Natalia Roman
The concert was held within the project “I want to sing at home”, initiated by the Organ Hall in 2022. “The goal is to bring our talented musicians who were formed in Moldova, and then left to study in leading foreign universities and stayed to work in prestigious concert institutions in different countries,” says the music secretary of the Organ Hall, Gianna Tudose. – All of them got a good base in our country, they started their careers here. Quite a lot of talented Moldovan musicians have achieved recognition abroad, not all of them are well known in their native country. The project “I want to sing at home” has become popular with listeners, and for more than a year it has been supported by the Ministry of Culture”.
The project was opened by violin virtuoso Ionel Manchu, concertmaster of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, one of the members of the Mithras Trio, winner of many prestigious music competitions. He plays on an 18th century Gagliano violin.
Violinist Dan-Julian Drutzak lives and works in Great Britain. Jazz vocalist Nadezhda Trokhin sings in Romania. Also involved in this project was the famous Moldovan accordionist Radu Retsoi, who has more than 40 national and international awards to his credit, even before he became a soloist at the Organ Hall.
Violinist Constantin Beschieru is the first violinist of the famous National Orchestra of the Italian television RAI. Cellist Konstantin Borodin – winner of the second prize at the prestigious G. Enescu International Competition. Soprano Anna Dimitriou has made a career in Luxembourg.
Pianists Stanislav Zhar and Laura Balikova achieved success in Holland. Pianist Sorin Krechun – in Germany. Pianists Olga Tsinkoburova and Yulia Gubaidullina in Croatia.
Soprano Natalia Roman, who performed at the Organ Hall on April 3, has lived and worked in Italy for 22 years and has toured the world. She was born in Drochia. At the Moldavian State Conservatory she studied with teacher Zhanna Vdovichenko, who laid the foundation. In 2003, she moved to Italy and began studying with Luisa Vannini, a great singer who sang at La Scala and other famous theaters around the world. “An opera soloist always needs a teacher, like a coach for athletes,” says Natalia. – Luisa Vannini remains my teacher to this day, she has become a great friend to me”.
The Italian language is unique and suits the singer perfectly, she believes. Its soulful, velvety sound gives the soloist something that no other language can give.
“When you start studying an opera part, you fall in love with your character willy-nilly. I sang Violetta in G. Verdi’s La Traviata the most – more than two thousand times. And my favorite opera is G. Verdi’s Rigoletto, the role of Gilda – that’s where my career began. I made my debut in “Rigoletto” in the Arena di Verona – the embodiment of world culture, an amphitheater that was built by the ancient Romans and is the third largest of all arenas in Italy. In the Arena di Verona, I have soloed in other operas as well. I was even invited to sing orga on ice – opera on ice, an unforgettable experience. I always carry the opera Rigoletto in my heart”.
Natalia Roman has performed in many prestigious productions both in Italy and abroad: in Russia, China, Japan, Germany, Canada, Czech Republic, Serbia, Romania and, of course, Moldova.
Now Natalia sings in “Rigoletto”, “La Traviata”, and is preparing for the production of the opera “Capuletti and Montecchi” by V. Bellini. In October – “Rigoletto” in Seoul Art Center, one of the main cultural complexes of the city.
