Omnibus “Music for Harp”

Ekaterina Levental was born in Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan. Ekaterina moved to Holland in 1993 where she continued her studies on the harp at the Conservatories in Enschede, Rotterdam and Detmold (Germany) with teachers Alex Bonnet, Godelieve Schrama and Catherine Michel.
Due to a scholarship granted her by the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds and the Fonds voor Podium- en Amateurkunsten she continued her studies with Germaine Lorenzini in Lyon (France). After graduating for her harp studies she followed her passion for singing and started a new study Classical Singing at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Ekaterina finished both studied Cum Laude. She studied singing with Rita Dams, Meinard Kraak, Barbara Pearson and Diane Forlano and followed workshops and Master classes with Nelly Miricioiu, Jean Piland, Charlotte Margiono, Christoph Prégardien, Jard van Nes, Jean Philippe Lafont and Leontina Vaduva.
At this moment Ekaterina makes a carrier as an opera singer and theater performer. She worked as a soloist with companies as De Nationale Opera, Jan Fabre/Troubleyn (Belgium), LOD Gent (Belgium), Toneelhuis Antwerpen (Belgium), Muziektheater Hollands Diep Dordrecht, Opera Trionfo, Veenfabriek Leiden, Opera Spanga, Opera Nijetrijne, Holland Opera, Silbersee and others.
Together with the harpist Eva Tebbe Ekaterina forms a successful duo called “Duo Bilitis”. Duo Bilitis The duo is the winner of several international prizes, performed during numerous chamber music series and music festivals in Holland and abroad and released their CD’s at the label Brilliant Classics/Foreign Media. The new CD based on work by Claude Debussy is now in development.
In januari of 2015 Ekaterina made her debut at the Dutch National Opera with the role of Melibea in Reimsreisje (Il Viaggio a Reims) by Gioacchino Rossini.
The future engagements are amongst others performance of Pierrot Lunaire by Arnold Schönberg in Tokyo with ensemble Nomad (Japan) and collaboration with the dance Company LeineRoebana in 2016.

Programme with Ekaterina Levental- mezzo soprano & harp

Sergej Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Сирень (3 min)

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
Романсы: (10 min)

Я помню чудное мгновение
Жаворонок
Я здесь, Инезилья

Dmitri Shostakovitch (1906-1975)
Колыбельная op.79 (4 min)

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Cinq Chansons Populaires Grecques (9 min)

Chanson de la mariée
Là-bas, vers l’eglise
Quel galant m’est comparable
Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques
Tout gai!

Luciano Berio (1925-2003)
Folk songs for seven instruments (24 min)

Black is the Colour
I wonder as I wander
Loosin Yelav
A La Feminisca
La Donna Ideale
Ballo
Motettu de Tristura
Malurous qu’o uno fenno
Lo Fiolaire
Azerbaijan Love Song