VIVA LA OPERA - Maria Belokurskaya
City Hall, Paphos
24 June - 1930
By Music Academy Aspa Vasiliou
Tickets and reservations 99356961
Maria was born in Minsk, Republic of Belarus. In 2001 she graduated with honours from the Minsk State Music College named after. M.I. Glinka in the class of choral conducting, and in 2007 she also completed her studies with honours at the vocal directing department of the St. Petersburg State Conservatory. ON THE. Rimsky-Korsakov in the class of Honoured Artist of Russia Professor T.D. Novichenko, who trained such opera stars as Anna Netrebko, Veronika Dzhioeva, Marina Shaguch, Nadezhda Kucher, Svetlana Moskalenko and others.
Laureate of international competitions, including: International Competition of Young Singers named after. S. Monyushko (Brest, 1st prize and special prize", 2001), Independent International Competition of Opera Singers in Moscow (2009), International Competition of Young Vocalists (St. Petersburg, 2010), Grand Prix at the art competition "World of Art" (St. Petersburg, 2012). From 2002 to 2007 she performed leading roles on the stage of the St. Petersburg Opera and Ballet Theater named after Rimsky-Korsakov. People's Artist of Russia Irina Bogacheva. Took part in master classes by Lyubov Kazarnovskaya, Elena Obraztsova, Mikhail Lansky (Germany, Weimar Academy of Music), Anna Maria Chiuri (Italy, La Scala Theater), Anna Kravtsova (Hamburg Opera, Germany). ) Trained at the St. Petersburg Opera. From 2008 to 2013, she worked at the Pavlovsk Musical Theater and the St. Petersburg Operetta Enterprise. Since 2013, she has been a member of the opera troupe. Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater Since 2021 - soloist of the opera of the Musical Theater of Karelia.
Natalia Lezedova ( piano)
Natalia Lezedova is a graduate of the Musical Faculty of the Russian State Pedagogical University, and she also has postgraduate studies in "Musical Art" (2012). She attended an advanced training course from the Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory (2013). Natalia is a laureate of five international competitions, among them: two first prizes as a performer-soloist (Saint Petersburg and Moscow, 2012), winner of the Grand-Prix of the music festival competition “Severnaya Venezia” (2012) and first prize laureate as a concertmaster (Music Competition in Performing Arts in Saint Petersburg, 2013). In recent years she has organised many concerts in Cyprus, most of them for charity, and she has collaborated with musicians from Russia, Cyprus, Italy, France, Germany, and UK.
She was a jury member of the 3rd Avaton Young Performers Competition (Cyprus, Limassol, 2016), the S.E. Aphrodite Voice International Competition (Cyprus, 2023) and Jean Sibelius Fest Competition (Turku, Finland, 2023).
Natalia is the founder and artistic director of the Pancyprian Instrumental Music Youth Festival “Young Orpheus”.
