Kodály módszere zseniális. … Minden jó zenélés az énekhangnál kezdődik.

Solti György

Khovanova, Ksenia

2016. augusztus 27.

Voice: Soprano

Country of birth: Russia

Date of birth: 14 January 1990

 

She is in her final year at Urals Mussorgsky State Conservatoire in Tamara Savich’s class. She attended the masterclasses of University of Music Carl Maria von Weber Dresden and at the International Antonín Dvořák Vocal Centre. In 2013, she won first prize at the 48th Antonin Dvorak’s International Singing Competition and at the 16th International Youth Festival Competition"Hopes. Talents. Masters” as well as at the 3rd International Singing Competition of P. I. Slovzov. In 2014-2015, she sang the role of Miss Naydu in P. Glass’s Satyagraha in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

Competition Repertoire

Preliminary

Liszt: Freudvoll und Leidvoll (J. W. Goethe)

Boito: L’altra notte in fondo al mare – Margherita’s Aria from Mefistofele

Ponchielli: Suicidio! – La Gioconda’s Aria from La Gioconda

Semi-final

Puccini: Vissi d’arte – Floria Tosca’s Aria from Tosca

Verdi: Tacea la notte – Leonora’s Aria from Il trovatore

Final

Tchaikovsky: Utzh polnoch blizitsya… Ach, istomilas ja gorem (Midnight will soon strike) – Lisa’s Aria from The Queen of Spades

Verdi: Pace, pace mio Dio! – Leonora’s Aria from La forza del destino

Verdi: Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa – Amelia’s Aria from Un ballo in maschera