Alejandra Sandoval Interview

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http://alejandrasandoval.com Alejandra Sandoval, Lyric-coloratura Soprano Born in the city of Irapuato in Guanajuato, Alejandra Sandoval completed her Licenciatura of Music at the School of Music of the University of Guanajuato in 2005. She has studied and attended master classes with renowned singers and international opera teachers, such as Dunja Vejzovic, Francisco Araiza, Graciela Araya, Abbie Furmansky, Rogelio Riojas, Kamal Khan, Stefano Lovato, Silvano Zabeo, Bárbara Lorey, Enrique Patrón de Rueda, Laurel Miller, Isir Almaguer and others. She was the winner of the XXIV National Singing Contest “Carlo Morelli” in 2006, held in Mexico City at the Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico´s most important contest. She won the third prize in the National Singing Contest “Opera of San Miguel” in June 2009. Alejandra was a semifinalist and finalist in several international competitions: Competizione dell Opera Dresden (2008), “Hans Gabor Belvedere” Vienna (Austria 2007), Concurso de Canto “Francisco Viñas” Barcelona (España 2007), “Iris Adam Corradetti” de Padova (Italia 2004), Concurso Internacional “Toti dal Monte”en Treviso (Italia 2005), “Ciudad de Trujillo” en Perú (2001). Alejandra worked in México with renowned conductors, such as Arthur Fagen, Enrique Batiz, Rogelio Riojas, Lanfranco Maceletti, Yoav Talmi, Enrique Patrón de Rueda, John Goldwin, Ramón Shade, amoung others. She has performed with the Teatro Bicentenario Leon, the Orchestra of the Teatro de Bellas Artes, the State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Mexico City, Guanajuato Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra of the UNAM (OFUNAM), the Querétaro Philharmonic Orchestra, the Michoacán Symphony, Camerata of Coahuila, Juárez City Symphony, and others. Alejandra has appeared in various international festivals like the “International Festival Cervantino” in Guanajuato and the “Festival del Centro Historico” in Mexico City. In 2012 she toured Belorussia´s major cities on a recital series with the Russian-born pianist Alexandr Pashkov. In December 2012/ January 2013 she toured China´s major cities like Beijing, Guangzou and Macao as soloist with the Symphony Orchestra of the State Mexico under conductor Enrique Batiz, where she sung Villa-Lobos´s Bachianas Brasileiras N°5 in China´s most important concert halls like the National Performings Arts Centre in Beijing and the Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall in Guangzou. By invitation of the University of Arizona she gave a solo recital in Tucson in October 2014. Recently she starred as Norina in Don Pasquale, staged by the Camerata de Coahuila, Violeta in La Traviata with the Orquesta Sinaloa de las Artes and the Teatro del Bicentenario in Leon, Mimi in La Boheme with the State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra and as Donna Anna with the Symphony Orchestra Ciudad Juarez.