Chibla Lewarsovna Gersmawa

Chibla Gersmawa

Chibla Lewarsowna Gersmawa ( Russian Хибла Леварсовна Герзмава ; born January 6, 1970 in Pizunda , Abkhazian ASSR , Soviet Union ) is an Abkhazian - Russian opera singer ( soprano ). Internationally, her name is also given in the spelling Hibla Gerzmava . Since 1995 she has been a soloist at the Stanislavsky and Nemirowitsch Danchenko Music Theater in Moscow.

Life

Chibla Gersmawa was born in Pizunda , Abkhazia , then part of the Soviet Union. Her musical interest was aroused in early childhood by church music in the cathedral of her hometown. She attended a music school in Sukhumi before going to Moscow in 1989 to study at the local conservatory . In 1994 she completed her studies and in 1995 received a permanent engagement as a soloist at the Moscow Stanislavsky and Nemirovich Danchenko Music Theater. She has since appeared in the operas Ruslan and Lyudmila , The Barber of Seville , The Bat , Lucia di Lammermoor and , among othersThe golden rooster and uf on international stages. In 2002 and 2003 she could be heard at the Ludwigsburg Palace Festival, among others as Eva in Haydn's Die Schichtung . This was followed by appearances at the St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theater . Gersmawa later toured international opera houses. She has made guest appearances at the Bavarian State Opera , the New York Metropolitan Opera , the Opéra National de Paris and the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma .

Chibla Gerzmava has performed with Russian and international artists and conductors such as B. with Lorin Maazel , Antonio Pappano , Marco Armiliato , Ádám Fischer , Jiří Bělohlávek , Wladimir Spiwakow , Valeri Gergijew , Alexander Rudin , Michail Pletnjow , Vladimir Fedosejew , Vasili Sinaiski and Evgeni Braschnik .

In 1994 she was the first woman to win the Grand Prix at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in the singing category. In 2002 she was honored as “Honored Artist of Russia”, in 2006 as “People's Artist of Abkhazia”, and in 2012 she was honored as “People 's Artist of Russia ”. In February 2014 she sang the final song "Olympic Roller" at the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Sochi , accompanied by the Symphony Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater under the direction of Valery Gergiev.

One of Gerzmava's own projects is the crossover concert program “Opera Jazz Blues”, which she realizes together with the trio of Daniel Kramer Trio. In it she combines the classical form of performance with a jazz improvisation, where she sings works by Handel, Mozart, Puccini, Verdi, Donizetti and Gershwin, among others.

Festival "Hibla Gerzmava presents ..."

In 2001 Gerzmava founded a music festival that took place in her home in Abkhazia until 2013. In 2014 the festival was held in Moscow for the first time. Participants included Vladimir Spiwakov and the Moscow Virtuoso State Chamber Orchestra, Elena Obraszowa, Denis Matsuev, Ildar Abdrazakov, Deborah Braun and Daniel Kramer.

Web links

Commons : Hibla Gerzmava  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hibla Gerzmava Homepage (Russian, English)
• Hibla Gerzmava at Operabase (engagements and dates)
• Festival "Hibla Gerzmava presents ..."