Yulia Matochkina
"Her dynamic transitions are flawless, her climaxes thrilling listeners..."
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Soloist-vocalist at the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers

  • Laureate of the All-Russian contest "Young Talents of Russia" (Moscow, 2008)
  • Laureate of the IV International Competition of Young Vocalists "Orpheus" (Volgograd, 2007, 2nd prize)
  • Winner of the V All-Russian Competition for Young Opera Singers named after Nadezhda Obukhova (Lipetsk, 2010)
  • Diploma winner of the International Mezzo-Soprano Competition in Memory of Fedora Barbieri (St. Petersburg, 2012)
  • Laureate of the XXVI International L. Sobinov Vocal Competition (Saratov, 1st prize, 2013)
  • Laureate of the IX N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov International Competition for Young Opera Singers (Tikhvin, 2015)
  • Laureate of the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition (First Prize, Moscow 2015)

Musical education
Graduated from the School of Arts in violin class in the city of Mirny, Arkhangelsk region. In 2004 she graduated from the Arkhangelsk Regional Music School, conducting and choir department. During the years of study at the school she became a laureate of the regional competition of vocalists in Arkhangelsk (2003).
Graduated from the Glazunov Petrozavodsk State Conservatory, class of Professor Victoria Gladchenko, People's Artist of Russia and the Republic of Karelia.

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Creative biography
In 2006 participated in the Karelian State Philharmonic production of Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin, performing the role of Olga (with the Mariinsky Theater soloist Galina Gorchakova - the role of Tatiana). She took an active part in the cultural life of Petrozavodsk.

Since 2008 she has been a soloist-vocalist with the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers.

The singer performs at leading international festivals such as Stars of the White Nights, Easter Festival, Edinburgh Festival, festivals in Baden-Baden (Germany), Mikkeli (Finland), Verbier (Switzerland).

In April 2009 she made her debut at the Mariinsky Theatre in Mozart's opera Le nozze di Figaro, performing the role of Cherubino.

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Opera repertoire:

Olga ("Eugene Onegin" by P.I. Tchaikovsky)
Polina, Milovzor (The Queen of Spades, Tchaikovsky)
Lel, the Tsar's boy ("The Snow Maiden" by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov)
Tsarevich Fyodor ("Boris Godunov" by M.P. Mussorsky)
Ganna ("May Night" by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov)
Salambo ("Salambo" by M.P. Musorsky)
Otrok ("The Tale of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia", N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov)
Nicoletta ("The Love for Three Oranges", S. S. Prokofiev)
The Gypsy Matresha, Murat's Adjutant, Sonya. ("War and Peace" by S. S. Prokofiev)
Clara ("Betrothal in a Convent", S. S. Prokofiev)
Zhenka Komelkova ("The Dawns are Quiet Here", K. Molchanov)
Storchenko's dark sister, Peasant Girl. ("Shponka and His Aunt", A. Bespalova)
The Third Lady ("The Magic Flute" by W.A. Mozart)
Rosweisa ("Valkyrie" by R. Wagner)
Wielgund (The Gold of the Rhine, R. Wagner)
The Sorceress, the Third Nymph ("Rusalka" by A. Dvořák)
Cherubino (The Marriage of Figaro, W. A. Mozart)
Ascanio (Benvenuto Cellini, G. Berlioz)
Didona (The Trojans, G. Berlioz)
Carmen ("Carmen" by J. Bizet)
Princess Eboli ("Don Carlos" by G. Verdi)
TheThird Maid ("Woman without a Shadow", R. Strauss)
Carmela, First Shopgirl, First Distant Voice. ("Life is Short" by M. de Falla)
The Maid ("Macropoulos' Means," L. Janacek)
Hermia ("A Midsummer Night's Dream," B. Britten)
Niklaus (The Tales of Hoffmann, J. Offenbach)
The beautiful Dulcinea, Garcia. ("Don Quixote" by R. Strauss)
Siebel ("Faust" by Ch. Gounod)
Dalila ("Samson and Dalila" by C. Saint-Saëns)

Oratorios and Concert Repertoire:

Pergolesi's Stabat-Mater,
Requiem by W. Mozart's Requiem and
Requiem by G. Verdi,
Symphony No. 2, No. 8 by G. Mahler,
the cantata "Alexander Nevsky" by S. S. Prokofiev,
oratorio "Ivan the Terrible" by S. S. Prokofiev.

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