Irina Iordachescu

Irina Iordachescu
Born (1977-03-09) 9 March 1977
Bucharest, Romania
Occupation Opera singer (soprano)
Years active 1997 – present
Website www.irinaiordachescu.com

Irina Iordachescu is a Romanian soprano opera singer. [1] [2]

Early life

Soprano Irina Iordachescu was born in Bucharest, into a family of musicians. Her father is Dan Iordachescu, a professional singer (baritone). Her sister, Cristina, was a mezzo-soprano.[3]

Career

Her repertoire is in the period extending from baroque to verismo. She has specialized in the works of Mozart and in the Bel Canto manner, particularly in works by Vincenzo Bellini and Giuseppe Verdi.[3]

She has appeared at Milan's Teatro Alla Scala and toured with them in 2001, Las Palmas Teatro, Ravenna's Teatro Dante Alighieri, Piacenzas' Teatro Communale, Dante Alighieri Theatre, Moscow's P.I. Ceaikovski Concert Hall, Great Concert Hall of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, Catania, Italy at the Orchestra dell' E.A.R Teatro Massimo, George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, at the Romanian Atheneum, Kefalonia, Greece, Belgium's at Theater Capitole (Ghent), Stradella Opera Teather (Italy), Romanian National Radio Concert Hall, Vaasa (Finland) City Orchestra Concert Hall, Coventry Cathedral in London, Thessaloniki Great Concert Hall – Thessaloniki - Greece, Alicante, Spain,[3] Timișoara,, Romanian National Opera, Bucharest, Municipal Theatre, Piacenza, Concert Hall at the Bucharest University,

Teatro Massimo “ Vicenzo Bellini “ / Catania - Italia Glyndebourne Opera Festival - UK Sankt Margarethen Opernfestspiele - Austria “ Isaac Stern ‘’Carnegie Hall“ Teatro “ Perez Galdos “ / Las Palmas – Spain

Romanian Atheneum “George Enescu” Philharmonic National Operas in Cluj & Constanta - Romania State Operas in Sofia, Russe, Plovdiv & Varna - Bulgaria Bergen Opera – Norway

“ P.I. Ceaikovski “ Concert Hall in Moscow - Russia Philharmonic Great Concert Hall in Sankt Petersburg - Russia Philharmonic Concert Hall in Mulhouse – France Salle Flagey in Bruxelles – Belgium Auditorium Concert Hall in Barcelona – Spain Theater Capitole Gent & SB–Vlaamse Opera Theater Antwerpen – Belgium Vaasa State Concert Hall Abay State Opera House - Almaty ( Kazakhstan)

Her roles have included Zeyno Kari in Teneke, Pamina in The Magic Flute, Giulietta in I Capuleti e I Montecch, Irene from Domenico Cimarosa Il ritorno di Don Calandrino, Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor, Gilda in Rigoletto, Norina in Don Pasquale, Adina in L'elisir d'amore, Domizia in Decebalo, Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte, Pamina in Die Zauberflote, Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, Musetta in La Bohème, Valencienne in The Merry Widow, Liu in Turandot, Violetta Valery in La Traviata, Mimi in La Bohème, Micaela in Carmen, and Desdemona in ‘’Otello’’, Mass in B minor, Verdi's Requiem, Great Mass in C minor, K. 427, the voice in Verdi's Te Deum, Mozart's Requiem,, A German Requiem (Brahms),, first soprano part from Beethoven's Choral Fantasy,, Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor,, Norina in Don Pasquale,


In Romania

Valencienne from Die lustige Witwe F. Lehar. Lehar,

Other

Prizes

In November 1997, she won the seventh annual National Competition Interpretation "Mihail Jora" Prize winner "Mihail Jora".[3]

In 1997 she became a laureate of national singing competitions, such as "Mihail Jora" - Second Prize and "Ionel Perlea" - Grand Prize.

In May 1999, she wond the VIII Concorso d'interpretation Lied "Ionel Perlei", winner of the Grand Prix and the medal "Ionel Perlei"

In November 2001, she won the Italy, Vercelli - Competition Viotti: International Singing Competition "Giuseppe Verdi", finalist and winner of the Jury Special Prize "Cesare Bardelli"

In May 2002, she won the Spain, Murcia - International Singing Coloratura "GESZTY Sylvia", winner of the 3rd Prize.

She is a laureate of international singing competitions such as "G.B. Viotti" - Italia - Prize "Cesare Bardelli "; "Silvia Geszty" - Spain - Third Prize; "Maria Callas" - Greece - Third Prize; "Vincenzo Bellini" - Italy - Second Prize; "IVC s’Hertogenbosch" - the Netherlands -Third Prize & Prize of the Public, Second Prize at the ‘’Alfredo Giacomotti ‘’ Competition in Italy, 2013.

In September 2002, she won the Italy, Caltanissetta - Competition V. Bellini: Concorso Internazionale di Canto, vincitrice del concorso. Bellini: International Singing Competition, winner of the contest.

In September 2002, she wond the Italy, Catania - Teatro Massimo Bellini: Concerto Winners.

In March 2003, she won the Greece, Athens - Grand Prix Maria Callas International Singing Competition, 3rd Prize Winner.

In 2009 she received the VIP Award for "The Best Opera Singer of the Year in Romania".

References

  1. ↑ "Irina Iordăchescu". Sofia Opera and Ballet. http://festivalenescu.ro. 30 April 2005. Retrieved 2015-08-09. External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. ↑ "The well-known Romanian soprano Irina Iordachescu will be the new Violetta in "La Traviata" of Sofia Opera and Ballet – 4 January, 2014". Sofia Opera and Ballet. George Enensu Festival. 2013-09-01. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Biography on romania-on-line.net
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