Russian mezzo-soprano Maria
Ostroukhova began her international career after winning the Michael Oliver
Prize at the London Handel Competition in 2015. Her recent engagements include Tisbe
(La Cenerentola) at the Grange
Festival (UK) conducted by David Parry, Isabella (L’italiana in Algeri) at Ópera de Tenerife and Teatro Comunale di
Bologna, Dardano (Amadigi at the
London Handel Festival), Ottavia (L’incoronazione
di Poppea) at the Longborough Festival, Bradamante (Alcina for the Lammermuir Festival and Ryedale Festival Opera,
Albino in Johann Hasse’s I pellegrini
al Sepolchro di Nostro Signore at
Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Philharmonic Hall, Emirena in Pergolesi’s Adriano in Siria at Cadogan Hall, the
Mozart Requiem at St. Martin in the Fields and Les Noces with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by
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Other roles include Fortuna in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea, Mrs. Herring (Albert Herring), Dritte Dame (Die Zauberflöte), Carilda (Arianna in Creta), Maman, La Tasse Chinoise, and La Libellule (L'Enfant et les Sortilèges). Concert performances encompass Verdi’s Requiem, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Janacek’s The Diary of the One Who Disappeared and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2. Her professional recordings include A lullaby for Princess Charlotte by Dr Olga Thomas produced by the Royal Marines’ Bandmaster and the Cruise Bereavement Care as a private gift for Her Majesty the Queen. Maria has been an Alvarez Young Artist at Garsington, where she covered Ino (Semele).
Born into a family of Muscovite musicians, Maria started her professional musical education at the age of six. Her formal education include degrees from the Moscow Gnessins’ College of Music as a pianist and accompanist with Anna Arzamanova and Marianna Shalitaeva, graduated magna cum laude, the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatoire as a pianist, harpsichordist, historical piano and basso continuo with Yuri Martynov and Alexandra Koreneva and recently graduated from the Royal College of Music, London, with a Master of Vocal Performance and a Graduate Diploma in Vocal Performance, both with distinction.