Varvara Tishina

Varvara Tishina was born in Novgorod, Russia, where she started playing violin and piano at the age of four. She studied violin at the Moscow Conservatory, where she played, among others, in the chamber music ensemble of teacher and pianist Tigran Alikhanov. She also took singing lessons at the Moscow Academy of Choral Arts with Tatiana Baykova.

In 2013, Varvara Tishina decided to devote herself entirely to her career as a soprano soloist. She studied singing at the Prince Claus Conservatoire in Groningen with Hanneke de Wit, and took master classes with Miranda van Kralingen and Margreet Honig, among others.

In recent years, she has performed various roles in various productions, from Bach's Matthew Passion to works by Olivier Greif, Will Todd, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh and Djuro Živković.

In 2014, she made her operatic debut in I Pagliacci of Leoncavallo during Opera Project Het Hogeland in Groningen. In 2015, she was a finalist in the Grachtenfestival Conservatorium Concours. Since 2016, she has been part of the Groot Omroepkoor and works freelance with the Nederlands Kamerkoor. In the 2017 NTR ZaterdagMatinee, she sang the role of confidant in Simon Boccanegra by Verdi. Earlier in the year, she performed the role of Mimi in the opera La BohèmeBy Puccini.

At the end of October 2017, she performed with pianist Victoria Dmitrieva joined the Friends of Song's soloist roster.