Anastasia Prokofieva

Anastasia Prokofieva was born in Russia, in 1981.

1997
Anastasia graduated as a violinist from the Musical College of Petrozavodsk, Russia. The same year she was admitted to the preparatory course of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory and began her vocal studies there under Klara G. Kadinskaya (an Honored Professor of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, former soloist of the Bolshoi Theater).

2001
Anastasia makes her stage debut as Rosita in the student production of Offenbach’s Le mari à la porte and as Susanna in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro.

2003
- Anastasia wins the Grand Prix at the Feodor Chaliapin Vocal Competition.
- Anastasia was granted a scholarship offered by the Zurich Opera House (chosen among other candidates from all over Russia by Vladimir Fedoseev).
- Performs Zerlina in Mozart’s Don Giovanni in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory (with orchestra).

2004-2005
Anastasia appears in various concerts and recitals in numerous cities of Russia in the framework of the Young Talents of Russia Programme.

2005
- Anastasia sings Violetta in Verdi’s La Traviata at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory (with orchestra);
- In April she takes part in the music festival “Days of Moscow Conservatory in Granada”, where she wins unanimous acclamation of the Russian and Spanish Ministers of Culture who were present at the concert in Manuel de Falla Cultural Center;
- In April-May Anastasia takes part in the International Festival “Primavera Classica”, Moscow;
- In June Anastasia becomes a laureate of the Bella Voce International Vocal Competition;
- In November she performs with the Chamber Orchestra of the Moscow Conservatory at the International Festival in Cadiz, Spain.

2006
- Anastasia gains the Golden prize at the “XXIV April Spring Friendship International Art Festival”, Pyong Yang, North Korea;
- Anastasia tours Spain with the Chamber Orchestra of the Moscow Conservatory;
- She attends master-classes with La Scala soloist Rolando Panerai at the International Summer Opera Academy in Rimini, Italy.

2006-2007
Anastasia gives recitals and takes part in different musical festivals in various concert halls of Moscow and other cities of Russia.
She was selected for very important festival in Kyoto as a Russian soprano and had sung with great success Russian music: songs of Rachmaninov and concert for voice of Glier and Italian arias with conductor Andrea Raffanini.
In November Anastasia took part in concert in Hall of National Filarmony of Ukrain in Kiev with National Orchestra and had sung concert of Glier for voice with Russian conductor Vyatcheslav Valeev.
In December she sung Christmas concert in Maffiana Sale of Theatre of Verona.

Anastasia Prokofieva’s remarkable musical and dramatic talents combined with the utmost professionalism at such a young age won her critical acclaim.
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