Dinara Alieva (Soprano)
Was born in Baku (Azerbaijan). She studied piano at
music school. In 1998 she entered and in 2004 graduated from the Music Academy
in Baku.
Dinara has been awarded at the international
competitions Bulbul, (Baku, 2005, III prize), Galina Vishnevskaya (Moscow, 2006,
a diploma), Maria Callas (Athens, 2007, II prize), Elena Obraztsova (St.
Petersburg, 2007, II prize). Having performed at Bulbul contest Dinara was
awarded with an honorary medal of Irina Arkhipova Foundation. Irina Arkhipova
was also a chairperson of the contest.
Following her appearance at the VIII International
Festival “Christmas musical meetings in Palmira of the North” (2007) Dinara was
awarded a special prize “Triumphal Debut” given to her by the Artistic Director
of the festival, Maestro Yuri Temirkanov.
Dinara Alieva took part at master-classes of
Montserrat Caballe and Elena Obraztsova. She is currently improving her skills
under the guidance of Professor S. Nesterenko.
Since 2004 Dinara Alieva has been a soloist of The
Baku Opera and Ballet Theatre where she appeared at many opera productions as
Leonora (Verdi’s “Il Trovatore”), Mimi (Puccini’s “La Boheme”), Violetta
(Verdi’s “La Traviata”), Nedda (Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci”).
Since 2007 Dinara Alieva has been a member of the
Unity of Concert Workers of St. Petersburg.
Working at the opera theatre in Baku, Dinara also
leads an active concert life at stages of major opera theatres and concert halls
in Russia and abroad.
Various concert programs as well as performances with
orchestras have been presented in Baku and several Russian cities such as
Irkutsk, Yaroslavl, Yekaterinburg, St. Petersburg and others.
Dinara Alieva often takes part in concert programs
presented at Russia-Azerbaijan governmental summits such as the one held in
December 2004 in the Kremlin Palace and dedicated to the culture of Azerbaijan.
Recitals of Dinara Alieva were held at the best
philharmonic venues of Moscow such as the Great and Rachmaninov halls of the
Moscow Conservatoire, Chamber and Svetalnov halls of the Moscow International
Performing Arts Centre.
Taking part in numerous opera galas Dinara regularly
presents her versatile repertoire on major philharmonic stages of Moscow and St.
Petersburg.
Dinara performed the soprano part in Verdi’s Requiem
at the Yaroslavl philharmonic hall together with UNESCO World Choir, Viktor
Popov’s Choir Academy and Yaroslavl Symphony Orchestra conducted by Murad
Annamamedov (March, 2007).
As an opera soloist Dinara Alieva performed at the
opera productions of Mikhailovsky Theatre in St. Petersburg singing Violetta
(Verdi’s “La Traviata”, 2008), the same part at Baku Opera Theatre in 2008,
Stuttgart Opera Theatre (Micaela, Bizet’s “Carmen”, 2007). The singer appeared
in the concert performance singing Violetta at Thessaloniki Concert Hall at the
memorial concert dedicated to Maria Callas (30th anniversary of death). The
concert united the best musicians of Greece and guest starts from other European
countries. Dinara also took part at Elena Obraztova jubilee gala at the Bolshoi
Theatre (2008).
Dinara Alieva regularly collaborates with the leading
Russian conductors and symphony orchestras such as Vladimir Fedoseyev and The
Large Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Spivakov’s “Moscow Virtuosi”, Vladimir
Gorenshtein and The State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia, Yuri Temirkanov
and The Symphony Orchestra of St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Nikolai Kornev and
St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra.
For many years she has been working with pianist
Denis Matsuev appearing with him in Moscow, Baku, Irkutsk, Yekaterinburg, Paris
and performing both classics and jazz.
Dinara regularly takes part in international music
festivals “Crescendo” (artistic director Denis Matsuev), “Christmas musical
meetings in Palmira of the North” and “Arts Square” (artistic director Yuri
Temirkanov), “Musical Olympus” (artistic director Irina Nikitina).
Dinara successfully toured in Europe and the USA.
Among the most important appearances are Italian tour with St. Petersburg
Philharmonic led by Yuri Temirkanov, participations in “Crescendo” festival gala
concert at Gaveau Hall in Paris (2007) and in “Musical Olympus” festival at
Carnegie Hall in New York.
An outstanding gift and brilliant mastery of the
singer, her bright artistry and winning charm, amazingly strong voice able to
captivate the audience by unprecedented richness of its timbre and beauty of its
tone – all these rightfully characterizes Dinara Alieva as one of the rare
phenomenon in the opera art. She is swiftly and steadily winning leading
positions both in her homeland and on world’s opera stages.
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