{"id":1000,"date":"2023-12-19T12:18:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T11:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marynazubko.com\/?page_id=1000"},"modified":"2026-03-31T18:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:51:09","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marynazubko.com\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_78e27757 us_animate_this height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-overlay\" style=\"background:rgba(0,0,0,0.25)\"><\/div><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_bottom type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner us_custom_5a4e8617\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_bottom type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_54a9190a has_text_color\" id=\"fontbox\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Les contes d&#8217;Hoffmann<\/strong>: Maryna Zubko performs all four female roles and masters the enormous vocal and acting challenge with an agile soprano and effortlessly controlled top notes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-4 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1 class=\"w-text us_custom_1c5929bb\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Maryna Zubko<\/span><\/span><\/h1><h4 class=\"w-text us_custom_e2aee182\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">SOPRANO<\/span><\/span><\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Ukrainian-German soprano Maryna Zubko, named <strong>Young Singer of the Year 2024<\/strong> in a critics&#8217; poll conducted by the trade journal <em>Opernwelt<\/em>, winner and finalist in many international singing competitions, has been celebrated by the regional and international press and acclaimed by audiences for her roles as Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, Agathe and Desdemona. In the 2025\/2026 season, Maryna Zubko will be heard in the roles of Elettra in <em>Idomeneo<\/em>, Mimi in <em>La Boh\u00e8me<\/em> and Eva in <em>Die Meistersinger<\/em> at the Theatre Ulm. Solo roles in numerous opera and operetta productions have also taken Maryna Zubko to the stages of the Staatstheater Darmstadt, the Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen, the Theater Heidelberg and the Immling Opera Festival, among others. Maryna Zubko has performed in concert with the German State Philharmonic Orchestra Rhineland-Palatinate, the Prague Royal Philharmonic, the Thuringia Philharmonic Orchestra Gotha-Eisenach and the Frankfurt Symphony Orchestra. Her artistic activities have taken her to Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, Austria and Switzerland, among other countries. Maryna Zubko&#8217;s interests range from Baroque to modern works, including the song and oratorio repertoire.<\/p>\n<p>The world premiere of Charles Tournemire&#8217;s opera <em>Le petit pauvre d&#8217;Assise<\/em>, blessed by Pope Francis and featuring Maryna Zubko as Claire d&#8217;Assise, was voted <strong>Premiere of the Year 2025<\/strong> by the trade magazine <em>Opernwelt<\/em> and broadcast on <em>ARD Opera<\/em>. In the 2021\/2022 season, the versatile singer was awarded the <strong>Ulm Theatre Prize<\/strong> and was named <strong>Singer of the Season<\/strong> by the S\u00fcdwest Presse newspaper for her roles as Zerbinetta, Gilda and Rosina. She is also a prize winner of the <em>Meistersinger Competition<\/em> in Rhineland-Palatinate, the <em>International Lions Singing Competition<\/em>, the <em>Oksana Petrusenko Singing Competition<\/em>, and a finalist of the <em>ARD Music Competition<\/em> and the <em>International Competition Franz Schubert and Modern Music<\/em> in Graz. She has received scholarships from the Richard Wagner Society (Kyiv and Ulm), the Istituto Italiano di Cultura (Stuttgart) and the Frankfurt Bach Concerts.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-4 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marynazubko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5b_DSC_1496-1024x678.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marynazubko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5b_DSC_1496-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marynazubko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5b_DSC_1496-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_middle type_default reversed stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-4 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marynazubko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Maryna_Zubko_03-684x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marynazubko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Maryna_Zubko_03-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/www.marynazubko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Maryna_Zubko_03-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.marynazubko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Maryna_Zubko_03.jpg 801w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Maryna Zubko completed her postgraduate studies in <em>Advanced Studies: Solo Voice<\/em> at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz with Elena Pankratova. She completed her <em>Master&#8217;s degree<\/em> <em>in Opera<\/em> with distinction and her <em>Concert Exam<\/em> at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts with Ursula Targler-Sell. She received her <em>Master of Music art<\/em> with honour from the National Music Academy of Ukraine under Iryna Semenenko and her <em>Bachelor&#8217;s degree<\/em> in German Studies from the Kyiv National Linguistic University. As a scholarship holder of the International Vocal Studio Berlin under the patronage of Eva Wagner-Pasquier, she was mentored by C\u00e9sare Colona. Saverio Suarez, Ivan Konsulov, Helmut Deutsch, Claudia Eder and Mariella Devia provided her with important input.<\/p>\n<p>The soprano works with conductors such as Timo Handschuh, Michael Weiger, Ulrike Blessing, Panagiotis Papadopoulos, Felix Bender, Nikolaus Henseler, Nikolai Petersen, Levente T\u00f6r\u00f6k, Walter Althammer, Cornelia von Kerssenbrock, Evan Alexis Christ, Otto Honeck and Volker Christ, as well as directors such as Anthony Pilavachi, Kay Metzger, Hinrich Horstkotte, Wolf Widder, Ansgar Haag, Dietrich Hilsdorf, Ludwig Baumann, Rahel Thiel, Annette Wolf and Benjamin K\u00fcnzel.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_none\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_2 us_custom_0f8f44b7 icon_atright\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marynazubko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CV_Zubko_EN_February_12_-2026.pdf\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Download CV \/ Repertoire \/ Press reviews &#8211; as of April 2026<\/span><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\"><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Les contes d&#8217;Hoffmann: Maryna Zubko performs all four female roles and masters the enormous vocal and acting challenge with an agile soprano and effortlessly controlled top notes. 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