Nelli Kuznetsova

Nelli Kuznetsova was born on December 1, 2010, in Saint Petersburg.

Education:

2018 – Kindergarten with instruction in English.

2018–2020 – German Gymnasium “Peterschule” with advanced German studies.

2020–2024 – German School in Saint Petersburg at the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany. Completion of 6 grammar school grades.

Language Skills:

German – fluent (Goethe Certificate B2).

English – basic conversational skills.

French – currently in training.

Nelli actively participated in school life:

In grade 5 she was class representative; in grade 6 she was a member of the student council and regularly performed at school events with vocal numbers.

Musical Education:

2018–2024 – Music School at the Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory in Saint Petersburg: main subject classical voice, secondary instrument piano. Completion of 6 levels.

Since 2024 – Nelli studies voice at the Johann Joseph Fux Conservatory in Graz in the vocal class of Nasrin Rossmann.

Awards:

2018 – Second Prize at the Poetry Recitation Competition of the Poets of Saint Petersburg.

2022 – 2nd Degree Laureate of the All-Russian Competition for Vocal and Instrumental Arts (Elena Obraztsova Cultural Center).

2022 – First Prize Winner of the open singing competition “Young Vocalist”.

2024 – Semifinalist of the German youth music competition “Jugend musiziert”, and 2nd Prize in Warsaw (Art Song category).

Concert Experience:

Performances, among others, at the Mariinsky Theatre, the State Academic Cappella, the Shostakovich Philharmonic, the Presidential Library, the Sheremetev Palace Music Museum, as well as concerts in Minsk and Moscow.

Repertoire:

Classical arias and songs from various periods in Latin, German, English, French, Italian, and Russian.

Repertoire (selected works)

Baroque

Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista – Se tu m’ami (Italian)

Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista – Tre giorni son che Nina (Italian)

Bach, Johann Sebastian – Aria “Quia respexit” from Magnificat BWV 243 (Latin)

Caccini, Giulio / Vavilov, Vladimir – Ave Maria (Latin)

Falconieri, Andrea – O bellissimi capelli (Italian)

Classical

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Das Frühlingslied (German)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Don Giovanni: Zerlina’s aria “Vedrai, carino” (Italian)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Le nozze di Figaro: Susanna’s arietta KV 579 (Italian)

Martín y Soler, Vicente – Il burbero di buon cuore: Angelica’s cavatina “Voglio marito” (Italian)

Romantic

Schubert, Franz – Ave Maria (German)

Franck, César – Panis Angelicus (Latin)

Dvořák, Antonín – Gypsy Songs, Op. 55 No. 4 “Als die alte Mutter” (German)

Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix – Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, Op. 34 No. 2 (German)

Fauré, Gabriel – Le papillon et la fleur (Russian)

Fauré, Gabriel – Motyljok i fialka (Russian)

Modern / 20th–21st century

Sartori, Francesco – Time to Say Goodbye (English)

Portnov, Gennadi – Song of the Fairy from the musical “Cinderella” (Russian)

Afanasyev, Leonid / Schaferan, Igor – Gljaschu w ozjora sinije (Russian)

Woronina, Tatjana / Smeyan, Pawel – Wind der Veränderung (Russian)

Dolsky, Alexander – Leningrad Waltz (Russian)

Metallidi, Jean-Louise – Schnee (Russian)

Neapolitan folk song – Santa Lucia (Italian)

Krüss, James – Lied der Blumenfrau (German)

Portnov, Gennadi / Schustina, Galina – Cinderella (Russian)