Alexandra Lubchansky

The soprano Alexandra Lubchansky completed her studies of piano and composition at the Conservatory in St Petersburg, her native city, graduating with distinction. She continued her professional training at the American Israel Cultural Foundation in Tel Aviv, also obtaining a distinction. A DAAD scholarship then enabled her to continue her studies as a pianist in Germany, during which time she also won first prize at the Nikolai Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Paris. In September 2003, she was awarded the prize of the European Foundation for Culture in Lucerne. As the piano accompanist, she and cellist Gavriel Lipkind recorded a CD entitled Miniatures & Folklore. In 2001, Ms Lubchansky began to study song under the tutelage of Prof. Roland Hermann at the Karlsruhe Opera S