Marina Rodriguez-Cusi, Mezzo-soprano

Mezzo-soprano Marina Rodriguez Cusi was born in Siete Aguas (Valencia) and studied at the Conservatorio Superior de Música in Valencia, specializing in the oboe and later singing with Ana Luisa Chova, being awarded the Graduation Prize of Honour. She has won prizes in the competitions “Eugenio Marco” in Sabadell; “Festival Lírico de Callosa d’Ensarriá,” awarded by Elena Obraztsova, the “Música Española en Compostela” International Prize and the “Francisco Viñas” International Competition in Barcelona. n the premieres of El Mar de las Sirenas by Báguena Soler, Maror by Palau at the Palau de la Música Valencia, Divinas Palabras by A. García Abril at the Teatro Real Madrid, and Los Pirineus by F.Pedrell at Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona. She has performed works such as: Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and Magnificat, Handel’s Messiah, Juditha Triumphans by Vivaldi, Mozart’s Requiem, Petite Messe Solennelle by Rossini, mezzo-soprano by Mendelssohn, Te deum and Réquiem by Bruckner, mezzo-soprano by R. Chapí, El Amor Brujo and Sombrero de tres picos by M. de Falla, Alegrias by García Abril, La Damoiselle elue by Debussy, and Montsalvatge Canciones negras. She has worked under the batons of: Manuel Galduf, Ros Marbá, Sergiu Comissiona, Alberto Zedda, Walter Weller, David Parry, Peter Maag, A. Allemandi, Marco Guidarini, Franz-Paul Decker, J. A. García Navarro, G. Garrido, M. A. Gómez Martínez, Josep Pons, Salvador Mas, Víctor Pablo Pérez, Pedro Halffter, José Collado, A. Lombard, Ralf Weikert, Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, arcía Asensio, J. Mena, Eric Hull, Edmon Colomer, Martin Haselböck, Angelo Cavallaro, M. Barbacini, John Neson, Simone Young, Alessandro de Marchi, Lorin Mazel and Pinchas Steinberg.

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