Monika Krajewska
mezzo-soprano
Monika Krajewska, mezzo-soprano is an accomplished and exceptionally versatile performance artist.
Praised by The New York Times for her “rich and strong tone that expresses not only beauty but a luminous sense of peace with comfort.”
At home in opera as well as on the concert stage, Ms. Krajewska has appeared with Palm Beach Opera, Aspen Opera Theater, Bard Music Festival (New York), Caramoor Festival (New York), Weimar Music Festival (Germany). She has performed under the batons of renowned conductors such as Alberto Zedda, Anton Coppola, Will Crutchfield, Anton Guadagno, Bruno Aprea, Craig Fleisher, and Keri-Lynn Willson.
Ms. Krajewska’s signature roles include Carmen (Carmen), Cenerentola (La Cenerentola), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Charlotte (Werther), Marina (Boris Godunov), and Olga (Eugene Onegin).
She made her Carnegie Hall debut with MidAmeria Productions as a soloist in Mozart’s Requiem, and her European debut as Carlotta in "Donizetti’s Il Borgomastro di Saardam” at Belcanto Festival (Holland). Subsequently, she was invited back to Carnegie Hall to sing in the program “Two Nations One Love” performing music of Chopin and Szymanowski.
In concert, Monika has sung the Alto Solos in works of Bach, Beethoven, Handel, Mozart, Rossini, and Verdi. As an exponent of Slavic music, she has performed recitals of the works of Chopin, Paderewski, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, among others.
Ms. Krajewska is the winner of several vocal competitions; the first-place winner of the Rosa Ponselle International Vocal Competition, the recipient of the Giuseppe Verdi Prize from the Palm Beach Opera Competition, MacAllister Award winner, and winner of the Marcella Kochanska Sembrich Vocal Competition in New York.
Educated in Europe and in United States, Ms. Krajewska holds a Master of Music degree from Yale University, a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Connecticut, a Doctoral Degree from the Paderewski Music Academy (Poland), as well as a music diploma from the Liszt Conservatory of Music in Weimar (Germany).
As an expert on Slavic and Jewish music, she also enjoys giving recitals and masterclasses on the subject in many Universities in America and abroad.
Praised by The New York Times for her “rich and strong tone that expresses not only beauty but a luminous sense of peace with comfort.”
At home in opera as well as on the concert stage, Ms. Krajewska has appeared with Palm Beach Opera, Aspen Opera Theater, Bard Music Festival (New York), Caramoor Festival (New York), Weimar Music Festival (Germany). She has performed under the batons of renowned conductors such as Alberto Zedda, Anton Coppola, Will Crutchfield, Anton Guadagno, Bruno Aprea, Craig Fleisher, and Keri-Lynn Willson.
Ms. Krajewska’s signature roles include Carmen (Carmen), Cenerentola (La Cenerentola), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Charlotte (Werther), Marina (Boris Godunov), and Olga (Eugene Onegin).
She made her Carnegie Hall debut with MidAmeria Productions as a soloist in Mozart’s Requiem, and her European debut as Carlotta in "Donizetti’s Il Borgomastro di Saardam” at Belcanto Festival (Holland). Subsequently, she was invited back to Carnegie Hall to sing in the program “Two Nations One Love” performing music of Chopin and Szymanowski.
In concert, Monika has sung the Alto Solos in works of Bach, Beethoven, Handel, Mozart, Rossini, and Verdi. As an exponent of Slavic music, she has performed recitals of the works of Chopin, Paderewski, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, among others.
Ms. Krajewska is the winner of several vocal competitions; the first-place winner of the Rosa Ponselle International Vocal Competition, the recipient of the Giuseppe Verdi Prize from the Palm Beach Opera Competition, MacAllister Award winner, and winner of the Marcella Kochanska Sembrich Vocal Competition in New York.
Educated in Europe and in United States, Ms. Krajewska holds a Master of Music degree from Yale University, a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Connecticut, a Doctoral Degree from the Paderewski Music Academy (Poland), as well as a music diploma from the Liszt Conservatory of Music in Weimar (Germany).
As an expert on Slavic and Jewish music, she also enjoys giving recitals and masterclasses on the subject in many Universities in America and abroad.