belarus at the "European Clarinet Congress" in Katowice, Poland. Laureate of international competitions. Holder of the "Gaude Polonia" scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of Poland and the scholarship of the European Music Centre of Krzysztof Penderecki. In 2017, he received a grant from the MOST project of the European Union to perform a solo concert of Belarusian and European music as part of the international festival "Hearing Orpheus Today" in Valletta, Malta. In 2023, Yauhen participated in the production of the opera 'The Wild Stilt of King Stakh' at the Barbican Centre in London. At the same time, he began his career as a conductor and performed concerts in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Germany, including at the Dresden Philharmonic Hall. He is currently active as a pedagogue and concert conductor in Gdynia.

Violin

Yevheniia Zhukovytska

Violinist, graduate of the Ukrainian National Academy of Music in Kyiv. She has participated in many chamber and symphonic concerts, including the National Symphony Orchestra and the Kyiv Radio Orchestra. She has worked as an artist with the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Dnipro Philharmonic. The geography of her concerts covers many countries, including Spain, Italy, China, Switzerland and France. She is currently an artist with the Wrocław Opera orchestra.

Leila Akberava

Violinist. She graduated from the Belarusian State Pedagogical University in Minsk. She worked as an artist with the Baku and Vilnius Symphony Orchestras. She has participated in international competitions and festivals. She has many years of experience performing on prestigious international stages in Austria, France, Poland, Lithuania, Germany and Italy. Her concerts are characterised by deep emotional involvement, which makes each performance unforgettable. She is currently teaching and performing in Warsaw.

Viola

Hanna Piotrowicz

Viola player. She graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in 2020 (class of Professor Piotr Reichert). She has collaborated with such orchestras as the Young Polish Philharmonic, Symfonia Iuventus, Polish Chamber Philharmonic in Sopot, Wratislawia Chamber Orchestra, Symfonia Academica, Suwałki Chamber Orchestra and the Orchestra of the State Song and Dance Ensemble 'Mazowsze'. She is currently participating in the performance of 'Amadeus' at the Stefan Jaracz Theatre in Łódź.

Cello

Eduard Radzvilovich

Cellist, laureate of the Yevhen Stankovych International Instrumental Competition in Kyiv. During his studies at the Minsk State College, he took part in the concerts of the Symphony Orchestra of the college in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, and performed as a soloist with the Symphony Orchestra of the Belarusian Philharmonic. In 2019, he graduated from the Belarusian State Academy of Music with a course in cello and conducting. He has taken part in workshops of Prof. Kirill Family, Rector of the St. Petersburg Conservatory Prof. Alexei Vasilyev, soloists of the Gdansk Trio. For five years he worked in the National Academic Concert Orchestra of Belarus. In the 2020-2021 season, he is the soloist of the Minsk String Quartet. He has taken part in many symphonic and chamber music projects, performing music from Baroque to Pop. He is currently an artist with the Sudecka Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra in Wałbrzych.

Anastasiya Syromiatnikova

Cellist, graduate of the Belarusian State Music Academy. After graduation, she continued her professional activity as an artist in the orchestra of the Minsk Opera and Ballet Theatre. As a member of chamber and symphony orchestras, she has performed in the prestigious concert halls of Europe and America. She currently teaches at the Music Art School in Prague. She actively performs in orchestras and chamber ensembles, tirelessly improving her playing technique, deepening her knowledge of the instrument and expanding her repertoire.

Anton Silich

Cellist, graduate of the Belarusian State Music Academy. In 2018-2022 he worked as an artist of the Grodno Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. As a member of the Orchestra, he had the opportunity to collaborate with outstanding musicians of Europe during numerous artistic events. During his career, he has repeatedly participated in international music festivals, concerts and master classes. At present, he is active as a pedagogue in Łódź. He performs in Poland with chamber and symphonic concerts as part of music ensembles.

Piano

Anastasia Bouria

Pianist, winner of many international competitions, including the 8th Stockholm International Music Competition (2021). She holds a master's degree from the Belarusian State Music Academy in solo piano, chamber music and pedagogy. She worked for 20 years at the String Instruments Department and 2 years at the Chamber Music Department of the Belarusian State Music Academy. Students in her class have repeatedly become winners of international competitions. She has written transcriptions of instrumental and vocal music. At concerts in particular, you will hear works in her original arrangements. She is actively involved in teaching and concert activities. As a performer and presenter, she has realised over 100 projects. Together with her colleagues, she founded the Alba Music Trio ensemble in Wrocław. The AlbaMusicTrio's creative collaboration with the Virtuosi Belcanto ensemble of soloists and composer Wieslaw Malucha resulted in the creation of the Lower Silesian Opera in 2024, with Anastasia Bouria as artistic director.