YULIA MENNIBAEVA mezzosoprano Yulia Mennibaeva has begun her musical studies under the guidance of Victor Minakov; then, from 2005 to 2010, she has studied with the soprano Galina Pisarenko at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory and as conclusion of her studies' path she has graduated at the Academy of Choral Arts with Dmitry Vdovin. Her career has begun thanks to the debut in the opera Orfeo ed Euridice. Furthermore, since 2010 she has been performing as soloist at the Kolobov Novaya Opera Theatre in Moscow where she has sung such important roles as Fenena in Nabucco, Dido in Dido and Aeneas, Maddalena in Rigoletto, Third Nymph in Rusalka, Olga in Eugeny Onegin, Kontchakovna in Prince Igor, Tisbe in La Cenerentola, Feodor in Boris Godunov, Spring in The Snow Maiden, Myrtale in Thais, the little robber girl in The Story about Kay and Gerda and Laura in Iolanta. Besides the opera repertoire, she has also been involved in lots of concert, among which we remember the Coronation Cantata by Glazunov at the Festival of the World Orchestras in Moscow (2012), the Mass of the world Armed Man by Karl Jenkins in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory (2014), the Gloria by Vivaldi and Mozart's Requiem at the Moscow Philharmonic (2014), the Petite Messe Solennelle by Rossini at the Yaroslavl Philharmonic (2014), the Alexander Nevsky cantata by Sergei Prokofiev at the Novaya Opera (2016) and the final winners concert of Viñas Competition at the Teatro Real de Madrid (2016). During the Season 2016/2017 of the Opernhaus Zurich Yulia has been soloist of the International Opera Studio. On the stage of one of the most celebrated opera house in the world she has performed the role of Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana, Emilia in Otello, La Tasse Chinoise / La Libellule in L’enfant et les sortilèges. Among the most recent engagements there are the Golden Cockerel by Rimsky-Korsakov at the Concertgebouw and Andrea Chenier at Liceu Opera in Barcelona. Yulia Mennibaeva also use to partecipate in several international competitions and in the past years she has been awarded in lots of them: II Prize Winner and special prize for the best performance of Russian music at the International Competition Francisco Viñas in Barcelona (Spain, 2016), special prize “City of Crema” at the International Competition of Portofino (Italy, 2017); Premium "For bright start in the Art" by the Elena Obraztsova Foundation (Moscow, 2016); I Prize Winner Sobinov Music Festival Vocalists Contest (Saratov, 2015); II Prize Winner at the International Competition Mezzo-soprano Elena Obraztsova dedicated to the memory of Barbieri (St. Petersburg, 2012). Future engagements will see her performing on July 11th 2018 at the Piccolo Festival in Italy and in September 2018 Boris Godunov at the Concertgebouw conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado. April 2018 .