Valeria Bibliowicz

Mezzo-Soprano

Years at Source: 2021
Biography: Colombian-born Valeria Bibliowicz received her M.M. in Vocal Performance in 2018 at the Conservatory of Music of Brooklyn College in Mark Schnaible's studio. She is particularly passionate about art song and contemporary music. During her M.M., Valeria was selected as a young artist and granted a scholarship for SongFest. She also collaborated with Swedish pianist Jonathan Söderlund in a concert of Nordic art songs, which was performed in New York and later in Colombia, sponsored by the Danish Embassy. In her final year, Valeria sang the role of Lena in the New York premiere of the contemporary Serbian opera Svabda, directed by Matthew Morris.

Additional recent opera roles include Second lady in Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Witch in Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, and Dorinthia in Händel’s Acis and Galatea.

In 2019, Valeria and Felipe Calle collaborated in a series of concerts, Mujeres en el canto, which premiered several American songs by composers such as Libby Larsen and William Bolcom in Colombia, and was performed in El Teatro Colón, Bogotá. In 2020, Valeria received 3rd place in the Philharmonic's National Singing Competition in Colombia. She was also a soloist in the mass Lamentaciones ¡Ay Padre! composed by Juan Pablo Carreño, curated by María Belén Sáez de Ibarra, and produced by the National University of Colombia in collaboration with the Philharmonic Choir. The mass commemorates the first four years since the signing of the Colombian peace treaty in 2016. In April of 2021, Lamentaciones ¡Ay Padre! was streamed in Teatro Colón.
Website: www.valeriabibliowicz.com