Julia Lezhneva (Юлия Михайловна Лежнева) sings "Casta Diva" (Bellini: Norma, Act1) -17 years old

Julia lezhneva ( юлия лежнева) sings Casta Diva ---------------------------------------- Julia Lezhneva (Soprano) Born: December 5, 1989 - Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Sakhalin island), Russia The Russian soprano, Julia Lezhneva, was born into a family of geophysicists. She began playing the piano and singing at the age of five. In 2004 she graduated with distinction from the Gretchaninov Music School; between the ages of 14 and 18 she continued her vocal and piano studies at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory. In 2008 she received an honours degree for her vocal studies and a diploma for piano. In September 2008 she began studying with the tenor Dennis O'Neill at the Cardiff International Academy of Voice. She has attended master-classes with Elena Obraztsova in St Petersburg in 2007, and with Alberto Zedda at the Accademia Rossiniana in Pesaro in 2008. At the age of 12 Julia Lezhneva began to take part in vocal competitions and festivals. She won the Grand Prix at both of Elena Obraztsova's international competitions, the first Competition for Young Singers (2006) and the sixth Competition for Young Opera Singers (2007), in which she also won the Spectators' Award. She made her debut in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory with W.A. Mozart's Requiem, with the Moscow Virtuosi conducted by Vladimir Minin. Since then, she has increasingly been in demand around the world, both on the concert platform and the opera stage. --------------------------------- HOW TO SUPPORT US: ►►Subscribe to my Channel "This is Music!":    / @thisismusicaofficial   ► ►Make a donation : https://www.paypal.me/timelessmusica ►►Join my Instagram:   / timelessmusica.insta   ►►Click like 👍 subscribe our Channel and tap the Notification bell 🔔 ►►Share our videos with your friends and family on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or other social networks ►►Participate more actively in the community area, by liking and commenting videos.