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Ewa Biegas Name: Ewa Biegas

Country: Poland

Voice: Soprano

Date of birth: 03.03.1977

Place of birth: Cieszyn, Poland

Studied at: Teschen, Gliwice, Katowice and Vienna

Ewa Biegas studied at the Music State Schools in Teschen and Gliwice, graduated in singing at the Music Academy, Katowice, and from 1998-2000 studied with Professor Helen Lazarska at the Universität für Musik in Vienna, and graduated in 2005 with a PhD in Vocal Studies at the Katowice Academy.

She has been supported by scholarships from the Polish Ministry of Culture and Art, from the Thyll-Dur Swiss Foundation, and since 2000 on a scholarship from the Austrian government.

She has won prizes in singing competitions in Wroclaw, Salzburg, Karlovy Vary, Bydgoszcz and Warsaw.

Roles include Lady Billows Albert Herring and Rosalind Die Fledermaus in Vienna, Friend La liberta chiama la liberta (Knapnik), Micaela Carmen, and Tatiana Eugene Onegin in Katowice, title role Halka (Moniuszko) in Cracow, Leonora Il trovatore in Cieszyn at Viva il Canto festival. Since 2004 she has performed as a soloist with Cracow Opera.

She has also performed at many concerts and recitals, and recorded Haydn, Puccini and Moniuszko, as well as songs by Boguslawski for Polish Radio.

Her hobbies include theatre, cinema and swimming.

(Profile last updated June 2005)

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Iwona
Ewa!You are great!My best wishes and congratulations

Ry-an White-Miami Fl USA
You work it mama! I love your dynamic variations, and control.

Grzegorz Biegas
Ewa; ! we wite for you home ! the competition is nothing -we are missing. Your son and housband !

maciej from kraków
I heard this lady in Halka in Kraków - she has wonderful voice but most important - she is great actress!

Lidzia from Poland
You are wonderful and we realy proud of you. Best wishes !

Teresa z polski
Wedlug mnie bylas najlepsza. Tak trzymaj.

T. Chessa from Rotterdam
Interesting voice! Especially in the lower register.

Margaret Rush,Thirsk
What a joy to hear such a beautiful velvety soprano voice on last night's competion on BBC 4! I shall look forward to hearing more in the future.

Paolo Tich from London
Very good voice and intelligence! Hope she will have a brilliant future.

Maciek Sadza from Cardiff,
I will be trying to support Eva today with a group of Polish People from Cardiff.

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Polish flag Ewa is the seventh singer to represent Poland in the Competition. She will hope to emulate Mariusz Kwiecien, who reached the Final in 1999.



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