Women Achievement Awards
Mariza Anastasiades
Mariza holds a master’s degree in voice performance and pedagogy specializing in various vocal techniques and the Bel Canto repertoire. Mariza has embarked on an international career, performing in Cyprus and abroad. In 2017, she received First Prize at the International Singing Competition organized by the Danube Symphony Orchestra in Budapest.
Her repertoire spans from renaissance and baroque era to 20th century music covering operatic, oratorio and lied repertoire.
Mariza has collaborated with orchestras and conductors from the Metropolitan Opera New York( Gregory Buchalter) and with the Varna International Orchestra, where she sang the role of Lauretta from “Gianni Schicchi” in 2019.
In 2017/18 she was part of the OpernFest Prague, where she collaborated with Richard Hein, conductor of the Prague State Opera House (Národní Divadlo).
Mariza also sang with the Danube Symphony Orchestra – Andreas Déak in Budapest, June 2017. In 2018, she performed the role of Drusilla from “L’ incoronazione di Poppea” with the Larissa Symphony Orchestra – under the baton of Christos Ktistakis.
From a very young age,she has taken part in specialized masterclasses in vocal techniques and interpretation aspects with conductors, opera singers and vocal coaches such as Barbara Frittoli, Marco Balderi, Vitalba Mosca (Italy), Claudia Visca (Vienna), Andrea Rost (Germany), Kassandra Dimopoulou, Aris Christofellis (Greece), Marios Andreou (Cyprus), etc.
Mariza studied Classical Singing and Opera in Austria (Conservatory of Vienna) and in Cyprus (M.Mus University of Nicosia), specializing in Italian Bel Canto repertory and vocal technique (MMus, Bmus).
In December 2013, Mariza received the First Prize at the Kyrenia Opera Singing Competition held in New York. In 2015, she received a scholarship as “Student of Excellence in Singing” by the Maria Ioannou Foundation. Mariza is a graduate of the Limassol Music Lyceum “Marios Tokas”.
She is currently teaching talented children at the Pankyprion Odeon in Nicosia, and at the Music Schools of the Ministry of Education and Culture.
Mariza recently received the “Laureate Prize” with the highest score in the category ‘Professional Opera Singers’ at the International Singing Competition Belgrade 2019.
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