Ekaterina Bazhanova

• 2017 - Richard-Wagner-scholarship foundation;
• 2017-19 - DeutschlandStipendium;
• 2020 - debut in the Berliner Philharmonie under the direction of Chefdirigent Kirill Petrenko in the Production "Faith to Face" with G.Puccini "Suor Angelika";
• 2021 - 2.Round - NEUE STIMMEN Competition;
• 2022 - debut at the Staatstheater Kassel and Theater Altenburg Gera in "Fleisch und Geist" with Nico and The Navigators;
• 2023 - debut at the Staatsoper unter den Linden Berlin in "Thomas" von G.F.Haas.

2013-17 - Bachelor of Music at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" Berlin;

2015 - Schola des Rundfunkchores Berlin (as Soloist);

2017-20 - Master of Music at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" Berlin;

Ekaterina began her musical career in the classical vocal quartet at an early age, won various international competitions and took part in numerous music festivals for talented young people with it.

Already during her studies and afterwards she was among others as Olga ("Eugene Onegin"), First Norn ("Götterdämmerung"), voice of Antonia's mother ("Les contes d'Hoffmann"), Ernesto ("Il mondo della luna"), Second Alms Seeker/Second Lay Sister, La Principessa* rehearsals cover (“Suor Angelica”), Composer (“Ariadne auf Naxos”), Biberhahn (“The Atrocious Feast”), Kubus/Willi (“The House Between”), Aci (“Polifemo”), Judith ("La Betulia liberata"), Schwester Agnes ("Thomas") can be heard.

Through numerous projects and master classes, Ekaterina Bazhanova has the opportunity to work with important figures in today's culture, such as Julia Varády, Robert Dean Smith, Marcel Boone, Wolfram Rieger, Martin Stegner, Nicolas Fink, Byron Knutson, Michiel Dijkema, Rolf Beck, Tan Dun, Nicola Hümpel, Max Renne, Barbora Horáková, Kirill Petrenko and Simon Rattle.

Further impulses she received from Britta Schwarz, Uta Priew, Semjon Skigin, Hendrik Heilmann, Alexander Vitlin and above all Sami Kustaloglu.

Ekaterina's great strength lies in her stage presence and the intelligence of the taking on characters and fill them with her own creativity. Characters therefore appear amazingly real and authentic, which one would not expect from Ekaterina's external appearance, without slipping into clichés. She creates her role profile and plays out of the psychology of the character. This gift is a real enrichment for directing and stage work.

Since 2020, Ekaterina has the joyful opportunity to pass musical knowledge by teaching at a private music school in Berlin.