PASICHNYK, OLGA

Born in Ukraine, Olga Pasichnyk studied the piano and musical pedagogy in her native Rivne, and voice at the Kiev Conservatory and, as a postgraduate, at the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw. In 1992 she became a soloist of the Warsaw Chamber Opera, singing with success major rôles in operas by Monteverdi, Handel, Mozart, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, and by contemporary composers in most of the countries of Europe, in the United States, Canada and Japan. She has performed at numerous concerts and international music festivals in major concert halls and theatres throughout Europe, appearing with leading orchestras and conductors. Olga Pasichnyk won second prize in the International Vocal Competition in s’Hertogenbosch in 1994, and in the 1999 Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition in Helsinki, with further awards at the Belgian Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition in 2000, when she was also awarded the Special Oratorio Prize and Public Prize. She has recorded more than thirty CDs.

Albums featuring this artist are available for download from ClassicsOnline.com
LUTOSLAWSKI: 20 Polish Christmas Carols / Lacrimosa / 5 Songs	8.555994
PENDERECKI (Eternal)	8.572134
PENDERECKI: Seven Gates of Jerusalem, 'Symphony No. 7'	8.557766