Joanna Freszel

Joanna Freszel

soprano

Graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in the class of prof. Jadwigi Rappé, in 2013 she was awarded the Magna cum Laude medal for the best graduate of the University.
The artist has received a number of awards and distinctions at many domestic and foreign competitions.
The artist successfully reaches into the works of all eras. He specializes in performing of contemporary music.
She has given concerts in Poland and abroad with such orchestras as NOSPR, Sinfonia Iuventus, Beethoven Academy Orchestra, Cracow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Szczecin Philharmonic, Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic, Capella Bydgostiensis Chamber Orchestra, and The AUKSO City Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Neue Musik (Austria), performing under the baton of such conductors as Jerzy Maksymiuk, Gabriel Chmura, Jacek Kaspszyk, Krzesimir Dębski, Jerzy Salwarowski, Marek Moś, Paul Esswood, Wim Boerman, Tadeusz Strugała, Arturo Tamayo and Michał Dworzyński .
She took part in, among others, at the Warsaw Autumn International Contemporary Music Festival (2010, 2015, 2016, 2017), the Contrechamps Festival in Geneva, the Saaremaa Opera Days in Estonia, Melos-Étos in Bratislava and at the festival, organized on the occasion of the 70th anniversary The Polish Composers' Union.
She sang Małgorzata's part in the opera Faust by Gounod at the Estonian National Opera, the part of Susanna in the opera Figaro gets a divorce by E. Langer and D. Pountney at the Grand Theater in Poznań, the Psyche part in Eros and Psyche at Opera National - Teatr Wielki in Warsaw.
In 2015, the artist's debut album entitled real life song, released by DUX, includes songs written especially for her by Polish young composers. The album was nominated for the Fryderyk 2016 Award and the Orphée d'Or Award by the Academie du Disque Lyrique for the best interpretation of contemporary music.