One of the best contemporary Polish sopranos, famous for her early music performances she also sings the music of later epochs.
Olga Pasichnyk was born in Ukraine. She studied piano and musical pedagogy in native Rivne, voice at the Kiev Conservatory and at the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw (postgraduate studies). In 1992 she became a soloist of the Warsaw Chamber Opera.
She sang with success major roles in operas of Monteverdi, Handel, Mozart, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, contemporary composers in the most of the countries of Europe, in USA, Canada and Japan. Olga Pasichnyk performed at numerous concerts and international music festivals in the famous concert halls and theatres, incl. Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Théâtre Châtelet, Salle Pleyel (Paris), Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Berliner Konzerthaus, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie (Brussels), Finnish National Opera, Flemish Opera, Polish National Opera etc., collaborate with Belgium and Polish National Philharmonic Orchestra, RTVE (Spain), Polish National Radio Orchestra, with orchestras Sinfonia Varsovia (Poland), National Phylharmonic of Russia, of Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (Florence), Orchestre Colonne (Paris), Das Neue Orchester (Cologne), La Grande Ecurie et La Chambre du Roy (France), The English Concert, European Union Baroque Orchestra, Academy of Ancient Music, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Freiburger Barockorchester, Collegium Vocale Gent conducted by M. Creed, R. Goodman, K. Kord, J.-C. Malgoire, P. Neumann, K. Ono, A. Parrot, K. Penderecki, T. Pinnock, M. Soustrot, C. Spering, M. Viotti, A. Wit, M. Zanetti.
Olga Pasichnyk is the Prizewinner of the International Vocal Competition in s’Hertogenbosch (the Netherlands, 1994 - II prize), Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition in Helsinki (Finland, 1999 - II prize) and The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition (Belgium, 2000 - III prize, Special Oratorio Prize and Public Prize) and A. Hiolski Award (2004) for the best opera part (Melisanda in Pelleas and Melisanda by C. Debussy in the Grand Theatre – National Opera).
She recorded more than 30 CD for different labels incl. NAXOS and OPUS 111.
