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)