Olga
Barben

Olga Barben, Spinto Soprano was born on March 23, 1977 in Ukraine, Kiev. She has always had a passion for classical music. At the age of 5 she entered a music studio to learn to play the piano. Deeply moved by the classical music of Mozart and Bach, she began to learn the works of these virtuoso composers at the age of 7. At the age of 12 she entered the music conservatory to develop her potential, taking lessons with the composer and pianist Dmitri Shostakovitch, and later passed her entrance exams. She studied at the University of Culture and Arts and learned to sing opera at the Faculty of Academic Singing. She participated in numerous concerts and classical music competitions, such as her participation in the "1st Online Classical Voice Competition SOI Scuola dell'Opera Italiana Fiorenza Cedolins", where she sang "My heart opens to your voice" from the opera "Samson and Dalila". Olga Barben, during her years of opera practice, has had internationally known and recognized singing teachers such as; Vera Michailova, Kiev, Ukraine Heidi Raymond, Geneva, Switzerland Ioana Bentoiu, Lausanne, Switzerland Master Classes: Vera Wenkert, Zurich David Jones, New York Fiorenza Cedolins, Milan