Kalina, Piotr
No. 33
Voice type: Tenor
Country: Poland
Date of birth: 21 March, 1991
He was born in Krakow, and studied with Jolanta Kowalska-Pawlikowska as well as with Jacek Ozimkowski. Currently he studies at the Academy of Music in Kraków with Zdzisław Madej, receiving a scholarship. He has performed at the NOSPR, the Warsaw Philharmonic, the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music, the Kraków Philharmonic, among others. He has worked with many outstanding conductors and directors, and participated in many master classes, for example by Piotr Beczała, Marcel Boone, Izabela Kłosińska, Mariusz Kwiecień, Teru Yoshihara and Markus Schäfer. He won 3rd prize at the Wassyl Slipak Young Vocalist Competition and at the IV. Krystyna Jamroz Vocal Competition, 2nd prize at the Iuventus Canti in 2018, and got an honourable mention at the International Jan Kiepura Vocal Competition.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Im Rhein, im schönen Strome
Weber: Durch die Wälder – Max’s aria from Der Freischütz
Mozart: Vedrommi intorno – Idomeneo’s aria from Idomeneo
Semi-final
Moniuszko: Cisza dokoła – Stefan’s recitative and aria from The Haunted Manor
Puccini: Addio fiorito asil – Pinkerton’s aria from Madama Butterfly
Final
Tchaikovsky: Prosti, nyebesnoye sozdanye – Herman’s aria from The Queen of Spades
Bellini: Meco all’altar di Venere – Pollione’s aria from Norma
Bizet: La fleur que tu m’avais jetée – Don José’s aria from Carmen