About me
Maria Kotova
Soprano Maria Kotova has thrilled audiences throughout Europe with her vocal artistry. She made her American concert debut this spring in a program “Friends, Neighbors and Divas” in Metrowest Boston and her American operatic debut in Commonwealth Lyric Theater’s production of Boris Gudonov.
Born in Moscow, she started vocal training at the Gnessin State Musical College at the age of seventeen. She received an Artist Diploma from Institute of Contemporary Art where she studied voice with world renowned bass-baritone Valentine Anisimov. The versatile artist also holds a master’s degree in Sociology from Moscow State University Academy of Management and worked as a musical therapist.
She was awarded several cultural grants from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to research canciones and zarzuela, and performed in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia. While in Spain she participated in master classes with soprano Marimi del Pozo and international mezzo-soprano Tereza Berganza.
In her native country she authored and performed thematic recitals, collaborating with artists and ensembles. She recently performed as soloist at First Church Boston in John Rutter’s Gloria and received rousing applause for her singing in Concert for Ukraine at Tufts University.