DOMINICA ZAMARA IN CONCERT

Dominica Zamara - vocal

Katherine Turner - piano

In her first ever concert in Madison. Dominica will perform Christmas songs, sacred music, opera arias, and music of Chopin.

From Dominicas bio: Soprano Dominika Zamara gained musical recognition early in her native Poland. In 2007, she graduated (with honors) from the prestigious Wrocław University of Music in Poland. She then went to Italy, in pursuit of higher artistic study. Having won a scholarship from the Verona State Conservatory, she performed in masterclasses with some of Italy’s most highly rearded operatic teachers. These include Alida Ferrarini, Bruno Pola, and Enrico De Mori.

Her operatic debut took place in 2010 as Mimi, in Puccini’s “La Boheme” under the direction of Maestro De Mori. Her outstanding vocal qualities, dynamic stage presence, and versatility in multiple genres (opera, lieder and Art song, chamber, and Contemporary music), quickly led to international performances across the globe — Europe, USA, Mexico, Argentina, China, South Korea and Australia.

Notable musical highlights and venues include: Carnegie Hall of New York; Accademia del Teatro alla Scala di Milano; Mostra del Cinema and La Biennale di Venezia; the role of Dori in the opera "Un Tramonto" by G. Coronaro, (Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza); Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center (NYC); Verdi Theater, Padua (in the Contemporary opera “La Serva di Padova”); the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music (Rome); beatification of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński broadcast worldwide in Warsaw; Haydn’s oratorio “The Creation” (Chicago); the National Opera Center in New York City; Mythos Opera Festival—Verdi's opera Aida at the Ancient Theater of Taormina; in Sicily; Mercadante Theater (Altamura) - concert arias of S. Mercadante; Vivaldi's Gloria (New York); and at the Sala della Protomoteca, at the Campidoglio in Rome.

In 2023, she joined the New York Composer Circle's roster as an International Performing Artist. In addition to a broad repertoire — ranging from Baroque to Contemporary (with a propensity for the Mozartian, bel canto and contemporary repertoire), and singing in numerous languages — Zamara has been carrying out a special project: concerts presenting the arias of Vincenzo Bellini and the songs of Fryderyk Chopin — two composers united by a deep friendship and unique collaboration.

About Katherine Turner: An Omaha, NE native, recently relocated to Milwaukee in fall 2023. Katherine holds a master's degree in piano performance from the UM-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance and is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Nebraska in Omaha. Katherine was invited to participate in the 2015/16 Maccagno Piano Festival in Italy. Her performances of Beethoven, Bartók and Liszt earned her a finalist spot in the 2015 festival’s international competition. She teaches at UW-Milwaukee and the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music in addition to playing for the Milwaukee Ballet.

Tickets at the foor, $10 per person, free for under 12
(cash or check only)

First Unitarian Society's Landmark Auditorium
(designed by Frank Lloyd Wright)
900 University Bay Drive, Madison WI 53705

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