The Moscow Synodal Choir,
Alexey Puzakov, Polina Shamayeva

The soloist of the Moscow theater Novaya Opera named after E. V. Kolobov and Hungarian State Opera House. In 2006 she graduated from the Rostropovich College of Music, Voronezh (choral conducting). And then from the Academy of Choral Art by V. S. Popov as conducting (2011) and solo singing (2016). Polina Shamaeva participated in master classes of Luybov Kazarnovskaya (2009), Darenn Zimmer (2015), Michael Paul (2016) and Sara Allegretta (2016), Raminta Lampsatis (2019).

Polina performed as a soloist at the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory, International House of Music, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Red Square and the State Kremlin Palace, Megaro Mousikis Athinon (Greece), Hungarian State Opera (Hungary), The Symphony Hall (Osaka, Japan), Minato Mirai Hall (Yokohama, Japan), Auditorio de Tenerife (Spain).

She took part in International Festival in Colmar (France), Rheingau Music Festival (Germany), Moscow Easter festival, Arts Festival Transfiguration in Yaroslavl, Kremlin evening in Ryazan, Lacein Vologda, Dinara Alieva's festival Opera Art, International Festival of modern music by Sofia Gubaidulina Concordiain Kazan, Russia, Musical Festival of Vasily Laduk Opera Live, Festival International de musica de Canarias etc.

Polina Shamaeva has worked with Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Spivakov, Mikhail Pletnev, Thomas Zanderling, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Vladimir Jurowski, Alexander Sladkovsky, to name a few. Her repertoire includes more than 20 operatic roles, including Lyubasha (The Tsar's Bride), Carmen (Carmen), Composer (Ariadne auf Naxos), Olga (Eugene Onegin), Fenena (Nabucco), Maddalena (Rigoletto), Marina Mnishek (Boris Godunov) and others. Polina performed a mezzo-soprano part in more than 50 cantatas and oratorios works.

Polina Shamaeva’s awards include All-Russian competition of Young Tallents of Russia (2009), II International Eva Marton singing competition’s special prize offered by the Hungarian State Opera (an invitation to perform a leading role in a series of a production in the 2017/18 season). She is a winner of the TV contest The Grand Opera V season, Audience Choice Award on the channel Russia-Culture and of the VI National Opera Award “Onegin” in the nomination Favorite (2021).

Her discography includes Requiem by Mozart (mezzo-soprano), Les Noces by Stravinsky (Mother), Eugeny Onegin by Tchaikovsky (Filippievna), Requiem by Slonimsky (mezzo-soprano), Vespers by Rachmaninov (mezzo-soprano).