{"id":21969,"date":"2022-02-13T13:07:26","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T18:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/?post_type=cmim-competitors&#038;p=21969"},"modified":"2022-06-20T23:02:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T03:02:19","slug":"monika-mazanka","status":"publish","type":"cmim-competitors","link":"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/competitors\/monika-mazanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Monika Mazanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Voice 2022 \u2013 Art Song Division<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a class=\"maxbutton-69 maxbutton maxbutton-voice-2022\" href=\"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/about\/archives\/voice-2022\/\"><span class='mb-text'>Voice 2022<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>soprano<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">2022: Born in Cameroon, Canadian soprano Monika Mazanka traces back her love of music to singing in her family\u2019s church choir. Along with studies in microbiology, the full-voiced soprano pursued music at the <em>Conservatoire de musique de Montr\u00e9al<\/em>. As she does in roles like the Countess in <em>The Marriage of Figaro <\/em>and Proserpina in <em>L\u2019Orfeo<\/em>, Mazanka brings to Voice 2022 her rich sound and stage magnetism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Based in Montr\u00e9al, Monika Mazanka was a semifinalist at the 2014 OSM Standard Life Competition, and received bursaries from the Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation, the Orford Academy, and JM Canada. In 2017, Mazanka won the 375<sup>th<\/sup> City of Montr\u00e9al prix special from the non-profit organization Racines Crois\u00e9es. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Training<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">2015-2016: <em>Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">2010-2015: <em>Conservatoire de musique de Montr\u00e9al<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Principal Teacher<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Adrienne Savoie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Prizes\u00a0and Awards<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2013: 1<sup>st<\/sup> place Voice, Canadian Music Competition<\/li>\n<li>Scholarship from the Orford Music Academy<\/li>\n<li>Scholarship from the Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation<\/li>\n<li>JM Canada Scholarship<\/li>\n<li>2017: Special prize for the 375<sup>th<\/sup> of the city of Montreal by the organization <em>Racines Crois\u00e9es<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Prize of the <em>Conservatoire de musique de Montr\u00e9al<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Programme<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><u>FIRST ROUND<\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>FRANZ SCHUBERT <\/strong>Gretchen am Spinnrade, Op. 2, D. 118<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>ERNEST CHAUSSON <\/strong>Les papillons \u2022 H\u00e9b\u00e9<br \/>(<em>Sept m\u00e9lodies, Op. 2<\/em>)<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>MOSES HOGAN <\/strong>(arr.) Deep River \u2022 Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monikam.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22131 alignleft\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Piano_icon-2022.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"65\" height=\"60\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Pianist<\/strong>: Romain Pollet<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Monika Mazanka is generously sponsored by the Jeanne Wojas &amp; Robert Chevrier Foundation.<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/competitors\/simone-mcintosh\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-17690 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/next-button.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a class=\"maxbutton-75 maxbutton maxbutton-support-the-concours\" href=\"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/support\/donate\/\"><span class='mb-text'>SUPPORT THE CONCOURS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voice 2022 \u2013 Art Song Division \u00a0 soprano &nbsp; 2022: Born in Cameroon, Canadian soprano Monika Mazanka traces back her love of music to singing in her family\u2019s church choir. Along with studies in microbiology, the full-voiced soprano pursued music at the Conservatoire de musique de Montr\u00e9al. 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