"...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, coloratura soprano, was born in the Dominican Republic and has also obtained Luxembourg citizenship by naturalization. Her repertoire ranges from Baroque to contemporary including opera, Lied, musical theatre and world music. Quite active as a solo and chamber music performer on the international scene, she has made appearances throughout China, Europe, the United States and the Caribbean, in venues like the Carnegie Hall in New York, the Philharmonie in Luxembourg, L'Arsenal in Metz, El Ateneo in Madrid and the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels.  As a soloist she sang with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Gast Waltzing, the Symphonic Orchestra of Santo Domingo conducted by José Antonio Molina, the ensemble for contemporary music United Instruments of Lucilin, 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, among others.

Furthermore, she has been involved in several operistic productions, like in "Rinaldo" by Haendel, 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 also shared the stage with the Oscar-winner actor Maximilian Schell at the Ruhrfestspiele in Recklinghausen and at the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg.

She has been granted several awards and nominations such as the Silver Prize at the Manhattan International Music Competition in New York; a nomination to her DUO ROSA by the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) 2020 for their second CD "American Soul"; two nominations as an 'Artist who excels abroad' by the Dominican 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; two nominations by the Dominican Emigrant Prize Mr. Oscar de la Renta, as well as a Bronze Medal at the Jeunes Solistes competition. Recently, she has been also distinguished as a 'Cultural Ambassador of Luxembourg' by Maison Moderne. 

Since 2014, she forms together with pianist Léna Kollmeier the DUO ROSA. In 2016, they launched their first album "Return" (Etcetera Records) at the Philharmonie Luxembourg, and started a promotional tour - Return World Tour - around 18 cities in Europe, the US and the Caribbean. In 2019, they released their second album "American Soul: from Broadway to Paris" (Hänssler Classic) featuring art songs, Broadway melodies and cabaret tunes, and began their new international tour: American Soul Tour. Recently, their album "American Soul" has been nominated by the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) 2020, Stephany being the first Dominican artist to receive this recognition.

Stephany Ortega graduated with honours and holds a Master of Arts in voice from the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. She has obtained various diplomas in singing, piano and jazz dance at the Luxembourg Conservatory as well as a Bachelor in Music from the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo where she graduated magna cum laude. During many years she was professor at the Conservatory of the North and at the European Institute of Choral Singing in Luxembourg. Currently, she's living between China and Luxembourg.

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