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Khibla Gerzmava was born in 1970 in Pitsunda. In 1989 she graduated from the Sukhum Music College in piano, in 1994 she graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in the class of solo singing (with Professor I. Maslennikova and Professor E. Arefieva), in 1996 – postgraduate studies with I. Maslennikova. She also took an optional class in the organ class for three years.

During her studies, she won a number of prizes at prestigious international competitions: “Verdi voices” in Busseto (III prize), them. N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov in St. Petersburg (II prize), them. F. Viñas in Spain (II prize). The singer achieved the greatest success at the X International Competition. P.I. Tchaikovsky in Moscow in 1994, having won the Grand Prix – the only one in the entire more than half a century history of this competition.

Since 1995, Khibla Gerzmava has been a soloist of the Moscow Academic Musical Theater. K.S.Stanislavsky and Vl.I.Nemirovich-Danchenko (she made her debut as Musetta in Puccini’s La bohème). The singer’s repertoire includes roles in the operas Ruslan and Lyudmila by Glinka, The Tale of Tsar Saltan, The Snow Maiden, The Golden Cockerel and The Tsar’s Bride by Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Stravinsky’s The Moor, The Betrothal in the Monastery” by Prokofiev, “The Marriage of Figaro” and “Don Giovanni” by Mozart, “The Barber of Seville” by Rossini, “Lucia di Lammermoor”, “Love Potion” and “Don Pasquale” by Donizetti, “Rigoletto”, “La Traviata”, “Bal- masquerade” and “Falstaff” by Verdi and a number of others, in the operetta “The Bat” by I. Strauss.

With the theater Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko, the singer toured in Korea, the USA and other countries. She sang on the stages of the Mariinsky Theatre, the Teatro Comunale in Florence, the Grand Teatro de Liceu in Barcelona, ​​the Sofia National Opera in Bulgaria, the Théâtre des Champs Elysées and the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, the Covent Garden Theater in London, the Palau de les Arts Queen Sofia in Valencia, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan in Japan and others.

Khibla Gerzmava constantly performs with concert programs. The singer’s concert repertoire includes Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Requiems by Mozart and Verdi, oratorios by Handel (“Judas Maccabee”) and Haydn (“Creation of the World”, “The Seasons”), “Coffee Cantata” by Bach; vocal cycles by Schumann (“Love and Life of a Woman”), R. Strauss (“Four Last Songs”), Ravel (“Scheherazade”); romances by Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Myaskovsky, Ippolitov-Ivanov.

The singer was applauded by the halls of Russia, Sweden, France, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Spain, Greece, Turkey, USA, Japan. Collaborates with V. Spivakov and the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia and the Moscow Virtuosos, A. Rudin and the Musica Viva Orchestra, V. Gergiev, V. Fedoseev, A. Lazarev, M. Pletnev, V. Sinaisky, Y. Bashmet, L. Maazel. Participated in festivals in Ludwigsburg (Germany; she performed the part of Eve in The Creation of the World by J. Haydn and the part of the Guardian Angel in E. de Cavalieri’s opera The Idea of ​​Soul and Body), in Colmar (France), “Vladimir Spivakov invites …” , “Dedication …” in the State Tretyakov Gallery, ArsLonga and others. She has recorded several CDs: Ave Maria, Khibla Gerzmava Performs Russian Romances, Oriental Romances of Khibla Gerzmava and others.

The singer is one of the organizers of the Khibla Gerzmava Invites Classical Music Festival, which has been held in Abkhazia since 2001. She was a member of the jury of the Valeria Barsova Competition in Sochi and the “Competition of Competitions” at the Sobinov Festival in Saratov.

The art of Khibla Gerzmava has received many awards. She is the winner of the theater award of the Moscow Opera Festival (2000) in the nomination “Best Singer”, the winner of the theater award “Golden Orpheus” (2001) in the nomination “Best Singer of the Year”. In 2006 she was awarded the titles of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation and People’s Artist of the Republic of Abkhazia.

The year 2010 was especially generous for memorable events in the biography of the singer.

She was awarded the Russian Opera Prize Casta Diva and the National Theater Prize “Golden Mask” for her performance of the part of Lucia in the performance of the Theater. K.S.Stanislavsky and V.I.Nemirovich-Danchenko “Lucia di Lammermoor”, Prizes of the city of Moscow for the performance of the leading roles in the operas “La Traviata”, “Lucia di Lammermoor” and in the performance-concert “An Evening of Classical Operetta”. In September and October, Khibla Gerzmava made her brilliant debut at the New York Metropolitan Opera in Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann (Antonia/Stella).

The singer constantly performs with concert programs. The singer’s concert and chamber repertoire includes Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Requiems by Mozart and Verdi, oratorios by Handel (“Judas Maccabee”) and Haydn (“Creation of the World”, The Seasons), “Coffee Cantata” by Bach; vocal cycles by Schumann (“Love and Life of a Woman”), R. Strauss (“Four Last Songs”), Ravel (“Scheherazade”); romances by Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Myaskovsky, Ippollitov-Ivanov.

Khibla Gerzmava was applauded by the halls of Russia, Sweden, France, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Spain, Greece, Turkey, USA, Japan. She collaborates with V. Spivakov and his Moscow Virtuosos and the National Philharmonic, A. Rudin and the Musica viva orchestra, V. Gergiev, V. Fedoseev, A. Lazarev, M. Pletnev, V. Sinaisky, Y. Bashmet, L .Maazel. Participated in festivals in Ludwigsburg (Germany; she performed the part of Eve in The Creation of the World by J. Haydn and the part of the Guardian Angel in E. de Cavalieri’s opera The Idea of ​​Soul and Body), in Colmar (France), “Vladimir Spivakov invites …” , “Dedication …” at the State Tretyakov Gallery, ArsLonga, etc. She recorded several CDs: Ave Maria, “Khibla Gerzmava performs Russian romances”, “Oriental romances of Khibla Gerzmava”, etc.

The singer is one of the organizers of the Khibla Gerzmava Invites Classical Music Festival, which has been held in Abkhazia since 2001. Participates in the work of the jury of international competitions: them. Barsova in Sochi, the “Competition of Competitions” at the Sobinovsky Festival in Saratov, etc.

The art of Khibla Gerzmava has received many awards. She is the winner of the theatrical award of the Moscow Opera Festival (2000) in the nomination “Best Singer”; laureate of the Golden Orpheus 2001 theater award in the Best Singer of the Year nomination. In 2006 she was awarded the titles of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation and People’s Artist of Abkhazia.

The year 2010 was especially generous for memorable events in the biography of the singer.

She was awarded the Russian Opera Prize Casta diva and the National Theater Prize “Golden Mask” for her performance of the part of Lucia in the performance of the Theater. K.S. Stanislavsky and Vl.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko “Lucia di Lammermoor”, Prizes of the city of Moscow for the performance of the leading roles in the operas “La Traviata”, “Lucia di Lammermoor” and in the performance-concert “An Evening of Classical Operetta”. In September-October, Khibla Gerzmava made her brilliant debut at the New York Metropolitan Opera in Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann (Antonia/Stella, 7 performances).

Source: Moscow Philharmonic website