OLGA PASICHNYK

Born in Ukraine, Olga Pasichnyk (Pasiecznik) studied in her native Rivne, and at the Kiev Conservatory and Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw. In 1992 she became a soloist of the Warsaw Chamber Opera. She has sung major rôles in operas ranging from Monteverdi to Tchaikovsky, Debussy and the contemporary, appearing throughout Europe, in Australia, Canada, Japan, and the United States. She has performed at numerous concerts and international music festivals in famous concert halls and theatres, including the Opéra National de Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Théâtre Châtelet, Salle Pleyel (Paris), Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Konzerthaus Berlin, Auditorio Nacional de Música (Madrid), Bayerische Staatsoper, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie (Brussels), Theater an der Wien, Bregenzer Festspiele (Austria), Grand Théâtre de Genève, Finnish National Opera and Flemish Opera.

Throughout her career she has collaborated with leading orchestras working with distinguished conductors such as Minkowski, Jacobs, Ono, Nelson and Oramo. Olga Pasichnyk was a prizewinner at s’Hertogenbosch in 1994, the Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition in Helsinki in 1999, and The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition in Belgium in 2000, where she took both the Oratorio Prize and Audience Prize. She has twice been awarded the Polish Fryderyk for the best solo recordings of 1997 and 2004 (Szymanowski and Lutosławski). Other prizes and awards include Orfeusz (Warsaw Autumn Festival prize) in 1999, Golden Cross of Merit of Poland (2001) and A. Hiolski’s prize for the best female opera rôle of 2004 (Mélisande in Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande with Polish National Opera). In 2005 she was nominated by the international opera magazine Opernwelt as the best opera singer of the 2004/2005 season for her performance as Almirena in Handel’s Rinaldo. In 2006 she won a Münchner Opernfestspiele prize.

Released in June 2010 (UK only): Chill With Collection (Naxos 8.501046, 10-CD box set)

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