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Canada: Sasha Djihanian

Soprano - born 1985

大象传媒 Cardiff Singer of the World competitor

Sasha Djihanian graduated from the Montreal Music Conservatory with First Prize with Great Distinction. In the summers of 2008-2010 she attended the Chautauqua Music Festival (New York) where she worked with Craig Rutenberg, Brian Zieger and Neil Shicoff among others.

She was awarded the Bohuslav Martin暖 prize at the Czech and Slovak International Voice Competition in 2009 and was a National Finalist in the 2011 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, having been awarded first prize in the district, regional and semi-final rounds.

In 2009, Sasha had her debut with the Op茅ra de Montr茅al as Second Boy Die Zauberfl枚te. Her operatic repertoire includes Musetta La boh猫me, Suor Infermiera Suor Angelica, Th茅r猫se Les mamelles de Tir茅sias, Concepcion L'heure Espagnole, the Fire and the Squirrel L'enfant et les sortil猫ges and the Cook Rossignol. Since 2007, she has participated in several children's operas for Op茅ra-Th茅芒tre Voxpopuli.

Concert performances include Bach's St Matthew Passion, Handel's Messiah, Haydn's Die Sch枚pfung, Mozart's Requiem, Mendelssohn's Elijah, Brahms's German Requiem, Schubert's Mass in G, and Saint-Sa毛ns's Christmas Oratorio. Sasha's future engagements include Susanna Le nozze di Figaro, Vivaldi's Gloria and a recital at Maison Trestler, Quebec.

In her spare time, Sasha enjoys cooking, reading and yoga.

大象传媒 Cardiff Singer of the World 2011: concert two repertoire

  • Da tempeste (Giulio Cesare) - Handel
  • Ach, ich f眉hl's (Die Zauberfl枚te) - Mozart
  • Me voil脿 seule ... Comme autrefois (Les p锚cheurs de perles) - Bizet

大象传媒 Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize 2011: recital one repertoire

  • V tak mnoh茅m srdci mrtvo jest (Op 83 No 2) - Dvo艡谩k
  • 脫 byl to kr谩sn媒 zlat媒 sen (Op 2 No 2) - Dvo艡谩k
  • Thy dark eyes to mine (Three poems of Fiona Macleod Op 11 No 2) - Charles T Griffes
  • St盲ndchen (Op 17 No 2) - R Strauss
  • Ch猫re nuit - Alfred Bachelet