Khuzina, Iliusa
No. 29
Voice type: Soprano
Country: Russia
Date of birth: 8 June, 1987
Between 2008 and 2013, she was a student at the N.G. Zhiganov Kazan State Conservatory, then she went on to continue her vocal studies under the guidance of Claudia Kunz-Eisenlohr at the Cologne University of Music and Dance. She attended masterclasses in Rimini in Italy (2012) and in the Czech Republic a year later. She acted as one of the choir members at the Christmas Concert of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2015, she sang solo at the opening ceremony of the 16th FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia and debuted on the stage a year earlier in Germany featuring as Sandrina in Mozart’s opera La finta giardiniera and as Charlotte in Krenek’s Dictator. Being a member of the delegation of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan, Ms Khuzina performed in several concert halls in Asia, Europe and North America.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Oh! quand je dors (V. Hugo)
Gounod: Je veux vivre – Juliet's Waltz from Roméo et Juliette
Rimsky-Korsakov: Ivan Sergeich khochesh (Come to the Garden, Ivan Sergeyevich) – Marfa’s Aria from The Tsar’s Bride
Semi-final
Verdi: Caro nome – Gilda’s Aria from Rigoletto
Bellini: Eccomi, in lieta vesta... Oh! quante volte – Giulietta’s Aria from I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Final
Mozart: Ach, ich fühl's, es ist verschwunden – Pamina’s Aria from Die Zauberflöte
Mozart: Giunse alfin il momento... Deh vieni, non tardar – Susanna’s Aria from Le nozze di Figaro
Beethoven: O wär‘ ich schon mit dir vereint – Marzelline's Aria from Fidelio