Spring Training Guest Series: Russian Diction with Ksenia Leletkina

Want to learn Russian diction from the best?

Russian born pianist Ksenia Leletkina enjoys a vigorous career as a sought-after vocal coach, collaborator, and Russian repertoire specialist, and is currently on faculty at the Juilliard School.

As an author and editor, her publications include Anthology of Russian Songs and the second volume of Libretti of Russian Operas for Leyerle Publications. Ms. Leletkina specializes in teaching and coaching Russian lyric diction, leading numerous workshops and masterclasses around the US. In such capacity, she has been a guest faculty at the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Program and Palm Beach Opera, and the Eastman School of Music. As a coach she has worked with such esteemed artists as Karita Mattila, Brian Jagde, Jennifer Rowley, Michael Fabiano, Nicole Cabell, Kristina Mkhitaryan, Aigul Akhmetshina and Christian Gerhaher among others.

Ms. Leletkina earned her Doctoral degree from Eastman School of Music in Accompanying and Chamber Music, and her Master’s degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, majoring in Piano Performance and Collaborative Piano.

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