Talar Dekrmanjian

Talar Dekrmanjian

Soprano

Her voice described as having a “sensitive and dazzling voice” by ConcertoNet, a “shiny and colourful voice and a flexible musicality” by Nice Matin, and being “poetic and dramatic” by Le Soir.

Talar is an Armenian soprano born in Aleppo (Syria). She graduated from the Maastricht’s Conservatory (Holland), “Ecole Normale de Musique Alfred Cortot” in Paris and the “La Monnaie” Opera studio in Brussels.

Her artistic personality embraces the Mozartian roles with those of Verdi and Puccini. Talar made her debut on stage with Fiordiliggi in “Cosi fan tutte” in Maastricht, Lauretta in “Gianni schicchi” at Damascus Opera,“Cendrillon” by Massenet at the Royal Opera House “La Monnaie” in Brussels and “Royal Theatre of Luxembourg” and later in “Opera de Massy” in Paris. Elisetta in “Il matrimonio segretto” at the National Theatre in Brussels, Micaëla in “Carmen” at International Music Festival Weikersheim (Germany), Donna Anna, Contessa and Fiordiliggi in tribute to Mozart/Da Ponte with the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia in “La Monnaie” Opera Theatre in Brussels.

In July 2015 Talar made her debut at The Royal Opera House – London in the role of “Wadha” in a contemporary opera “Cities of Salt” by Zaid Jabri.

Along her operatic repertoire, Talar is also active in recital and oratorio repertoire performing works as Handel’s Messiah with Vlaams Radio Orchestra, Schubert’s Mass for Menton Festival, Mozart’s Requiem with the London Chamber Orchestra Beethoven’s Mass for BOZART, concert and recital in venues including the Salle Cortot, Paris, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, New York, Tokyo Opera City Hall, Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa, and the Moscow International House of Music.

Talar is collaborating with Maria Joao Pires since 2015 in various activities involving social projects, especially those regarding children choirs, bringing classical music to the most popular areas and places. Their next project is a recording of works of the Armenian composer Komitas.

Updated on 23 september 2019

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