Austria
Ksenia Skorokhodova – soprano (artist name: Ksenia Valentina) www.kseniavalentina.com E-MAIL: [email protected] ADDRESS: Vienna, Austria Permanent residence EU LANGUAGES: Russian (native), German (fluent), English (advanced), Italian (basic) Ksenia Valentina, a finalist and prizewinner of various international competitions. Among others, she was a finalist in the Luděk Golat Singing Competition (Czech Republic, 2024) and a prizewinner at the international Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg competition (Germany, 2020). In 2024, she received the Audience Award at the Linz Operetta Competition. Her performance venues include the Landestheater Linz, Cairo Opera, Stadttheater Bad Hall, and Brucknerhaus Linz. Her debut performances as Pamina in The Magic Flute and Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte received high praise from the press. The Oberösterreichische Nachrichten wrote in 2024: "As Fiordiligi, Ksenia Valentina is a vocal and dramatic discovery whose international career is imminent." The Volksblatt Oberösterreich attested that she had "the talent to be a famous diva" as Pamina in 2023. She earned her Master’s degree in vocal performance at Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz, studying under Katerina Beranova, Thomas Kerbl, Robert Holzer, and Peter Pawlik. She also deepened her artistic skills in master classes with renowned artists such as Sumi Jo, Michael Schade, Ruxandra Donose, and Adrian Eröd.
"Im Zuge zweier Vorsingen für die Rolle der 'Rosalinde' in Anwesenheit des Intendanten des Festivals KLANGBADHALL, Ernst Theis, und des Regisseurs der Produktion 'Die Fledermaus', Gerald Pichowetz, überzeugte die junge russische Sopranistin Ksenia Skorokhodova beide Male beeindruckend." Mehr auf klangbadhall.at