Gulshan Akin

• AWARDS
• Grand Prix
• International Student Lied Festival
• 2013
• 1st Place
• International Vocal Competition Baku
• 2016
• 1st Place
• International online Compatition of Clasical Singers
• 2020

LYRICAL DRAMATIC SOPRANO GULSHAN AKIN IS AN AZERBAIJANI SOPRANO BORN IN THE

RUSSIAN FEDERATION. THE AZERBAIJANI SOPRANO FROM BAKU HAS COME A LONG WAY

SINCE SHE BEGAN HER SINGING CAREER AT THE TENDER AGE OF SIX. SHE PARTICIPATED

IN MANY COMPETITIONS, WHEREVER SHE SANG, SHE WON FIRST PRIZE. BY THE AGE OF

SEVENTEEN, SHE WAS INTRODUCED TO MUSICAL COMEDY, WHICH ALLOWED HER TO TAKE

PART IN SEVERAL MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS; AN EXPERIENCE THAT HAS PROVEN

INVALUABLE IN HER CAREER. THERE SHE ENTERED THE BAKU MUSIC ACADEMY IN

AZERBAIJAN. DURING THE FIRST YEAR, SHE WAS INVITED TO SING AT PHILHARMONIC

CONCERTS, INCLUDING PERFORMANCES ORGANIZED FOR EMBASSIES OF DIFFERENT

COUNTRIES. GULSHAN'S FIRST OPERA ROLE WAS IN AIDA, WHERE SHE PERFORMED THE

TITLE ROLE AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE CONSERVATORY. HER BIG BREAK CAME WHEN

SHE AUDITIONED FOR THE LEAD ROLE IN AIDA. SHE ALSO SANG THE MAIN ROLES AT THE

PERFORMANCES LIKE "ALEKO" , "IOLANTA", "LEISIR DAMOUR", LA BOHÈME" AND IN

OTHER PERFORMANCES. GULSHAN IS THE FIRST SINGER TO PLAY THE MAIN ROLE IN THE

FIRST AZERBAIJANI ROCK OPERA "SINBAD THE EXPLORER" , WHICH PREMIERED ON

OCTOBER 27, 2018. HER APPEAL TO INTERNATIONAL COMPOSERS LED TO MANY OF

THEM DEDICATING POP OPERA COMPOSITIONS SPECIFICALLY FOR HER VOICE.GULSHAN

CURRENTLY LIVES IN LONDON.

ROLES

Aida

Aida

Baku Opera Studio

2014

Butterfly

Chio Cio San

Baku Opera Studio

2016

Adina

L`Elisir d`amore

Baku Opera Studio

2016

Susanna

Le nozze di Figaro

Baku Opera Studio

2016

Tatiana

Eugene Onegin Azerbaijan Stage Academic Opera and Ballet

Theater

2017

Pamina

The Magic Flute

Opera Studio Ankara

2017

Fiordiligi

Cosi fan tutte

Baku Opera Studio

2017

Tosca

Tosca

Moscow Opera Festival

2017

Mimi

La Boheme

Baku Opera Studio

2017

Amina

La Sonnambula

Istanbul Opera Festival

2017

Michaella

Carmen

Ankara Opera and Ballet Theatre

2018

Musetta

La Boheme

Azerbaijan Stage Academic Opera and Ballet

Theater

2018

Elvira

L’italiana in Algeri

Gabala Internatıonal Music Festival

2018

Iolanta

Iolanta

Baku Opera Studio

2018

Rusalka

Rusalka

Turkey Opera Festival

2019

PARTIAL ROLES

Amina

La Sonnambula

Istanbul Opera Festival

2017

Mimi

La Boheme

Baku Opera Studio

2017

Tosca

Tosca

Moscow Opera Festival

2017

Odabella

Attila

Gabala Music Festival

2018

Norma

Norma

Gabala International Music Festival

2018

CONCERT/ENSEMBLE

Soloist

Stabat Mater – Dvorak G.Verdi community

2016

Soloist

Requiem – G. Verdi

Azerbaijan State Philharmonic

2018

Soloist

Haydn, The Seasons

Baku Music Festival

2018

Soloist

Haydn, The Seasons

Turkish Symphony Orchestra

2018

Soloist

Mendelssohn, Psalm 42 BMA Chamber Orchestra

2019

Soloist

Gloria (Domine Deus) Vivaldi Chelsea Old Town Hall

2021

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Masterclass

Monserrat Cabbalie

2013

Lieder Young Artist

Ukraine Conservatory

2015

Bachelor of Opera Performing

Baku Music Academy

2016

Masterclass

Luis Alberto Fernandes

2018

Young Artists (online)

İtaly

2020