Svetlana Strezeva

Svetlana Strezeva - Soprano ABOUT Svetlana Strezeva, a prominent Russian-American soprano, is a Laureate of the Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow as well as the Glinka Vocal International Competition in Minsk. She completed her professional studies at La Scala in Milan, Italy under the guidance of Opera Diva Giulietta Simionato. As Prima Donna of the Moldova National Opera Company Svetlana performed in numerous prestigious theaters, including the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow and the Kirov Theater in St. Petersburg. She has also recorded with the Bolshoi Opera Orchestra, Moscow Pops Symphony, and the orchestra of Russian Folk instruments. Praised as "The Great Russian Nightingale" by Russia's St. Petersburg press, Svetlana currently resides in the United States and performs with her pianist and daughter, Milana Strezeva. Together they've given recitals throughout the US as well as in Italy, Denmark, Germany, Ukraine, Romania, Moldova, and China.Also a devoted teacher, Svetlana has given master classes in colleges and universities around the world, and maintains private voice studios in New York, NY, Tampa, FL and Chişinău, Moldova.

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BIO Svetlana Strezeva, a prominent Russian-American soprano, is a Laureate of the Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow as well as the Glinka Vocal International Competition in Minsk. She completed her professional studies at La Scala in Milan, Italy under the guidance of Opera Diva Giulietta Simionato. As Prima Donna of the Moldova National Opera Company Svetlana performed in numerous prestigious theaters, including the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow and the Kirov Theater in St. Petersburg. She has also recorded with the Bolshoi Opera Orchestra, Moscow Pops Symphony, and the orchestra of Russian Folk instruments. Praised as "The Great Russian Nightingale" by Russia's St. Petersburg press, Svetlana currently resides in the United States and performs with her pianist and daughter, Milana Strezeva. Together they've given recitals throughout the US as well as in Italy, Denmark, Germany, Ukraine, Romania, Moldova, and China.Also a devoted teacher, Svetlana has given master classes in colleges and universities around the world, and maintains private voice studios in New York, NY, Tampa, FL and Chişinău, Moldova. Milana Strezeva is a Moldovan-American Pianist and is a founding member of the award winning Manhattan Piano Trio, one of the most prominent and active chamber music groups in the country. Since its inception in 2004, the Trio has performed over 500 concerts spanning 35 US States, South Africa, Europe, and Australia.A talented vocal collaborator and a consummate vocal coach, Milana has been part of several opera productions including Dicapo Opera (NYC), Sorg Opera (OH), and American Opera Company (NYC). She performs with her mother, the renown Soprano, Svetlana Strezeva (a.k.a. the Russian Nightingale) having given recitals in various parts of the US as well as in Italy, Denmark, Germany, Ukraine, Romania, Moldova, and China. Milana began studying piano at the age of six. She is a recipient of the Arts Recognition and Talent Search award and winner of the Young Artist Competition and Yamaha Piano competition. In 1998, Milana won the IBLA International Competition as a vocal collaborator that led to her debut recital at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. She has completed her Bachelor and Master degrees from The Juilliard School with Bella Davidovich and Julian Martin.

REVIEWS Svetlana StrezevaHer voice comes from the heart, is marvelous and fascinating, colored with overtones of youthfulness and verve punctuated with delicacy, melancholy and wild merriment... -Slavic News, Moscow "Like a silver bell, her voice is smooth in all registers and has the clear transparent ring of a flute..." -Theater Life, Moscow "Rare beauty, lightness and purity of sound. Her voice is unbelievably beautiful for it's magic and the spell she casts over the audience." -Pravda of Ukraine, Kiev "Svetlana Strezeva has a magnificent voice, ..supple, well-trained coloratura..." -Boston Globe "Strezeva is a brilliant singer, ... a charming voice. With her versatile voice she celebrated a sound of rare beauty and purity... in coloraturas offered a vocal art of highest perfection..." -Pforzheimer Zeitung "The scenes with the Queen of Shemakha were played with impressive lightness. Many nuances, firm high notes and precision in melodic lines. Svetlana had an excellent feeling for the style of the work..." -Opera, London "Svetlana Strezeva is without doubt a beautiful Violetta, splendidly trained, with sensitive vocal coloration, especially in the exquisite mezzo-voce and pianissimo." -IL Tempo, Rome "Svetlana's Violetta was gifted with fascinating vocal agility, beautifully secure in the coloratura." -IL Messagero, Rome "Svetlana's bright, accurate coloratura and glittering stage presence filled the Van Wezel's Hall effortlessly and brought the audience to their feet for several times...She tossed off some coloratura fireworks from the "Barber of Seville" and "Die Fledermaus" with such skill that one can only borrow an Olympic phrase: She nailed them!!!" -Sarasota Herald-Tribune "Star soprano, Svetlana Strezeva, (whose) rich tone and carrying power sounds exquisite and opulent (with) big scale operatic quality... a standing ovation!" -Miami HeraldMilana Strezeva"Milana's accompaniments were mature, supportive collaborations, technically fluid, dramatically convincing, and sonically full-bodied. Her solo performance ofRachmaninoff's Elegy in E-Flat Minor was beautiful and relaxed in a way that we expect from artists much older, who have lived with the music for at least half a lifetime." -Boston Globe"Strezeva's command of the music and instrument were unquestionable in her performance. Her powerful and sensitive solo interpretations were perfectly riveting." -Town Times"Ms. Strezeva demonstrated the ability to make the piano sing in an almost human voice, which is the touchstone of a well-performed Chopin...." -Sunday Postal Journal"Milana played the lyrical passages with extraordinary grace and beauty" -Sarasota Herald-Tribune"Milana supplied accompaniments of great finesse throughout the evening, and her performance of Schumann's Papillons was both subtle and colorful" -Green Bay Press- Gazette"Milana's feathery and accurate execution seemed to defy limitation" -Sarasota Herald-Tribune

REVIEWS Her voice comes from the heart, is marvelous and fascinating, colored with overtones of youthfulness and verve punctuated with delicacy, melancholy and wild merriment..."-Slavic News, Moscow "Like a silver bell, her voice is smooth in all registers and has the clear transparent ring of a flute..." -Theater Life, Moscow "Rare beauty, lightness and purity of sound. Her voice is unbelievably beautiful for it's magic and the spell she casts over the audience." -Pravda of Ukraine, Kiev "Svetlana Strezeva has a magnificent voice, ..supple, well-trained coloratura..."-Boston Globe, Boston, MA "Svetlana Strezeva immediately displayed an interesting voice. It was highly refined and polished, ...a standing ovation!"-Green Bay Press-Gazette, Green Bay, WI "Strezeva is a brilliant singer, ...a charming voice. With her versatile voice she celebrated a sound of rare beauty and purity... in coloraturas offered a vocal art of highest perfection..."-Pforzheimer Zeitung, Germany "The scenes with the Queen of Shemakha were played with impressive lightness. Many nuances, firm high notes and precision in melodic lines. Svetlana had an excellent feeling for the style of the work..."-Opera, London "Svetlana Strezeva is without doubt a beautiful Violetta, splendidly trained, with sensitive vocal coloration, especially in the exquisite mezzo-voce and pianissimo."-IL Tempo, Rome (Italy) "Svetlana's Violetta was gifted with fascinating vocal agility, beautifully secure in the coloratura."-IL Messagero, Rome (Italy) "Svetlana's bright, accurate coloratura and glittering stage presence filled the Van Wezel's Hall effortlessly and brought the audience to their feet for several times...She tossed off some coloratura fireworks from the "Barber of Seville" and "Die Fledermaus" with such skill that one can only borrow an Olympic phrase: She nailed them!!!"-Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Sarasota, FL "Star soprano, Svetlana Strezeva, (whose) rich tone and carrying power sounds exquisite and opulent (with) big scale operatic quality... a standing ovation!"-Miami Herald, Miami, FL
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Alyabyev: The Nightingale

Schubert: Ave Maria

Saint-Saens: The Swan

Rachmaninoff: It's Nice To Be Here Op.21, No.7

Reger: Lullaby

Lisoy: Tenderness

Strauss: Tales from the Vienna Woods

Strauss: Adele's Laughing Song

Verdi: Brindisi (La Traviata)

Doga: Luchaferul (Suite 10-13)

Doga: Springtime Variations

Koka: Fluerash

01 Traccia 1.mp3

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Svetlana Strezeva, Soprano

Mark Ermler, Conductor

Bolshoi Opera Orchestra

Live recording

01 Care_Compagne.mp3

Bellini: Care compagne (La Sonnambula)

Donizetti: Regnava nel silenzio (Lucia di Lammermoor)

Verdi: E' strano (La Traviata)

Verdi: Gualtier Malde (Rigoletto)

Donizetti: Ah, tardai troppo (Linda di Chamounix)

Bellini: Son vergin vezzosa (I Puritani)

Bellini: Eccomi, in lieta veste (I Capuletti ed I Montecchi)

Rimsky-Korsakoff: Velikii Tsar (Snow Maiden)

Rossini: Una voce poco fa... (Il Barbiere di Siviglia)

03 E_strano.mp3

08 Vilikii_tsari.mp3

09 Una_voce.mp3

CONTACT

For concert egagements contact:

Reggie Bahl

Manhattan Music Ensemble, Inc.

Tel. 212 721 1343

www.mmensemble.com

email Reggie Bahl

For voice lessons contact:

email Svetlana Strezeva

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