Okońska-Ratajczak, Hanna

Voice type: Soprano

Country: Poland

Date of birth: 16 April, 1992

She graduated with honours in the Faculty of Vocal Music and Drama in Małgorzata Grela’s singing class from the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. She got two scholarships from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage for her outstanding artistic achievements (in 2015 and 2016).  She is the award-winner of several competitions: in 2017, at the Ada Sari International Vocal Artistry Festival and Competition, she was recognised with the third prize, prize for the best coloratura and two special awards. She came first at the 1st International Vocal Competition ''Euroclassic'' in Italy, she received a distinction at the 7th Iwona Borowicka International Vocal Competition „Czardasz” in 2016,   just like in the 11th International Vocal Competition "Golden Voices" in Warsaw in the same year. She often gives solo concerts and performs in Poland and abroad (Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan, Germany, Austria, Belarus). She collaborates with Opera Nova in Bydgoszcz and the Polish Orchestra of Film Music. She has perfected her skills in many courses in classical and entertainment music, for example at the International Summer Academy at Mozarteum University in Salzburg or the International Masterclasses in Talsi (Latvia).

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