"...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.

介绍

“奥尔特加女士是一位极具天赋的女歌手，她拥有温暖、强劲又灵动的声音，自然舒展的声线和每时每刻都能吸引听众的音乐表现力。” 引自2017年4月纽约卡内基音乐厅音乐会评论。

斯蒂芬妮·奥尔特加是一名多米尼加·卢森堡的女高音歌唱家。音乐曲目从巴洛到当代音乐、扩达表演歌剧、利德歌曲、音乐剧到世界音乐深深打动听众。她在国际平台上很活跃，曾到中国、欧洲、美国和加勒比海地区演出。与纽约的卡内基音乐厅、卢森堡的爱乐音乐厅、马德里的埃尔雅典耀音乐厅和布鲁塞尔的皇家德拉蒙娜剧院合作。她与盖斯·特华斯英指导的卢森堡爱乐乐团、琼瑟·安东尼奥·莫利纳指导的圣何塞多明戈交响乐团、现代卢西联交响乐队、比利时导游的皇家交响乐团、由卢森堡大公爵和公爵夫人作为贵宾的卢森堡军乐队都当过独唱者。

除此以外，她还参与了许多戏剧作品，比如在亨德尔的《里纳尔多》中演唱米莱娜的角色；在莫扎特的作品《魔笛》中演唱帕帕基娜的角色；还以三女士之一的身份出现在了马斯卡尼的《乡村骑士》里；她最近一次出演是在卡琳娜·卡内拉基指导的戴维斯作品《莫本》(“The Hogboon”)里与卢森堡爱乐乐团合作的。在午导和戏剧的领域，她与著名舞蹈指导阿奴·西斯托嫩、阿尼克·浦紫、宁溪和凯文·波拉克，还有跟弗兰克·豪夫曼/拓莫·苏高、杰尼·币克拉夫和卡罗尔·罗嚷导演都合作过。在雷克林豪森市鲁尔河戏剧狂欢和卢森堡大剧院还与获取获得了奥斯卡奖的演员马克西米连·谢尔一起上舞台。

她还被授予了非常多的荣誉，包括《美国灵魂》专辑为国际古典音乐大奖被提名，曼哈顿国际音乐竞赛斩获了银奖、取得两次多米尼加君主奖“海外杰出艺术家”提名、比利时文化部颁发的塞维斯奖、自布鲁塞尔皇家音乐学院的温德莱林克与米尼奖、巴斯金罗宾斯杰出奖以及青年大赛的铜奖。她还被卢森堡媒体——“现代建筑” 授予了 “卢森堡文化大使” 的称号。

从2014年起，她与钢琴家莉娜科尔·梅耶一起组成组合DUO ROSA。于2016年她们发行了首张专辑《重返》(“Return” / Etcetera Records），还开始了世界巡回宣传演出——涵盖欧洲18个不同城市、美国和加勒比海地区。在2019年发行了以艺术歌曲、百老汇乐曲、卡巴莱曲子为主题的被提名的歌曲专辑《美国灵魂：从百老汇到巴黎》（“American Soul: from Broadway to Paris” / Hänssler Classic），并起始新的国际巡回演出。

奥尔特加以优异的成绩毕业于布鲁塞尔皇家音乐学院的声乐艺术专业，并取得硕士学位。她还在在卢森堡音乐学院取得声乐、钢琴、爵士舞蹈的学位且以成绩优秀地获得圣多明各自治大学的音乐本科学位。她曾在卢森堡北方音乐学院和欧洲学院合唱团任教声乐课程多年。目前她居住在中国广州市。

语言:西班牙语、法语、英语、意大利语、德语和卢森堡语。