Elena Podkassik
In the choir since 2013
Born in 1979 in Mariupol (Ukraine), she graduated from the Norilsk College of Arts as a choral conductor (2004) and the Sveshnikov Academy of Choral Art with a degree in Vocal Arts (2009).
Since 2011, she has been a soloist of the musicAeterna choir. She founded the female quartet JazzAeterna (since 2019 known as musicAeterna 4).
Before collaborating with musicAeterna, she worked in Moscow as a soloist of the Sveshnikov State Academic Russian Choir and the Moscow Chamber Musical Theatre Choir. She was also a choirmaster at the Church of the Holy Tsar-Martyr Nicholas II and a vocal teacher.
Her accomplishments include awards of international and regional composition and vocal competitions.
musicAeterna choir events
Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor ‘Babi Yar’ op. 113
Paul Dessau
Guernica – Piano piece after Picasso
Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Piano Sonata ‘27. April 1945’
Dmitry Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 8 in C minor op. 110 – ‘In memory of the victims of fascism and the war’
Alfred Schnittke
Requiem for solo voices, choir and chamber ensemble
Bela Bartok (1881 – 1945)
Bluebeard´s Castle
Opera in one act, op. 11 Sz. 48 (1918)
Carl Orff (1895 – 1982)
De temporum fine comoedia
The Play of the End of Times — Vigilia (Original version1973)
Performance by Romeo Castellucci and Teodor Currentzis
Bela Bartok (1881 – 1945)
Bluebeard´s Castle
Opera in one act, op. 11 Sz. 48 (1918)
Carl Orff (1895 – 1982)
De temporum fine comoedia
The Play of the End of Times — Vigilia (Original version1973)
Performance by Romeo Castellucci and Teodor Currentzis
Bela Bartok (1881 – 1945)
Bluebeard´s Castle
Opera in one act, op. 11 Sz. 48 (1918)
Carl Orff (1895 – 1982)
De temporum fine comoedia
The Play of the End of Times — Vigilia (Original version1973)
Performance by Romeo Castellucci and Teodor Currentzis