Soprano Ilana Davidson has enjoyed a busy schedule of opera, concerts, and recitals, performing repertoire from the Renaissance and Baroque to the 21st centuries. Her performances have included William Bolcom's Songs Of Innocence and of Experience conducted by Leonard Slatkin at Carnegie Hall, which earned 4 Grammy Awards, including Best Classical Album and Best Composition as well as Mahler Symphony No. 4 with Leonard Slatkin and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (broadcast live), Mozart Arias at the Royal Concertgebouw Hall, Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre in the Netherlands, Krenek's Das Geheime Königreich in Vienna, Gluck's Orphée et Eurydice and Mahler Symphony No. 2 with the Québec Symphony Orchestra.
Recent highlights include Carnegie Hall performances of Mona Lisa (Von Schillings), Der Diktator (Krenek) and Songs From Jewish Folk Poetry (Shostakovich) with the American Symphony Orchestra and TON, a debut with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra as Euridice in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, Mahler Symphony No. 4 with Keith Lockhart at the Brevard Music Festival, the Anchorage Symphony, Bellingham Music Festival, Mozart Requiem and Haydn's Creation, Mozart Requiem with the Bellingham Music Festival, and numerous chamber music festivals in the United States and Canada. Recital highlights include a tour of the Lieder of Ernst Krenek, the New York Festival of Song, appearances with the Bard Music Festival, and the Annenberg Center in Palm Desert. Ms. Davidson has performed major works and operatic roles with the Staatsoper Stuttgart, Florida Grand Opera, Nationale Reisopera, Vlaamse Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Berkshire Choral Festival, Harrisburg Symphony, Duke Chapel, Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam, Krenek Festival Vienna, Innsbruck Early Music Festival and the Schwetzingen Festspiele. She has performed Haydn's Creation, Mozart's Requiem, and Handel's Messiah with the Berkshire Choral Festival. Recent performances include Pergolesi Stabat Mater and Mahler Symphonies No. 2 and 4 with Keith Lockhart at the Brevard Music Festival, Dallas Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony, and Lancing Symphony Orchestra. She has appeared with the Alpenglow Chamber Music Festival, Electric Earth Concerts, Monadnock Music, Staunton Music Festival, Ars Antiqua, Saltbay Chamberfest, Montage Music Society, the Riverside Choral Society, as well as the Riverdale Choral Society as Anne in Annelies by James Whitbourn. Ilana is featured on several commercial recordings, including works of Bolcom, Krenek, Weill, Zorn, Britten, Elwood, and more. She was awarded a BRIO award from the Bronx Council on the Arts, received a first prize in the Mostly Mozart Competition of Philadelphia, was a Sullivan Foundation recipient, received first place in the Mostly Mozart Competition of Philadelphia, and has been awarded several Bronx Council on the Arts project grants. Ilana Davidson received her Master of Music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, a Bachelor of Voice from Carnegie Mellon University, attended the Aston Manga Early Music Academy, and was a Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center for two seasons. Ilana received her yoga teacher training (RYT 200) in 2018. From 2011 - 2022, she served as artistic director and founder of the ClassicalCafé Chamber Music series, dedicated to bringing world-class chamber music to intimate settings. She is currently the artistic director and founder of the Serenata Chamber Series. Ilana has an active voice studio and created Vocally Mindful, a healing course for singers. She is also the Cantorial Soloist at Congregation Sons of Israel in Nyack. |
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