Katia Ledoux

Katia Ledoux (born 18 July 1990) is a French mezzo-soprano of Guadeloupean origin.

Katia Ledoux in Paris (2018)

Life

Born in Paris, Ledoux grew up in Vienna, Austria, and took violin lessons before beginning to sing at the age of six, joining the Schubert Sängerknaben. At the age of sixteen, she entered the preparatory class of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, then left Vienna in 2016 to study with Ulf Bästlein at the University of the Arts in the city of Graz where she made her debut at the Steirischer Herbst[1] contemporary music festival as well as the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna Graz Opera.[2] In 2019, she made her debut at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam as Genevieve[3] in Pelléas et Mélisande directed by Olivier Py with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Stéphane Denève.[4] For the 2019/20 season, as well as 2020/21, she joins the International Opera Studio of the Zürich Opera House where she performs numerous roles.[5]

Awards
  • First prize in the Austrian competition Prima la musica In 2008
  • Finalist of the "Ferruccio Tagliavini" competition in 2017
  • Recipient of the "Bourse of the Bayreuth Festival" in 2018;[6]
  • Press Award of the International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, 2018.[7]
  • First prize of the "Nordfriesischer Liedpreis" competition.[8]
  • Oratorio-Lied Prize of the "Francisco Viñas International Singing Competition" in Barcelona in 2022[9]

References
  1. "Electric Dreams / musikprotokoll 2017 / steirischer herbst 2017 / Jahre / Archiv / Home - steirischer herbst". archiv.steirischerherbst.at.
  2. "Oper Graz". Oper Graz.
  3. Mischa Spel (7 June 2019). "Regie van Py maakt van muzikaal fraaie 'Pelléas' een taai anti-sprookje". NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  4. "Recensie - Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande bij De Nationale Opera - Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, Stéphane Denève - OpusKlassiek". www.opusklassiek.nl.
  5. "Iphigénie en Tauride". opernhaus.ch (in German). Retrieved 1 May 2021..
  6. "wagner.forum.graz". Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  7. "Josh Lovell grote winnaar IVC 2018". Place de l'Opera. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  8. "Sänger begeistern Publikum" (PDF). schloss-vor-husum.de (in German). July 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  9. "Gemma Summerfield Wins Concurso de Canto Tenor Viñas". 31 January 2022.
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