Izabela Kłosińska
A singer (soprano), she graduated with distinction from the State Higher School of Music (in Warsaw, where she studied with Kazimiera Goławska. She began her career as a soloist of Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera in Warsaw.
Her repertoire ranges from Baroque to contemporary music. She has performed more than forty major operatic roles, including parts in Puccini’s „Madama Butterfly” and „Turandot”, Szymanowski’s „King Roger”, Verdi’s „La traviata” and Moniuszko’s „The Haunted Manor”; she has also appeared in concert vocal repertoire. She is particularly valued for her interpretations of works by twentieth-century composers, including Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Wojciech Kilar, and Krzysztof Penderecki.
She has performed at some of the world’s most prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall in New York, the Wiener Musikverein, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Berliner Philharmonie, accompanied by leading orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice. She has worked with distinguished conductors including Gustavo Dudamel, Jerzy Semkow, Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Antoni Wit, Michael Zilm, and many others.
She is Casting Director at Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera and a vocal coach at its Opera Academy. She also teaches at the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. She has been honoured, among other distinctions, with the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis.
Phot. Norbert Gajlewicz