I was born in Melbourne to a family that left Soviet Ukraine as refugees in everything but name. To me singing feels like a way of crossing through time, linking me to a family heritage on the other side of the world, and a musical heritage that spans the globe. The songs I sing – from across four centuries and in over a dozen languages – feel like capturing a moment in time and catapulting it into the present.
I’m proud of premiering (in Australia) contemporary classical music by female composers from Iran, Ukraine and Czechia, and performing at the Sydney Opera House and with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
'Turning In', 3MBS Presents: Music, She Wrote, March 29th 2023 at Alpha60 Chapter House. With pianist Georgina Lewis. Photography by Darren James (@darrenjamesphotography).
'Women, Life, Freedom, Rebirth', fortyfivedownstairs Chamber Music Festival, concert of modernist Iranian classical song, March 5th 2023. With pianist Khashayar Amri. Photography by Aidan Mccorry (@aidanmccorry).
The 2022 Australian Singing Competition finals, The Concourse, Sydney, October 2nd 2022. With the Opera Australia Orchestra.
The finalists of the 2022 Australian Singing Compeition.
FOJAM and the MSO present: A Night of Compassion, Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne September 29th 2022. With the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and violinist Alex Burkoy.
FOJAM and the MSO present: A Night of Compassion, Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne September 29th 2022. With violinist Alex Burkoy and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
'Mother, Erasure’, FOJAM Presents: When Women Speak of War, The National Theatre, 28th April 2022. With Maria Tumarkin, Sarah Krasnostein and Alex Burkoy. Photography by Michelle Grace Hunder (@michelleghunder).
'Mother, Erasure’, FOJAM Presents: When Women Speak of War, The National Theatre, 28th April 2022. With Maria Tumarkin, Sarah Krasnostein and Alex Burkoy. Photography by Michelle Grace Hunder (@michelleghunder).
Sally Smart: The Artist's Ballet, The 2022 Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, 17th February 2022. With Sally Smart, Brooke Stamp, Deanne Butterworth, Lilian Steiner and Maria Tumarkin.
Sally Smart: The Artist's Ballet, The 2022 Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, 17th February 2022. With Sally Smart, Brooke Stamp, Deanne Butterworth, Lilian Steiner and Maria Tumarkin.
Sally Smart: The Violet Ballet, The 2019 Adelaide Festival, ACE Gallery, 8th March 2019. With Sally Smart, Brooke Stamp, Maria Tumarkin and Jack Coventry.
Sally Smart: The Violet Ballet, The 2019 Adelaide Festival, ACE Gallery, 8th March 2019. With Sally Smart, Brooke Stamp, Maria Tumarkin and Jack Coventry.