Alpay, İlkin

Voice type: Soprano

Country: Turkey

Date of birth: 27 April, 1990

The Turkish soprano was born in Ankara in 1990 and began singing in the children’s choir at the opera house there. She later studied philosophy at Bilkent University and opera singing at Bashkent University, graduating with honours from both institutions. In 2016, she won the 18^th Siemens Singing Competition and became a member of the opera studio at the Karlsruhe State Theatre the same year, where her roles have included Gianetta (in The Elixir of Love), Papagena (in The Magic Flute) and Barbarina (in The Marriage of Figaro). In 2017, she made her debut with a solo recital at Carnegie Hall and sang the solo part in Ahmed Adnan Saygun’s oratorio Yunus Emre at the Berlin Konzerthaus. The following year, she performed at the Brandenburg Gate on German Unity Day in October, while she sang the part of Ännchen in Weber’s opera Der Freischütz (The Marksman) at the Karlsruhe Theatre in November. Last year she was nominated as 'Best Promising Young Artist of 2020' by Opernwelt. She graduated this year from her Master's degree at Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. 

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