Mezzosoprano from Bogota, she graduated from the Conservatory of the National University of Colombia and continued her training in Europe at the Liceu Conservatory in Barcelona, the Centro de Perfeccionamiento del Palau de Les Arts in Valencia and the Academy of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan.
In 2017, she won the first prize at the "Ciudad de Bogotá" Lyric Singing Competition organized by the Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá; in 2019, she won the first prize at the "Mirna Lacambra" Competition in Sabadell, Spain and, the following year, the audience award at the "Concorso lirico internazionale di Portofino", winning also the first place at the Virtual Opera Singing Competition "Fiorenza Cedolins" (2021). More recently, she won the second prize at the International Opera Competition "Ciudad de Albacete", at the "Compostela Lírica" and was a finalist at the International Singing Competition "Alfredo Kraus" (2023).
In the symphonic repertoire, she has performed Igor Stravinsky's Les noces, Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 op. 125, Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 "The Resurrection", Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky cantata and J. S. Bach's Mass in B minor, to name but a few.
Her recent and upcoming opera engagements include: La rondine (Suzy) at the Teatro alla Scala with Riccardo Chailly; Norma (Adalgisa) at the Teatro de la Maestranza with Yves Abel and Nicola Berloffa, in Granada with Carlos Aragón and in Sweden; La Cenerentola (Angelina) at the Bonn Opera with Ruben Dubrovsky and Leo Muscato and, in a reduced version, at the Teatro alla Scala with Pietro Mianiti; La gazzetta (Madama la Rose) at the Rossini Opera Festival with Mº Carlo Rizzi; Unendlicher Falstaff (Meg) at the Lausitz Festival in Germany with Daniele Abbado. In Spain she has also recently debuted the roles of Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) at the Teatro Romea and the Rioja Forum, and La Ciesca (Trittico) at the Teatro López de Ayala, with Mº Álvaro Albiach.
In the symphonic repertoire, we remember Rossini's Messa di Gloria in collaboration with the Rossini Opera Festival, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater with I Solisti Veneti and Giuliano Carella, Bach's Mass in B minor BWV 232 with Jürgen Wolf and Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with the Wiener Akademie Orchestra and Martin Haselböck, both at the Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Bogotá.
In the zarzuela repertoire she also performed La malquerida (Benita) at the Palau de Les Arts with Mº Santiago Serrate and Emilio López.
Her commitments for the 24/25 season include a concert within the framework of the Rossini Opera Festival and the production of Carmen in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
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2024-2025 Performances
NORMA 28 of July of 2024 Ópera på Skäret (Sweden) 04 of August of 2024 Ópera på Skäret (Sweden) 10 of August of 2024 Ópera på Skäret (Sweden) 15 of August of 2024 Ópera på Skäret (Suecia) 18 of August of 2024 Ópera på Skäret (Sweden) 25 of August of 2024 Ópera på Skäret (Sweden)
SYMPHONY N.2 "RESURRECTION" BY MAHLER 07 of September of 2024 Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo (Colombia)
CARMEN 18 of March of 2025 Fundación Teatro Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 20 of March of 2025 Fundación Teatro Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 22 of March of 2025 Fundación Teatro Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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"For her part, Ainhoa Arteta as Alice was a display of stage charisma and, moreover, vocally she was generous with a voice that fulfilled all the technical demands, thus showing great versatility". César Rus (Ópera Actual)
"Ainhoa Arteta excelled in colour, warmth, projection, phrasing and self-confidence." Daniel Martínez Babiloni (Bachtrack)
"The theatrical dynamics worked perfectly, not only thanks to Martone, but also to the acting talents of all the soloists, among whom Ainhoa Arteta's Alice Ford stood out, showing tremendous involvement in her work. The Basque soprano deserved the podium for her musicality, for her beautiful voice at the service of the opera, well placed, well timbred, for her excellent singing line and construction of phrases, which make her one of the most complete tiples on the scene today. She sang like one of the greats...". Jacobo Ríos-Capé Carpi (Valencia Plaza)