Trained in Canada and then in Europe, and a former member of Le Jardin des Voix (Les Arts Florissants), mezzo-soprano Georgia Burashko explores early music with a blend of stylistic curiosity and a strong sense of collective adventure. 
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Canadian mezzo-soprano Georgia Burashko released her debut album, Dal suono dolcissimo, in June 2022, featuring Italian harpist Michela Amici. The album is dedicated to 17th-century Italian music and contemporary works for voice and baroque harp, a program they have performed in recitals in Italy and the Netherlands. Burashko holds a Bachelor of Vocal Arts from McGill University’s Schulich School of Music in Montreal and a Master’s degree from the University of Toronto’s opera division. Georgia Burashko has furthered her training through residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Alberta, Canada), Royaumont Abbey (France), and with the Europäisches Hanse ensemble. A member of the 11th edition of Jardin des Voix (2023), under the direction of William Christie and Paul Agnew, with whom she recently toured in Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, she also obtained a Master’s degree in early music at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague (Netherlands), where she was awarded a Holland Fellowship.
How did you become a singer?
Georgia Burashko: I grew up in a very musical family with four parental figures who are professional classical musicians. Two do contemporary music and the other two are orchestral string players. From three years old I was sitting in the pit dressed in black, or in rehearsals. I really didn’t want to be a musician, pretty aggressively. I wanted to be a war correspondent, but at the same time, I loved music. I was always in the choir at school. I love performing, and I did a lot of straight theatre. My mom was a member of the Canadian Opera Company orchestra in Toronto and to celebrate the opening of the new opera house, they did the complete Ring Cycle over five days. It totally changed my life. In my final year of high school, I got permission to work as assistant-director for a production of The Magic Flute. And I was in the rehearsal and I thought: “I want to be a singer”. I totally pivoted and did a regular Bachelor of Voice.
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