Nadine Koutcher
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| Born | 1983 Minsk, Belarus |
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| Occupation | opera singer (soprano) |
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Nadine Koutcher (Belarusian: Надзея Кучар, born 1983) is a Belarusian opera singer. A dramatic coloratura soprano, she was the winner of the 2015 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition.
Born in Minsk. In 2003 she successfully finished Minsk State Musical College, the Department of Musical Theory. In 2006 she won the 1st prize in the vocal contest of the Religious Music Festival «Mahutny Bozha» In 2007 she won the 1st prize in two International competitions: Bibigul Tulegenova’s Contest in Khazahstan and Irina Bogacheva’s Contest in St. Petersburg. Also in 2007 she had opera debut in the Opera and Ballet Theatre of St. Petersburg Conservatory, she sang Marfa in the opera “The Tsar’s Bride” by Rimsky-Korsakov. In 2009 she started performing in The Mikhailovsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, her debut role was Violetta in Verdi’s «La Traviata». In the same theatre she performed other roles for lyrical and coloratura soprano, such as Princess Eudoxie in Galevi’s “La Juive”, Oscar in Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera”. Nadine leads an active concert life. During her studies at the Conservatory under the patronage of Sergey Stadler she took part in many projects, singing the roles of Lucia (“Lucia di Lammermoor” by Gaetano Donizetti), Maria (“Ivan the 4th” by George Bizet), Serafim (“Christ on the Mount of Olives” by Beethoven),soprano solo in Simphony №9 by Beethoven and the soprano in Mozart’s Requiem. In October 2010 in Beijing’s Concert Hall she gave her first solo concert, accompanied by the pianist, and the prize-winner Dmitry Pavliy. In 2011 she graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory with a Vocalist Diploma (the class of a Distinguished Artist, professor Tamara Novichenko, and the chamber class of Kira Izotova). In August 2011 she won the 1st prize in Mikhailov’s Young Opera Singers’ Contest (Cheboksary, Russia). In 2012 she was invited by Teodor Currentzis to the ensemble of soloists of The Perm State P.I.Tchaikovsky Opera and Ballet Theatre. In May 2012 she took part in the International Diaghilev Festival and was given the role of Medea in the Russian premiere of Pascal Dusapin's opera "Medea Material". For this role, she was awarded the Golden Mask in Moscow in April 2013. In June 2012 she recorded a CD with the MusicAeterna Orchestra conducting by Currentzis, they performed Rameau's works for Sony Music. In September 2012 she won the Grand Prix of the International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch, she also won the Audience Award and the Prize for the Best Performance of the Obligatory Piece.
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