"...Ms. Ortega is an extremely gifted coloratura soprano with a warm, powerful, and flexible sound, vey true intonation with seemingly little effort, and an immediacy of expressiveness that engaged the listener every moment."  New York Concert Review at Carnegie Hall (Duo Rosa, 2017).

Stephany Ortega is a Dominican-Luxembourgish coloratura soprano. Quite active as a solo and chamber music performer on the international music scene, her eclectic repertoire goes from baroque to contemporary music, performing opera, Lied, oratorio, musical theatre and world music. She has made appearances throughout France, Spain, United States, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Luxembourg and the Caribbean, in venues like the Carnegie Hall in New York, the Philharmonie in Luxembourg, the Arsenal in Metz, El Ateneo in Madrid and the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels.  As a soloist concert she sang with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Gast Waltzing, the Symphonic Orchestra of Santo Domingo conducted by José Antonio Molina, the contemporary orchestra United Instruments of Lucilin, among others. She shared the stage with the Oscar-winner Maximilian Schell at the Ruhrfestspiele in Recklinghausen and at the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg. She has also performed with the Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides and with the Luxembourg Military Band in the presence of the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.

Furthermore, she has been involved in several operistic productions, like Haendel's Rinaldo, singing the role of Almirena; Die Zauberflöte by Mozart as Papagena or Cavalleria Rusticana by Mascagni, as one of the Three ladies, the latest production being "The Hogboon" by Davies, performed with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Karina Canellakis. 

She has been honoured with several distinctions, including a Silver Prize at the 2017 Manhattan International Music Competition; a nomination as an 'Artist who stands out abroad' by the award Premios Soberano; the Prize Servais from the Belgian Ministry of Culture; the Prizes Vindelinck and Lerminiaux from the Royal Conservatory of Brussels; the Baskin Robbins Excellence Prize, as well as a Bronze Medal at the Jeunes Solistes competition. She has been also distinguished as a "Cultural Ambassador of Luxembourg' abroad by Maison Moderne. 

As a recitalist, she forms together with pianist Léna Kollmeier the DUO ROSA. In 2016, they launched their first album "Return", under the label Etcetera Records, at the Philharmonie Luxembourg. The duo just finished a promotional tour - Return World Tour - around 17 cities in Europe (Paris, Brussels, Berlin, Madrid, Barcelona, Rome...), the US and the Caribbean, including appearances at Carnegie Hall in New York, La Monnaie in Brussels, El Ateneo in Madrid, the Fondation Biermans-Lapôtre in Paris, and the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Santo Domingo.

Ortega graduated with distinction with a Master of Arts in voice at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels ; she has also obtained diplomas in voice, piano and jazz dance at the Luxembourg Conservatory as well as a Master in Music from the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo where she graduated magna cum laude. During many years she was teaching singing at the Conservatory of the North in Luxembourg and at the European Institute of Choral Singing. Currently, she's living in China while preparing some new projects as well as the release of DUO ROSA's second album "American Soul: From Broadway to Paris!" featuring art songs, Broadway melodies and cabaret tunes by American composers.

Languages: Spanish, French, English, Italian, German and Luxembourgish.