ABOUT
BIO
Czech mezzo-soprano Pavlína Horáková most recently performed the title role in opera Carmen with Opera Amore, two solo concerts in New York City, and appeared as Eurynome at Manhattan School of Music’s production of Penelope by G. Faure. She performed a lead role of Old Maid and Zdrapana Terka in the Czech minimalistic opera, Soudnicky at the Prague Conservatory Opera Studio. She frequently sang as a soloist with the Mladi choir, Musica Oeconomica Pragensis and the orchestra of the University of Economics in Germany, Belgium and Slovakia. She sang at the European project EMSO 2003 with an international orchestra under the direction of Australian conductor Dr. David Banney. She won the Czech National Vocal Competition and appeared on a Czech televised Competition, “Caruso Show”. In addition to a classical repertoire Pavlína sang with the Czech rock band Checkpoint and appeared on a CD release Ruzný světy. She performed as a teaching artist in the outreach program at Manhattan School of Music, and wrote and performed her solo one woman show Why do I love Opera? for a wide range of public school students in New York City.
She holds a Master Degree from Manhattan School of Music, having studied classical voice with Arthur Levy. Other teachers and coaches include Dona D. Vaughn, Mignon Dunn, Marianne Barrett, Scott Rednour, Cristina Stanescu or Ann Lewin. In addition she holds a Master of Business Administration from Prague University of Economics and she also graduated from the Prague Conservatory.
This year she created and successfully launched a new project: “Voice New York” in Prague. From her experience as a voice student in the Czech Republic, she is aware of the limited opportunities for talented young Czechs to receive voice training on a high level at a reasonable cost, and decided to initiate a program to address this need. In addition to the design of the program, Pavlina was responsible for organization, administration, institutional relations, fund-raising, and promotion and was able to secure Manhattan School of Music Opera Program Director Dona D. Vaughn to teach as the primary faculty member. The program was funded in part by a grant from the U.S. State Department, and supported by the Prague Academy of Performing Arts and the non profit organization, Hlasove Centrum. It proved to be a great success artistically and pedagogically, as well as an enormously valuable learning experience for herself.
Pavlina’s goal is to connect her two fields of study. While her dream is to become a professional opera singer, she also would like to incorporate her business savvy in a way that gives back to the profession she loves. By fostering social responsibility through the visible practice of managing her own non-profit, she hopes to encourage musical talents of youth. Through this organization undiscovered and disadvantaged talent would be given recourses and skills to develop their own music.
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Opera Performance
Carmen (G.Bizet) Carmen Opera Amore New York City
Penelope (G.Faure) Eurynome Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater
Soudnicky (S.Vosecka) Old Maid Prague Conservatory Opera Studio
Soudnicky (S.Vosecka) Zdrapana Terka Prague Conservatory Opera Studio
Madame Butterfly (scenes) Suzuki Manhattan School of Music
Rusalka (scenes) Third Nymph Prague Conservatory Opera Studio
Magic Flute (scenes) Third Lady Prague Conservatory Opera Studio
Additional Appearances
European Medical Student Orchestra, directed by Dr. David Banney, soloist
Musica Oeconomica Pragensis Orchestra, VIP and Special Events, Prague, soloist
Why I love opera? Opera Outreach Program, NYC Public schools, solo teaching artist
Solo concert, Finish Cultural Center, New York City
Concerts for DUHA Foundation for disabled children (cerebral palsy), Prague, soloist
Community outreach for retirees, Prague, soloist
Choir Mládí German and Slovakia Concert Tour, soloist
Choir Musica Oeconomica Pragensis, soloist
Christ Church Bay Ridge, New York City, soloist
International House, concerts for different occasions, soloist
Recordings and Broadcast
Music videos Elegy (2007) and Superstar (2008), lead singer with a rock band Checkpoint, Czech Republic
CD Recording Ruzný Světy, leadsinger with a rock band Checkpoint, Elysion 2008, Czech Republic
Televised vocal competition Caruso show, broadcasted 04/99 on TV Prima Czech national television
CD recording Czech Christmas Mass ( A.Hradil) , soloist of Choir Mládí, 1998 Česká Lípa, Czech Republic
Education
Manhattan School of Music, New York City
Master of Music in Vocal Performance 2010
Prague Conservatory, Prague, Czech Republic
Classical Voice Studies 2008
University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic
Master of Business Administration 2005
Minors: Psychology and Sociology
Competitions
Czech National Vocal Competition 3rd place1999
Caruso Show Music Competition 1st place in the televised 1999
Teachers and Coaches
Arthur Levy
Dona D. Vaughn
Mignon Dunn
Marianne Barrett
Cristina Stanescu
Scott Rednour
Anne Lewin
David Rosenmeyer
Masterclass: Mira Zakai
