Lyric Soprano

Yana teaches in:

• English
• Russian

“...her singing is a joy to hear” – “most satisfying operatic experience” – “Her Violetta would have made a person with a heart of stone very happy and then cry” – “sweet songbird...”

Lyric soprano, Yana Eminova, has toured the USA, Italy, Russia, England, Japan, Germany, Austria, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine and Lithuania. Now a New York City resident, she graduated from the Moscow Conservatory with a degree in conducting and voice.

Ms. Eminova’s past appearances include Alice Tully Hall and Rose Theater at Lincoln Center, all 3 halls at Carnegie Hall, Verbier Festival, Frankfurt Opera, Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theater, Kharkov Opera, 3 Halls at the Moscow State Conservatoire, Opera City Hall in Tokyo, Embassies, Cultural centers and exclusive private clubs to name just a few. Yana is a prizewinner of 12 international competitions including 1st Prize at the Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation Competition. She is a frequent guest on TV and Radio (interviews, talk shows, live concerts, broadcasts and special programs) and also at Nobility Balls both in the US and abroad (Viennese Ball, Quadrille Ball, Petroushka Ball, Russian Christmas Ball in Spain etc)

Ms. Eminova has performed Violetta, Gilda, Susanna, Zerlina, Fanny (La Cambiale di Matrimonio), Snowmaiden, Iolanta and covered a soprano role in Peter Sellars’ production of O. Golijov’s “Ainadamar”. In addition to her Operatic Repertoire, Yana has over 30 works in her Orchestra Repertoire which she performed numerous times all over the country and abroad; near 65 arias, jazz tunes and more than 200 romances and songs.

Ms. Eminova is the coauthor and organizer of the international projects “Centuries without War” and “Harmony of the Future” which involves art synthesis, science and business.

REVIEWS

"The young soprano Yana Eminova (Violetta) would have made a person with a heart of stone very happy and then cry."

"...her Violetta was young and elegant in the first Act and gently loving like the "Love Theme". Translated to English from Unia Galeeva ‘ Lithuanian Classical Music Magazine - La Traviata.

"Vocal soloists were firmly anchored top and bottom by the glowing, translucent soprano of Yana Eminova... A last-minute replacement, Eminova already has a worldwide reputation." GREGORY BARNES - "The State" (SC) - Mozart Requiem.

"No flaws whatsoever were evident in the full, precise soprano of Yana Eminova. With a voice well supported and superbly controlled throughout its range, she exhibited mastery of characterization and style in all other selections. Her "Ach, ich fuhrs" was heartbreaking, fully conveying Pamina's despair. She was delightfully flirtatious as Papagena in the humorous first duet... The Jewel Song from Gounod‘s Faust, performed to perfection by Eminova, was breathtaking. Characterization, diction, phrasing, intonation - everything - seemed perfect." - William Thomas Walker, "Classical Voice North Carolina" —Opera Night.

"...performed the glissandi, grace-notes, and difficult ascending scales and arpeggios of the coloratura passages with elegance and style..." " Maryam Moshaver - New York Concert Review Magazine -Gala in Carnegie Weill Hall.

"This was a joyful event, with the passionate and clear vocalizations of the sweet songbird, Yana Eminova. Ms. Eminova's songs in Russian, French, and Italian were evocative and enchanting. The gowns worn by Ms. Eminova were exquisite, with satin or folk designs. Ms. Eminova creates the sound of raindrops in spring. She is lovely to watch and her singing is a joy to hear. Her porcelain features and intense theatricality merge with her voice to give the audience a most satisfying operatic experience. She can endlessly extend her vibrant tones." - Dr. Roberta E. Zlokower about Carnegie Hall Recital.

"...Yana did her best when executing the part of the 1st soprano, her beautiful singing made me happy and inspired me." - The People's artist of USSR Gennadi Rozhdestvensky.

Besyadinskaya's solo was more settled in a vocal sense, allowing a simple beauty of the song ample expression in her line performance." - Darrell Rosenbluth writing for the NewYork Concert Review Magazine.

From Oleg Yanchenko's recollections: It was necessary to find a light, gentle voice for the execution of my musical composition. I was advised that I should invite Yana. And Yana felt my musical composition deeply, she filled the Great Hall with her aura, she behaved herself properly, as if she is an experienced executant".

"... Yana's execution of the most difficult part (the part of the Widow, 1st soprano) corresponded to the artistic idea of the maestro Gennadi Rozhdestvensky." - The newspaper "Culture" on December 30, 1999. Mariam lgnateva.

"...the young singer who was playing Violeta's part has won people's hearts" - From the newspaper "Vechemy Kharkov" March 10, 1998.

"... She made everyone cry in the fourth act..." - From the newspaper "Panorama" December, 1998.