“Fantastic Viktoria Kurbatskaya was by all means the star of the matinee. In the four soprano phrases she showed all the best features of the art of singing, full voice fascinating sound, with unrestrained and light high notes.” (Aargauer Zeitung, Solothurn, Switzerland) As a performer, Viktoria Kurbatskaya sang leading parts at the National Academic Great Opera Theatre of the Republic…
In 2010, Mr. Plotkin was thrilled to be able to combine his skills, experience, passion for the performing arts, and desire to help others as Co-Founder and Vice President of Forte International Music Competition and Festivals. Since then, he helped successfully create and produce multiple events as part of the Forte International Music Competition, Music Mosaic Festival, and President’s Cup…
A native of Saint-Petersburg, Russia, Evgeny Hochlov studied at the N.A.Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory, graduating summa cum laude from the Choral Conducting faculty as a student of E. Kudryavtseva and from the Operatic and Symphonic Conducting faculty as a student of D. Hochlov. Evgeny has been appointed a conductor of the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of…
Mrs. Tibets’ career began in her native Ukraine (Severodonetsk College of Music) and later continued in Russia, where she has graduated with honors from the Astrakhan State Conservatory with a Masters degree in Fine Arts. In 1982 – 1994, Natalia Tibets has taught at the College of Music in Belorussia. Since 1995, she lives in Monterrey, Mexico where she is…
In addition to a wonderful career as a professor and teacher of vocal performance, Mr. Gregory Sheppard has brought his rich bass sound, his joy of singing, and his spontaneous passion to recital performances, operatic roles, and appearances with symphony orchestras and chamber ensembles in the United States and Europe. His operatic repertoire ranges from Sander in the rare Zemire…
Currently, she is a member of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, with whom she went on tour in the summer of 2010 singing Olga in Eugene Onegin at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and the Teatro Real Madrid. Oksana’s 2013/14 season’s highlights include a return to the MET in Eugene Onegin (in a new production by Deborah Warner, conducted…
Furthermore, Larissa Korkina has enjoyed a successful career as a recitalist, chamber musician and coach accompanist. Since moving to Princeton in New Jersey in 1990 she has performed numerous concerts as a soloist, member of the chamber orchestra and accompanist in the tri-state area, including special appearances at the Garden State Center, McCarter Theater, and Richardson Auditorium. Throughout her career…