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Klaudia Dernerová

Soprano


Klaudia Dernerová Klaudia Dernerová studied at the Music Conservatory in Košice and the School of Music and Drama in Bratislava with Prof. Magdalena Blahušiaková (graduating with distinction in 1994). She has also studied in Italy, with Carlo Bergonzi at L'Accademia Chigiana di Siena and L`Accademia di studi Verdiani di Busseto (Parma), as well as at Conservatorio di Arigo Boito Parma.

Since 1995 she has sung as a soloist in the opera of Slovak National Theatre, Bratislava, where she in addition to oratorio and recital work has performed a number of roles, including Dvorak's Rusalka, Maruska in Smetana's Prodana nevesta, Elena in Mefistofeles and Katrena in Krutnava from Eugen Suchon. She is currently preparing Katerina Izmailova (Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth) for her debut with the National Theatre, Prague, in February 2000. Klaudia Dernerova is conversant in English, German, Russian, Czech, Italian and French. She has made several studio recordings with Slovak Radio.

Her many international awards have included:

International Singer Competition Karlovy Vary (Czech rep.), 1993
First prize,"Andrej Kucharsky" Prize and
Czech Radio (Prague) Prize for the best interpretation of the 20th century composition.
Young Singers Competition Vienna (Verein der Freunde der Staatsoper Wien)
First prize
International Singer Competition of M.S. Trnavsky, Trnava (Slovak Rep.), 1996
Absolute winner
H.G. Belvedere Int. Singers Competition Vienna
Semifinalist
Lucia Popp Int. Singer Competition Bratislava, 1999
Second Prize
Performances of Lady Macbeth
in the National Theatre Prague
season 2000/2001:
2000: February 10,12,14 March 24,30
2001: March 22,27 April 7

Contact details and further information

Ladislav Svestka,
Artimus Music Management Ltd.
Thamova 28, CZ - 186 00 Prague 8,
Czech Republic,
Phone/Fax +420 2 2323 204

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