Hripsime Aghakaryan
Pianist
Biography
Liana Aleksanyan was born on December 5, 1980 in Yerevan.
Liana Aleksanyan graduated from the Yerevan Conservatory in 2005 under the tutelage of Professor Serey Danielyan. She further attended master classes of Dante Mazzola at Milan’s La Scala and while still a student made her debut at the Yerevan Opera Theater in Vedi’s La Traviata.
Liana took part in several international competitions and was awarded 3rd prize in the “Concours International de Chant” in Toulouse. She also became a finalist in the “Competizionedell’opera” in Dresden and the Hans Gabor Belvedere competition in Vienna, which led her to be invited by several opera houses in Europe.
Ms. Aleksanyan gathered her first stage experience in Europe as Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte) at the Opera de Bauge Festival in France. That same year she made her debuts in the title role of Manon Lescaut at the Oslo National Opera House and the Linz Theatre, and as Contessa (Le nozze di Figaro) at the Vienna Volksoper. During the 2006/2007 season, she made her debut with the StaatstheaterBraunschweig as Violetta (La Traviata), later successfully returning as Gilda (Rigoletto), Mimì (La Boheme), Desdemona (Otello), Luisa (Luisa Miller), Amelia (Simon Boccanegra), Tatjana (Eugene Onegin), Amelia (Ernani), and others.
In 2010/2011 Liana Aleksanyan was invited to join the ensemble of the Aalto Theater in Essen (Germany), where she worked together with Maestro Stefan Soltesz on a wide-ranging repertoire by Verdi to Puccini, Donizetti, and Mozart. Her roles in Essen included Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Contessa (Le nozze di Figaro), Amalia (I Masnadieri), Adina (L’elisird’amore), Antonia (Tales of Hoffmann), Violetta Valéry (La Traviata).
Ms. Aleksanyan made her debut at the Hamburg State Opera House in 2009, singing Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor) and Gilda (Rigoletto). In Hamburg, Ms. Aleksanyan also performed Violetta Valéry (La Traviata), Micaela (Carmen) and Blanche (Dialogues des Carmélites) under the baton of Mrs. Simone Young.
In 2016 she made her highly successful debut in Madama Butterfly at the Oper Köln. She was subsequently invited to sing in another special production of Madama Butterfly directed by Maestro Hugo de Ana in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She also performed at a Gala concert at the Shanghai Grand Theatre conducted by Maestro Daniel Oren.
In 2016/17 Liana made her debut at the Teatroalla Scala in Milan for the opening of the season as Madama Butterfly under the direction of Maestro Riccardo Chailly. In 2017 she performed Aida at the Sferisterio Macerata Opera Festival, a new production of Madama Butterfly at Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia, at the SugiOpéra in Seoul, as well as at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf and Hamburg State Opera House.
During the season 2018/19 Liana Aleksanyan will appear as Amelia in Simon Boccangra at the TeatroPetruzzelliin Bari, and as Madama Butterfly at the Teatro Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Teatro Verdi di Trieste, as well as the Deutsche Oper am Rhein where she will also perform Mimi in La Bohème and Elisabetta in Don Carlo.
Further productions include Aida in the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.
Liana Aleksanyan graduated from the Yerevan Conservatory in 2005 under the tutelage of Professor Serey Danielyan. She further attended master classes of Dante Mazzola at Milan’s La Scala and while still a student made her debut at the Yerevan Opera Theater in Vedi’s La Traviata.
Liana took part in several international competitions and was awarded 3rd prize in the “Concours International de Chant” in Toulouse. She also became a finalist in the “Competizionedell’opera” in Dresden and the Hans Gabor Belvedere competition in Vienna, which led her to be invited by several opera houses in Europe.
Ms. Aleksanyan gathered her first stage experience in Europe as Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte) at the Opera de Bauge Festival in France. That same year she made her debuts in the title role of Manon Lescaut at the Oslo National Opera House and the Linz Theatre, and as Contessa (Le nozze di Figaro) at the Vienna Volksoper. During the 2006/2007 season, she made her debut with the StaatstheaterBraunschweig as Violetta (La Traviata), later successfully returning as Gilda (Rigoletto), Mimì (La Boheme), Desdemona (Otello), Luisa (Luisa Miller), Amelia (Simon Boccanegra), Tatjana (Eugene Onegin), Amelia (Ernani), and others.
In 2010/2011 Liana Aleksanyan was invited to join the ensemble of the Aalto Theater in Essen (Germany), where she worked together with Maestro Stefan Soltesz on a wide-ranging repertoire by Verdi to Puccini, Donizetti, and Mozart. Her roles in Essen included Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Contessa (Le nozze di Figaro), Amalia (I Masnadieri), Adina (L’elisird’amore), Antonia (Tales of Hoffmann), Violetta Valéry (La Traviata).
Ms. Aleksanyan made her debut at the Hamburg State Opera House in 2009, singing Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor) and Gilda (Rigoletto). In Hamburg, Ms. Aleksanyan also performed Violetta Valéry (La Traviata), Micaela (Carmen) and Blanche (Dialogues des Carmélites) under the baton of Mrs. Simone Young.
In 2016 she made her highly successful debut in Madama Butterfly at the Oper Köln. She was subsequently invited to sing in another special production of Madama Butterfly directed by Maestro Hugo de Ana in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She also performed at a Gala concert at the Shanghai Grand Theatre conducted by Maestro Daniel Oren.
In 2016/17 Liana made her debut at the Teatroalla Scala in Milan for the opening of the season as Madama Butterfly under the direction of Maestro Riccardo Chailly. In 2017 she performed Aida at the Sferisterio Macerata Opera Festival, a new production of Madama Butterfly at Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia, at the SugiOpéra in Seoul, as well as at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf and Hamburg State Opera House.
During the season 2018/19 Liana Aleksanyan will appear as Amelia in Simon Boccangra at the TeatroPetruzzelliin Bari, and as Madama Butterfly at the Teatro Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Teatro Verdi di Trieste, as well as the Deutsche Oper am Rhein where she will also perform Mimi in La Bohème and Elisabetta in Don Carlo.
Further productions include Aida in the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.
