Supporting the scholarship holders
This program aims to provide a financial incentive to young singers under 30 years of age who are already working under contract to be able to remain at their “home” opera houses. This financial support in the form of a monthly scholarship assures young singers enough time for studying and to acquire an individual repertoire. This opportunity to perform in different roles leads to additional experience on stage. Furthermore the scholarship holders are supported at the annual summer academy in Austria, where their musical and acting talent can be enlarged at several workshops...more

Bogdan Zaharia

Scholarship holder Opera House Timisoara
Baritone

Bogdan Zaharia was born 1979 and started singing at the university G. Enescu in Iasi. He was member of National Opera Iasi and sang also at the National Opera Brasov, Timisoara and Galati. He sang Figaro (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Velantin (Faust), Enrico (Lucia di Lammermoor) and Monterone (Rigoletto).

Bogdan Zaharia

Kristina Andelka Dopar

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Zagreb
Soprano

The croatian singer was born 1984 in Munich and first studied Music Pedagogy and piano in Bjelovar. In 2008 she finished her singing studies at the Music Academy in Zagreb. Further she participated in master classes of Prof. Bujanovic-Stanislav, Prof. Surjan and Mr. Seipp. At present she sings smaller roles at the National Theatre Zagreb.

Kristina Andelka Dopar

Alexei Botnarciuc

Scholarship holder Opera House Chisinau
Bass

Alexei Botnarciuc was born in 1986 in Chisinau. He early started to study piano and later became a member of the choir of the Music Academy of Chisinau. Apart from guitar-classes, he studies at present singing at the class of Prof. Vdovicenko at the Music Academy in Chisinau.

Alexei Botnarciuc

Marko Mimica

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Zagreb
Baritone

Marko Mimica was born in 1984 and first studied trumpet at the Music school in Split. Since 2005 he studied singing at the Music Academy in Zagreb and won the first prize of the competition for students of Music and Dance 2007 in Dubrovnik. He is member of the choir of National Theatre Zagreb and had his debut as soloist in 2008 as Papageno (Magic Flute). Further he there sang Il Notario (Gianni Schicci) and Gran Sacerdote (Nabucco). At the City Theatre “Komedija” he had his debut as Dulcamara (L´elisir d´amore). In January 2009 he sang Dandini (La Cenerentola) at the National Theatre Zagreb.

Marco Mimica

Jelena Stulic

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Belgrade
Mezzo-soprano

Jelena Stulic was born in 1978 and studied singing at the Academy of Music in Belgrade (Class of Mrs. Radmila Bakocevic). During her education she participated at several international competitions and won the special prize for the best mezzo-soprano of the competitions in Ruma („Nikola Cvejic“) and Becej („Obzorja na Tisi“). Since 2000 she worked as a soloist at the National Theatre in Novi Sad and performed the roles of Flora in „La Traviata“, Fenena in „Nabucco“, Maddalena in „Rigoletto“, Suzuki in „Madama Butterfly“, Micaela in „Carmen“. In the season 2005 she was announced for the best actress of Adalgisa in “Norma”. Furthermore she is a soloist at the Opera House “Madlenianum” in Zenum and in the season 2006/07 she had her debut as Rosina in “Il barbiere di Seviglia” in the National Theatre in Maribor.

Jelena Stulic

Dragana Stankovic

Scholarship holder at the Opera house Belgrade
Mezzo-soprano

The Serbian singer was born in 1980 in Jagodina where she attended the primary school for piano and secondary school for singing. In 2007 Dragana Stankovic graduated at the Academy of Music in Belgrade, since then she is on stage at the National theatre Belgrade. She sang Cherubino in “Le nozze di Figaro”, Mamma Lucia in “Cavalleria Rusticana”, Rosina in “Il Barbiere di Seviglia” as Rosina and in “Don Giovanni” as Donna Elvira. During her education she had her debut at the Madlenianum Opera in Belgrade as Dorabella in “Cosi fan tutte” and took part at the festivals “New Wave Festival” in New York in the role of Katharine Johnson in Gibson`s “Violet fire” and the International Opera festival “Young Opera Schloss Weikersheim” in the role of Angelina in “La Cenerentola”

Dragana Stankovic

Marko Kalajanovic

Scholarship holder at the National Opera House Belgrade
Baritone

Marko Kalajanovic was born in 1984 in Serbia; in the year 2004 he finished successfully the School of Music “Davorin Jenko” in Belgrade. To enlarge his singing talent and his technical know-how he attended singing courses at Prof. Ljubodrag Begovic and Zivan Saramandic (National Opera Belgrade). He won numerous prizes at national and international singing competitions, like the 1 st prize at the competition for solo-singers in Belgrade. 2006 he participated to the masterclass for Baroque Music in Berlin and he was Soloist at the Madrigal Choir in Belgrade. Besides of concerts in Serbia, Italy and Germany he is also a member at the church choir “Mokranjac” and is member of the Serbian Association of the Music Artits. At present he takes singing lessons at the class of Mrs. Prof. Radmila Bakocevic.

Marko Kalajanovic

Teodor-Adrian Ilincai

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Bucharest
Tenor

Teodor-Adrian Ilincai was born 1983 in Romania and visited the Art High School Suceava with specialization in Oboe. 2001 he graduated successfully the Theoretical High School „Constantin Brancoveanu” with specialization in philology. Afterwards he studied at the National University of Music in Bucharest with focus on Composition, Musicology and vocal and theoretical Religious Music.
At national singing contests in Italy (like the National Contest and TV show of Music „Bravo Bravissimo“ and the Musical Contest „Un vuoto per la voce“) he won the first prize in 2003 and 2004 and attended to the National Chamber Choir “Madrigal”, where he sang the Christmas concert with Mrs. Angela Gheorghiu at the Palace Hall Bucharest. At present he is soloist at the National Opera Bucharest, collaborator of the Bulandra Theatre Bucharest and Soloist at the Radio Academic Choirs.

Teodor-Adrian Ilincai

Olgica Milevska

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Skopje
Soprano

Olgica Milevska was born in 1978 in Bitola, Macedonia. She graduated at the local Academy of Music in singing. She studied afterwards with Mirella Peruto and Antonio Boyer and since 2004 she is member of the choir at the Macedonian National Opera Skopje. There she also played the roles of Zulma in “L´italiana in Algeri”, Agia in “Lidija from Macedonia” and Gross in “The turn of the screw”. Further she participated in the Ohrid Summer Festival and as a solist at the St. Kliment Ohridski Choir.

Olgica Milevska

Mihaela-Simziana Calin

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Timisoara
Soprano

Mihaela-Simziana Calin was born in 1982 in Timisoara, Rumania, and graduated in 2006 the academical program of the Faculty of Music at the University of West in her hometown. During her singing education she attended to the choir of the National Opera Timisoara and visited the master classes of Vladislav Piavko. She participated in the singing contest “Haricleea Darclee” and the national Rumanian singing contest “Felicia Donceanu”. She had her debut at the National Opera House Timisoara as Ida in “Die Fledermaus”. She further sang Sylvia of “Die Csardasfürstin”, Katy Pinkerton of “Madama Butterfly”, Valencienne of “Die lustige Witwe” and for the coming season she will prepare Susanna of “Le nozze di Figaro”, Liu of “Turandot”, Micaela of “Carmen” and Mimi and Mussetta of “La Boheme”.

Mihaela-Simziana Calin

Marija Kuhar

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Zagreb
Soprano

Marija Kuhar was born in 1982 in Zminj, Croatia. In 2000 she finished the Music high school in Pula in music pedagogy and piano, after that she studied music pedagogy and singing at the Music academy in Zagreb. During her study, in which she graduated 2006, she participated in various projects and won a lot of prizes at national and international music competitions. At the National Opera in Zagreb she played several roles, like Shepherdess in „Child and magic“, Luiga in „Covenienze teatrali“, Papagena and 1. Knabe in „Die Zauberflöte” and Zerlina in „Don Giovanni“. In the „Marin Držić” theatre in Dubrovnik she sang the role of Bastienne in „Bastien und Bastienne“ and in the Opera House in Halle she performed Catalina in “Juana“. Furthermore she worked with Croatian Orchestras and attended to seminars of KS Olivera Miljakovic and Lidija Horvat Dunjko.

Marija Kuhar

Vedrana Simic

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Zagreb
Soprano

Vedrana Simic was born in 1979 in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2003 she graduated at the Academy of Music in Zagreb, afterwards she won prizes at singing contests in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. As a soloist she performanced at the National Opera House Zagreb, the Opera Studio Zagreb and at the National Opera House Sarajevo; she sang concerts with Orchestras, like the Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Zenica Symphonic Orchestra (B&H) and the Leskovac Symphonic Orchestra (S&MG), furthermore she is a member of the Association of Croatian Music Artists (HDGU). Vedrana Simic performed several roles at the National Opera House Zagreb and sang the parts La Chauve, Souris and Una Pastourelle in the opera “L'enfant et les Sortileges”, Euridice in „Orfeo and Euridice“, Giovanna in “Rigoletto”, Sour Angelica of the same title and Ines in “Il Trovatore”. In the coming season she will be seen on stage as Amelia in “Un ballo in maschera”, as Mimi of “La Boheme” and as Anna in “Nabucco”.

Jonut Pascu

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Bucharest
Baritone

Ionut Pascu was born in 1977 in Constanta, Romania, and studied singing from 1996 until 2001 at the National University of Music in Bucharest. His career started at the age of 23 when he played the title roles in the operas “Don Giovanni” of W. A. Mozart and in “La Boheme” (Marcello) of G. Puccini. After this success he performed other roles in “Il Trovatore’’ (Count di Luna), „Le nozze di Figaro“ (Figaro), “Madama Butterfly’’ (Sharpless), “Cavalleria Rusticana’’ (Alfio) and “Carmen” (Escamillo) and sang German Operettas like „Die Fledermaus“ (Dr. Falke, Eisenstein), „Die Zauberflöte“ (Papageno) and „Das Land des Lächelns“ (Gustl). He also performed successfully in Holland, Germany, Korea, Italy, Macedonia, Hungary and Albania. Since October 2005 Ionut Pascu belongs to the artistic team of the National Opera House Bucharest. Beside his singing career he completed the study of orchestral conducting at the “G. Verdi” conservatory in Milan. In 2008 Jonut Pascu will be part in several opera performances as a singer, but he will also participate in some projects as a conductor.

Vlad Mirita

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Bucharest
Tenor

Vlad Mirita was born in 1981 in Targoviste, Rumania, where he began his singing education at the Art School when he was 16 years old. During his education he attended to the “Armonia Valaha Choir” and sang at national and international festivals and events. 2001 he took private lessons in singing with Maestro Corneliu Fanateanu in Bucharest and became a member of the famous East-European Chamber Choir “Madrigal”. Vlad Mirita won several prices at national and international singing contests and music festivals, such as the 1 st price at the National Pop Festival “Mamaia” in 2002, the 2 nd price at the international festival “Songs of the World 2005” or the 2 nd price at the international tenor voices festival “Traian Grozavescu” in Lugoj. Since 2006 he is soloist at the National Opera Bucharest and he sang in operas of Puccini, Verdi and Bizet. He sang the roles of Ismael in “Nabucco”, Edmondo in “Manon Lescaut” and the title roles in “Aida” and “Il Trovatore”. In 2007 Vlad Mirita visited the Master classes of Leontina Vaduva and Ionel Pantea and he participated in several concerts in Rumania. In the coming season he will not only be heard on stage but also on some Music albums (like Proms of Delight – Christmas Edition).

Vlad Mirita

Aleksa Vasic

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Belgrade
Bass

Aleksa Vasic was born in 1981 in Belgrade; he finished the Music high school “Stankovic” in the section of violin and the Music high school “Mokranjac” in the section of singing. Afterwards he studied singing at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade. He won several prizes at music competitions, such as the first prize in the republic competition of Serbia. In the National Opera House Belgrade he sang the role of Figaro in “Le nozze di Figaro”, Gianni Schicchi in “Gianni Schicchi” and Leporello in “Don Giovanni”. At the Opera House “Madlenianum” in Zemun, Serbia, he performed Baron Douphol in “La Traviata” and Lo zio Bonzo, in “Madama Butterfly”. In the year 2007 Aleksa Vasic participated in several concerts in Serbia and abroad.

Aleksa Vasic

Dragoljub Bajic

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Belgrade
Baritone

Dragoljub Bajic was born in 1976 in Serbia and Montenegro; he studied at the Academy of Music in Belgrade singing with Professor Nikola Mijailovic, after he finished the College “Milic Rakic” for graphic and design. He sang as guest-soloist with the choir “Svetozar Markovic” in Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro, as guest as Basilio (Il Barbier di Siviglia) in Sarajevo. Bosnia and Herzegovina, and as Prospero (Viva la Mamma) in Temesvar, Romania. Since 2003 he performed as Prince Gremin (Eugene Onegin), Raimondo (Lucia di Lammermoor) and Tom (Un Ballo in Maschera) at the National Theatre Belgrade.

Dragoljub Bajic

Vladimir Sazdovski

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Skopje
Bass

Vladimir Sazdovski was born in 1983; after he finished the Music High School “Ilija Nikolovski-Luj” in Skopje he studied singing at the Music Academy “Pancho Vladigerov” in Sofia and graduated in the year 2006. During his studies he attended to master classes of Prof. Mirella Paruto and Antonio Boyer in Bitola, at which he also sang at “Interfest” concerts. In 2006 he had his debut at the Opera House Skopje as Sprecher, Priester and Geharnischter in “The Magic Flute”. At the 34th May Opera-Evening in Skopje Sazdovski played the role of the Pharao in Verdis “Aida” and sang together with two other scholarship holders Igor Durlovski and Aleksandar Stefanoski at the “Evening of three basses”. In 2007 he had his debut at the Opera House Skopje as Sparafucile in “Rigoletto”. Currently he studies in the master classes of Prof. Michael Temme and Prof. Leo Plettner at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.

Vladimir Sazdovski

Melisa Hajrulahovic

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Sarajevo
Soprano

Melisa Hajrulahovic was born in 1977 in Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She studied singing at the Music Academy in Sarajevo and attended the “Peter Cornelius Konservatorium” in Mainz, Germany. She played the roles of Berta in “Il Barbiere di Siviglia”, Ida in “Die Fledermaus” and Gianetta in “L’elisir d’amore” at the National Opera Sarajevo and took part in “Carmina Burana” (Sopran-Solo) at the Bosnian National Opera Zenica. Furthermore she participated in various concerts of Vivaldi (“Gloria” and “Beatus vir”) and Purcell (“Dido and Aeneas”) in Sarajewo. In the coming season she will sing Musetta in “La Boheme” and Gianetta in “L’elisir d’amore”.

Melisa Hajrulahovic

Gjorgi Cuckovski

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Skopje
Tenor

Gjorgi Cuckovski was born in 1982 in Skopje, Macedonia, and graduated at the local Academy of Music in singing. After his studies he took parts in performances at the Macedonian National Opera, where he played Eisenstein in “Die Fledermaus”, Gaston in “La Traviata”, Prince Yamadori in “Madama Butterfly”, Don Basilio in “Die Hochzeit des Figaro”, Tamino in “Die Zauberflöte” and Naum and Timotei in the contemporary opera “Lydia from Macedonia” (by Risto Avramovski). Among his performances together with the Macedonian Philharmonic and the Orchestra of the Macedonian National Opera, he sang at the “Ohrid Summer Festival” and the “Days of Macedonian Culture in Germany” and sang in Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Albania and Serbia. In the year 2007 he enlarged his stage experiences at the Macedonian National Opera in several performances, such as “Rigoletto” or “La Boheme”.

Gjorgi Cuckovski

Diana-Loredana Ardelean

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Timisoara
Mezzo-Soprano

Diana-Loredana Ardelean was born in 1982 in Rumania and visited the High School of Art “Sabin Dragoi” (Singing) in Arad. After her graduation at the Music academy “Gheorghe Dima” in Cluj Napoca with specialisation in “Canto Classic”, she attended to the post-graduate course for singing for one year and completed the master class of “Haricleea Darclee Foundation”. During her study she won the first price at the singing contest “Young expectations”. At the Rumanian Opera Houses in Cluj Napoca and Timisoara she sang the Venus in “Orfeu in Hades”, Gabriela in “Lorelei”, Hänsel in “Hänsel und Gretel”, the title role in “Carmen” and Suzuki in “Madama Butterfly”.

Diana-Loredana Ardelean

Igor Durlovski

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Skopje
Bass

Igor Durlovski was born in 1977 in Bitola, Macedonia. Between 1996 and 2000 he studied singing at the University of Music “St. Kiril and Methedius” in Skopje. During the studies he sang with the Orchestra of the Macedonian National Opera “Makedonisken Philharmonie” and the “Ost-West” Symphony Orchestra Altenburg. Furthermore he had solo-performances in Macedonia, Germany, Bosnia, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia and Marokko. After his graduation he continued his education with KS Olivera Miljakovic and was soloist at the Macedonian National Opera House. He sang the role of Ferrando in „Il Trovare“, Raimondo in „Lucia di Lammermoor“, Basilio in „Il barbiere di Siviglia“, Tsar Samuil in „Tsar Samuil“, Leporello in „Don Giovanni“, Timur in „Turandot“ and Sarastro in “Die Zauberflöte”.

Igor Durlovski

Rudina Delia

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Tirana
Soprano

Rudina Delia was born in 1985 in Tirana, Albania. She took her first singing-lesson at the age of 12, later she visited the school of art “Jordan Misja” and attended to the choir as a soloist. During her education Rudina Delia participated at several music competitions and sang at national and international Choir-Concerts in Greek, Italy, Kosovo and Austria. In 2003, after finishing the high school, she began studying singing at the Academy of fine Arts in Tirana.

Rudina Delia

Stefan Vladimirov

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Sofia
Bass

Stefan Vladimirov was born 1974 in Sofia, Bulgaria, and graduated 1993 at the High school of Music in Sofia in piano and saxophone. Afterwards he visited the Julliard School of Music in New York for studying opera singing, 1999 he graduated at the Music Academy “Pancho Vladigerov” in Sofia. Stefan Vladimirov won several prizes, such as the 1 st prize of the competition for soloists of the National Opera House Sofia. In 2002/2003 he attended a tour of the State Opera Rousse and sang the roles Zaccaria in “Nabucco”, Monterone in “Rigoletto”, Angelotti in “Tosca”, Colline in “La Boheme”, Ramfis in “Aida” at Festivals in Greek and Spain (Mallorca and Barcelona).

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Momchil Nikolov Milanov

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Rousse
Bass

Momchil Nikolov Milanov was born in 1984 in Rousse, Bulgaria. After the graduation at the National School of Arts “Veselin Stoyanov” in Rousse, he studied singing at the National Academy of Music “Pancho Vladigerov” in Sofia. Beside several Concerts and Festivals in Vienna, Budapest and Bratislava (for example the festival of Bulgarian Culture and the 3 rd Festival of “Boris Christoff”), he participated in a movie about young Bulgarian artists, which was shown to the member-countries of the EU in 2004. At the National Opera Rousse he performed the role of Collas in “Bastien and Bastienne”, Timur in “Turandot” and Geharnischter in “Die Zauberflöte”.

Momchil Nikolov Milanov

Daniela Ivanova Karaivanova

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Rousse
Soprano

Daniela Ivanova Karaivanova was born in 1981 in Pazardjik, Bulgaria and finished the Music high-school “Gerogi Bregov” in 1998. Afterwards she studied at the Music Academy “Pancho Vladigerov” in Sofia and took part at several concerts in her hometown and in performances at the Opera House in Rousse and Sofia. She sang role of Papagena in “Die Zauberflöte” and Countess Stasi in “Die Csardasfürstin”. Furthermore she performed Fedora in “Die Zirkusprinzessin”, Bastienne in “Bastien and Bastienne”, Barbarin in “le nozze di Figaro” and Rosina in “Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Daniela Ivanova Karaivanova

Aida Corbadzic-Valka

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Sarajevo
Soprano

Aida Corbadzic-Valka was born 1976 in Zavidovici, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She studied singing at the Music Academy in Sarajevo and graduated successfully in the year 2006. During her education she was a choir member at the Opera House in Sarajevo for 2 years. Furthermore she sang the roles of Barbarina in “Le nozze di Figaro”, Adele in „Die Fledermaus“, Shepard in „Tosca“, Amore in „Orfeo ed Euridice“, Belinda in „Didona and Aeneas“ or Cobance in „Ero s onoga svijeta“ and Dijete in „Srebrenicanke“.

Aida Corbadzic-Valka

Valentina Fijacko

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Zagreb
Soprano

Valentina Fijacko was born in 1977 in Varazdin, Croatia where she received a basic education in oboe. Afterwards she studied singing at the Music Academy in Zagreb. After attending several competitions, she received first prize at the Music and Dance Competition in Dubrovnik in 2001. Past appearances include performances at the Festivals Organum Historiae and Orgulje Heferer and performances as a soloist with the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, Croatian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Maribor Opera Orchestra, and Karmelos Orchestra, among others. At the Opera House in Zagreb she had engagements as Lauretta (Gianni Schicci) and Genovieffa (Suor Angelica), Papagena (The Magic Flute) and Xenia (Boris Godunov), and at the Opera House in Osijek as Susanna (Figaro’s Wedding).

Menyhert Gergely Nemeti

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Timisoara
Tenor

Menyhert Nemeti was born in 1979 in Gheorgheni, Romania and studied at the Roman Catholic College in Alba Iulia and at the Conservatory of Timisoara. He had his debut as Basilio (Figaro’s Wedding) at the Opera House Oradea in Cluj ( Romania), where he also performed as Paulino (Il matrimonio segreto). Further appearances at the Opera House Timisoara included, among others, Pong (Turandot), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Spoletta (Tosca) and Cassio (Othello). In 2002 he won the Special Prize of the Opera House of Cluj at the International Singing Contest Traian Grozavescu, the Special Prize of the Deutsche Bank, the Special Prize of the Triade Foundation, and in 2004 the Special Price Ionel Pantea.

Menyhert Nemeti

Florin Simionca

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Bucharest
Baritone

Florin Simionca was born 1976 in Romania where he received his first musical education on the trumpet. Afterwards he studied singing at the Music Academy in Bucharest. Since 2002 he is engaged as a soloist at the National Opera Bucharest. In 2003 he received the first price at the singing competition “Martian Negrea” and the second price at the competition “Sabin Dragoni”. At the Opera House in Bucharest he had engagements as Belcore (L´elisir d´amore), Paolo (Simon Boccanegra), Marcello (La Boheme), Fiorello (Il Barbier di Siviglia) and Marulla (Rigoletto).

Florin Simionca

Sofija Pizurica

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Belgrade
Soprano

Sofija Pizurica was born in 1976 in Belgrade and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade. In 2002, she received first prize at the International Singing Competition Petar Konjovic. After recordings at the Opera Studio in Belgrade, she had her debut in 2001 as Musetta (La Boheme) at the Opera House Belgrade. Further appearances at the opera house and the Madlenianum in Belgrade were Pamina and Papagena (The magic flute), Adina (L´Elisir d´amore), Gretel (Hänsel and Gretel), and Despina (Cosi fan tutte), among others.

Sofia Pizurica

Snezana Savicic

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Belgrade
Soprano

Snezana Savicic was born in 1975 in Gerzovo (Bosnia-Herzegovina) and studied in Profesor Radmila Smiljanic`s class at the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade. In 2003, she received the first Prize at the International Singing Contest in Belgrade. After collaborating as soloist with several ensembles, she received a scholarship from the Karadjordjevic Royal House. At the Opera Houses Zagreb and Novi Sad she performed in the roles of Gilda (Rigoletto), Carolina (Dve Vdovy), Pamina (The Magic Flute), and Stanka (Na Uranku), among others.

Snezana Savicic

Anastasia Tverdohlib

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Chisinau
Mezzo Soprano

Anastasia Tverdohlib was born in 1983 in Chisinau, Moldova. She studied Music theory and Choir conducting at the Music College “Maiborda” in Chisinau. Afterwards she studied singing at the Music Academy in Chisinau and is now singing at the National Opera Chisinau.

Anastasia Tverdohlib

Tomislav Lucic

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Zagreb
Baritone

Born 1978 in Split, Croatia, Tomislav Lucic started his studying at the Opera Studio in Split with Maria Boga-Verdes. Afterwards he continued his study at the Music Academy in Zagreb with Orsanic Vlatka and also studied with KS Oliviera Miljakovic and Jevgenij Nesterenko. In 2005 he received the first price at the Croatian singing competition in Zagreb. Tomislav Lucic had his debut in October 2005 as Cola (Bastien and Bastienne) at the Opera House Zagreb.

Tomislav Lucic

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Helena Lucic

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Zagreb
Mezzo-Soprano

Helena Lucic was born in 1978 in Frankfurt on Main. After a basic education in piano, she graduated in singing from the Academy of Music in Zagreband in German language and comparative literature studies from the University of Zagreb. She collaborated as a soloist with the Croatian Baroque Ensemble and the Collegium pro musica sacra and continued her training, participating in master classes with Axelle Gall and Olivera Miljakovic in Vienna. She performed as Cherubino (Figaros Wedding) at the Opera House Osijek. Roles at the Opera House in Zagreb included the Cat and the Squirrel (L´Enfant et les sortièges), Zelatrice (Suor Angelica), and Ciesca (Gianni Schicci).

Helena Lucic

Aleksandar Stefanoski

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Skopje
Bass

Aleksandar Stefanoski was born in 1982 in Skopje and graduated from the Music Academy Pancho Vladigerov in Sofia. In 1999, he won the second prize at the Chamber Music Competition in Skopje. He attended master classes with Antonio Boyer and Mirella Paruto. He had his debut as Schliesser (Tosca) at the Opera House in Skopje. This performance led to further engagements in Skopje as well as at the Opera House in Sofia.

Aleksandar Stefanoski

Andreana Asenova Nikolova

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Sofia
Mezzo Soprano

Andreana Asenova Nikolova was born in 1976. She received her first education in singing at the Academy of Arts in Rousse, Bulgaria. Afterwards she studied with Prof. Ilka Popova at the Academy of Music „Pancho Vladigerov“in Sofia and attended master classes in Germany. She received first prize at the Bulgarian Singing Competitions „Parashkev“and „Puldin“in 2002. In 2003, she won first prize and the prize of the critics at the Competition „Ferruccio Tagliavini“in Deutschlandsberg. She had her debut in the role of Ulrica (Un ballo in maschera) at the Opera House Rousse, Bulgaria, and she performed the role of Eboli (Don Carlos) at the State Opera Varna, Bulgaria, at the Stadttheater Solingen, Germany, and at the Stadttheater Langenthal, Switzerland. Further roles included Amneris (Aida) in Bulgaria and in Switzerland, as well as Azucena (Il Trovatore) at the National Opera Sofia.

Andreana Asenova Nikolova

Sidrit Bejleri

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Tirana
Bass

Sidrit Bejleri was born in Shkoder, Albania and graduated from the Academy of fine Arts in Tirana. He is doing additional studies in singing with Assistant Professor Burhan Spahiu. Since 2002, he has been performing at the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet at Tirana in the roles of Dr. Bartolo (Le Nozze di Figaro), Dulcamara (L´Elisir d´amore), Benoit (La Boheme), Baron Douphol (La Traviata) and Riff (West Side Story), among others.

Sidrit Bejleri

Ana Rojdeva

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Skopje
Soprano

Ana Rodjeva was born in 1978 in Skopje and studied at the Academy of Music in Skopje with Professor Marija Muratovska-Naumova. Her debut was in 2001 at the Opera House Skopje as Berta (Il Barbiere di Siviglia); further performances included, among others, Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Frasquita (Carmen), Adele (Die Fledermaus), and Adina (L´Elisir d´amore).

Ana Rojdeva

Eriona Gjyzeli

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Tirana
Soprano

Eriona Gkyzeli was born in Tirana and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of her home town. Her first musical experiences were in the fields of chamber and sacred music. Recent engagements at the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Tirana included Lucilla (La scala di seta), Annina (La Traviata), Gianetta (L´Elisir d´amore), and Maria (West Side Story).

Eriona Gjyzeli

Vikena Kamenica

Maria Tsonia

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Chisinau
Soprano

Maria Tsonina was born in 1976 in Chisinau and first studied choir direction at a music school. She worked for four years as a choir director and studied singing at the National Conservatory Moldova with professor Vladimir Dragos. She graduated in 2000. She received first prize at the National Singing Competition Moldova in 2000 and the Virginia Zeanu prize at the Singing Competition „Francisco Vinas“2001. At present, she is member of the National Opera Moldova and her performances include Rosina (Il barbiere di Seviglia), Gilda (Rigoletto), Violetta (La Traviata) and Pamina (Die Zauberflöte).

Maria Tsonia

Adema Pjelevljak

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Sarajevo
Soprano

Adema Pjelevljak was born in 1975 in Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina. She first studied at the Music Academy Sarajevo, where she graduated in 1997. From 1998 on, she continued her studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria. She studied singing with Gottfried Hornik, Joanna Borowska and Helga Müller-Molinari, as well as acting with Prof. Christian Pöppelreiter and Wolfgang Schmidt. She received further education in singing in Genoa, Italy, working with Prof. Daniela Aimale and attending master classes with Elly Ameling, Robert Tear, and Roger Vignoles. At the National Theatre Sarajevo she sang Bastienne (Bastien und Bastienne), the Countess (Figaro´s Wedding) and Anna (Nabucco). At the Theater im Palais in Graz, performances included Pamina (The Magic Flute) and Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni). Her activities as a concert singer brought her to Germany, Czech Republic and the USA. She did recordings under the title „Moderato Cantabile“(songs of Schubert and Cimarosa) for the Bosnian Broadcasting Corporation. In 2002, she received second prize at the Concorso Internazionale Vocale di Musica Sacra in Rome.

Adema Pjelevljak

Goran Krneta

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Belgrade
Bass

Goran Krneta was born in Zemum in Serbia Montenegro. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts at Belgrade and worked as a soloist with the orchestra of the Croatian Broadcasting Corporation. He had his debut as Don Alfonso (Così fan tutte) at the Opera House Zemum. Furthermore his operatic training included, the roles of Basilio (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) at the Opera House Novi Sad and as Zweiter Geharnischter (The Magic Flute), Erster Soldat (Salome), and Il Sagrestano(Tosca) at the National Opera Belgrade.

Goran Krneta

Nikolay Motsov

Stipendiat am Opernhaus Sofia
Tenor

Nikolay Motsov was born in 1973, he studied at the Music Academy „Pancho Vladigerov“ in Sofia where he attended the classes of Prof. Ilka Popova and Prof. Pavel Gerdjikov. In 2000 he had his debut at the National Opera House Sofia as Don Basilio in „Le nozze di Figaro“ and in the same year he sang Almaviva (“Il Barbiere di Seviglia”) in Varna. Furthermore he sang at the International Music festival in Rousse 2001 in Mozarts Requiem and in Gounods “Missa Solemnis”. In 2002 he won the first prices at singing contests “Procadia” and in 2004 the second prize at the Grand Prix Parashkev and at the international contest for young singers “Boris Christoff” in Sofia. 2006 he had his debut as Tamino in “The Magic Flute” at the National Opera Sofia.

Nikolay Motsov

Kiril Manolov Todorov

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Sofia
Baritone

Kiril Manolov Todorov was born 1976 in Sofia and received his education in singing at the Academy of Music in Sofia. While studying he had his debut 1998 in the role of Masetto (Don Giovanni); further performances included Conte Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro) in 2000 and the role of Don Giovanni in 2002. In 2003 and 2004, he sang the roles of Nabucco (Nabucco) and Enrico (Lucia di Lammermoor) at the Opera Theatre Burgas ( Bulgaria) and the roles of Georges Germont (La Traviata) and Escamillo (Carmen) at the Opera Theatre Plovdiv ( Bulgaria). In addition to his operatic training, Todorov has had extensive concert tours, which have included Spain, Austria and Korea. He received both first as well as a special prize at the International Academy of „Casinos Austria” in 2000, first prize at the singing competitions „Lubomir Pipkov“ in Sofia and at the International Masterclass in Laukaa, Finland. In 2004, he won a special prize for the competition „Capriolo“in Brescia, Italy.

Kiril Manolov Todorov

Serghei Pilipetchi

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Chisinau
Tenor

The tenor was born in 1981 and received his first musical education in piano in Soroca, Moldova as a child. Afterwards he studied singing with professor Vicenco at the Music Academy Chisinau, where he graduated in 2004. At present he is a member of the National Opera and has performed in the roles of Lenski (Eugen Onegin), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni) and Alfredo (La Traviata). His repertoire also includes the works „Winterreise“and „An die ferne Geliebte“.

Serghei Pilipetchi

Sanela Redzepagic

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Sarajevo
Mezzo-Soprano

Sanela Redzepagic was born in Zenica and received her first musical education in Belgrade. She continued studying singing at the Academy of Music in Sarajevo with Prof. Pasa Gackic and graduated in 2002. During her studies, she participated in the Competition of Young Singers in Serbia and won first price. From 1992 to 1997, she was a member of the ensemble of the Opera Ljubljana, Slovenia, where she sang Mercedes (Carmen) and Flora (La Traviata). She did film shots and sang the solo parts in several concerts, collaborating with the Philharmonic Orchestra Sarajevo. She sang the role of Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro) at the Opera House Sarajevo. Further studies brought her to Salzburg where she worked with Prof. Breda Zakotnik ( Salzburg), to Switzerland to study with Kurt Widmar and to Vienna where she attended classes with Olviera Miljakovic. In 2002, she participated as representative of the young artists from Bosnia Herzegovina in a concert at the UN in New York.

Sanela Redzepagic

Simonida Lutescu

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Bucharest
Soprano

Simonida Lutescu was born in 1977 in Bucharest and studied singing at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Bucharest. She had her debut in 2002 as Leila (Les P ê cheurs de Perles) at the National Opera Bucharest. Further performances at the opera theatre included: Gilda (Rigoletto), Pamina (The Magic Flute) and Mica ë la (Carmen). Her work as a concert singer brought her to Switzerland in 1997. She received first prize at the Romanian Music Olympics in 1996 and at the Hariclea Junior`s Competition 1997. She won second prize at the Ionel Perlea Lied Competition 2000 and the Dragoi Singing Competition 2002. From 1999 to 2004, she made several recordings for radio and television.

Simonida Lutescu

Alexej Digore

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Chisinau
Baritone

Alexei Digore was born in 1980 in Moldova. He began studying choir direction, then conducting and eventually singing with Prof. I.V. Cvasniuc at the Academy for Music, Theatre and Fine Arts in Chisinau. At the moment he is member of the students` opera workshop, an institution which dedicates itself to classical opera performances. He participated in several singing competitions: the International Competition Hariclea Darclee, Braila, Romania in 2003 and the Competition Alexei Stricea, Chisinau, Moldova in 2004. From 1998 to 2003, he sang in several church choirs as soloist. Since 2003, he has been collaborating with the National Philharmonic Orchestra. His opera repertoire includes Tobias Mill (La cambiale matrimoniale), Dulcamara ( L ' elisir d' amore) and Robert (Iolanta). At the moment, he is preparing himself for the role of Renato (Un ballo in maschera) and Valentin (Faust).

Alexej Digore

Ana Durlovski

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Skopje
Soprano

Ana Durlovski was born in 1978 in Stip, Macedonia and studied from 1997 to 2001 at the faculty of music at the University „St. Cirill und Methedius“in Skopje. Since 1997, she has been performing with the Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Macedonian National Opera and the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra. Several engagements as a soloist brought her to Austria, Italy, and Croatia. She had her debut as Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor) at the Macedonian National Opera. Further performances there included Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) and Adele (Die Fledermaus). Since 2001 she has been studying with Olivera Miljacovic in Vienna.

Ana Durlovski

Elena Vartan Demirdjean

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Chisinau
Soprano

The soprano is studying singing at the Academy of Music and Fine Arts at Chisinau. In 2003 and 2004 she participated in the International Festival Maria Biescu. Her repertoire includes the roles of Adina ( L ' elisir d' amore), Clarina (La Cambiale di matrimonio) and Oscar (Un ballo in maschera).

Elena Vartan Demirdjean

Sergiu Ceaichevciuc

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Chisinau

Bass

Sergiu Ceaichevciuc

Ivana Kladarin

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Zagreb
Soprano

Ivana Kladarin was born in 1976 in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina; she studied at the Academy of Music in Zagreb with Professor Mira Zidaric-Oreskovic. She studied performing arts with Professor Karlheinz Donauer in Graz. She attended master classes with Dunja Vejzovic, Konrad Richter, and Olivera Miljakovic and worked as a soloist with the choir of the Croatian Broadcasting Corporation and the Croatian Baroque Ensemble. She had her debut in 2001 at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb in the role of Genovieffa (Suor Angelica), and she performed as Liugia (Viva la Mamma), Tebaldo (Don Carlos), Rossignol ( L´Enfant et les sortilèges), and Serpina (La serva padrona), among others.

Ivana Kladarin

Narcisa Brumar

Scholarship holder at the Opera House Timisoara
Soprano

Narcisa Brumar was born in 1980 in Drobeta Turnu-Severin ( Romania) and graduated in singing from the Conservatory of Timisoara. She received first Price at the Festival of Romanticism and the Special Prize at the Singing Contest of Romanian Song. Since 2002, she is a member of the Opera House in Timisoara. Performances included, among others, the roles of Ida (Die Fledermaus), Musetta (La Boheme), Micaela (Carmen), Kate Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly), and Contessa di Ceprano (Rigoletto).

Narcisa Brumar