Yelena Nikonova

Education 

1993 - 1997 studied Singing and Music Theory at the South Kazakhstan College of Music.

1997 - 2002 studied Composition and Vocal Art at the Kazakh State Conservatory after Kurmangazy under People's Artist of the Republic of Kazakhstan R. T. Zhubaturova.

2002 - 2009 studied at the Kazakh National Conservatory after Kurmangazy under Professor S. G. Kurmangaliyeva.

Work Experience

1998 - 2001 - Artist at the Central Military Orchestra of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2001 - 2002 - Apprenticeship at the Kazakh National Opera and Ballet Theatre.

2009 - 2015 - Teacher at the Kazakh National Conservatory after Kurmangazy.

Competitions and Festivals

• Grand Prix of the Italian Song Festival, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2001.
• Recipient of a Diploma of the International Competition "Romansiada", 2008.
• Laureate of the II Prize of the International Festival-Competition "Spirit of the mountains", Jelenia Góra, Poland, 2015.

Master Classes and Projects

• Miomira Vitas (France). As part of the competition-festival "Shabyt", Astana, Kazakhstan.
• Makvala Kasrashvili. Master Class within the framework of the International E. Obraztsova Competition, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 2001.
• Participation in the production of the film by the "Khabar" Broadcasting Company: "Night at the Opera", together with the Kazakh opera singers, 2003.
• Yuri Grigoriyev (Moscow, Russia) Master Class at the Kazakh National Conservatory after Kurmangazy, 2010.
• Marco Balderi (Italy) Master Class at the Kazakh National Conservatory after Kurmangazy, 2012.
• Isabella Frati, Fabrizio Cassi. 10-day Master Class at the Verdi Academy, Parma, Italy, 2015.
• Darius Grabovski, Warsaw, Poland.
• Franz Langer and Christa Hemetsberger (Salzburg, Austria). 10-day Master Class within the framework of the festivals "Music Garden of Rübezahl" and "Spirit of the Mountains", Jelenia Góra, Poland, 2015.
• Mietta Sighele, Michela Sburlati. 10-day Master Class and participation in concerts of two festivals "Musicarivafestival" and "Alpine Classics", Riva del Garda, Italy, 2017.

Repertoire

Tatiana, Olga ("Eugene Onegin" by P. I. Tchaikovsky)

Iolanta ("Iolanta" by P. I. Tchaikovsky)

Mercédès ("Carmen" by G. Bizet)

Rosalind ("Die Fledermaus" by J. Strauss Jr.)

Sylvia ("Die lustige Witwe" by F. Lehar)

Flora ("La Traviata" by G. Verdi)

Maddalena ("Rigoletto" by G. Verdi)

Alisa ("Lucia di Lammermoor" by G. Donizetti)

Siébel ("Faust" by C. Gounod)

Cenerentola ("La Cenerentola" by G. Rossini)

Berta ("Il Barbiere di Seviglia" by G. Rossini)

Suzuki ("Madama Butterfly" by G. Puccini)

Lucia ("Cavalleria Rusticana" by P. Mascagni)

Konchakovna ("Prince Igor" by A. Borodin)