Kathrin Zukowski

Born and raised in Paderborn (Germany), Kathrin Zukowski obtained her first musical diploma in classical guitar before she went on to study vocal pedagogy and opera/concert vocal performance at Detmold University of Music. She then obtained her Masters‘ diploma in music theater/voice (opera) under the guidance of Lars Woldt at the August Everding Theater Academy in Munich.
During her studies, Kathrin sang one of the leading roles in Johann Adolf Hasse’s opera Artaserse with the Munich Hofkapelle conducted by Michael Hofstetter on the occasion of the re-opening of the Margrave Opera House in Bayreuth. In August 2018, she sang her début at Munich Chamber Opera, covering the role of Fiordiligi in Mozart’s Così fan tutte.
Kathrin Zukowski was a Bielefeld Richard Wagner Society scholarship holder, received two succes- sive scholarships from the Johann Adolf Hasse Society, and was awarded the Best Singer special prize at the Giangiacomo Guelfi Competition in Bolzano.
From 2018 to 2020, Kathrin Zukowski formed part of the young artists’ ensemble at Cologne Opera (Interna- tional Opera Studio). She was then selected to be integrated into the permanent roster of soloists at Cologne Opera, where she has had a fixed contract since 2021. Roles she has covered include the Niece in Britten’s Peter Grimes, Antonia in Tales of Hoffmann, Marzelline in Fidelio, the Countess in Salieri’s La scuola de’ gelosi, Pamina in The Magic Flute, Konstanze in Mozart’s Entführung aus dem Serail, and Musetta in Puccini’s La Bohème.
Further roles have included the Infantin in Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg, Cleopatra in Handel’s Giulio Cesare, Adina in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, and, most recently, Ilia in Idomeneo. Kathrin Zukowski also makes frequent concert appearances: for instance, she was recently featured as soloist at the New Year’s Concert of the Tonkünstler Orchester Niederösterreich at the Musikverein in Vienna.
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