Nathalie Pena Comas
Nathalie PeÑa-Comas
NATHALIE PEÑA-COMAS' international (solo) concert career has taken her to Egypt, Germany, Dominican Republic, England, Italy, Colombia, Mexico, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia, USA, Vatican and Belarus, and she has sung in important concert halls such as the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore (Vatican), Vienna Musikverein (Golden Hall), Vienna Konzerthaus (Mozart Hall, Schubert Hall) and the MuTh - Concert Hall of the Vienna Boys' Choir (Austria).
Her roles have included Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Musette in La bohème, Queen of trolls in The two fiddlers, Gabi in Agleia Federweiss, Lucia in Mateo, Contessa di Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Micaëla in Carmen and Violetta Valéry in La Traviata in Europe and the Dominican Republic.
Collaborations with the Russian State Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Konzert-Verein Orchester, Wiener Kammerorchester, Strauss Festival Orchestra, Orchestra di Roma, National Symphony Orchestra of the Dominican Republic, Radio Symphony Orchestra Belarus, and the Târgu Mureș Philharmonic Orchestra; under the direction of Valery Polyansky, Eugene Kohn, Ernst Kovacic, Ola Rudner, Harald Krumpöck, Joji Hattori, Ferenc Gabor, José Antonio Molina, Laura Pérez-Soria, among others.
She has performed alongside Andrea Bocelli, Gregory Kunde, KS Ramón Vargas, Morris Robinson, Tuomas Katajala, Plácido Domingo Jr. and many more.
May 2023, Nathalie performed at the 64th Vienna Ball in New York alongside Stephen Costello and Joyce El-khoury.
PRICES:
*1st prize at the Ebe Stignani International Opera Competition (2022) - Imola, Italy
*2nd prize at the Montecatini Opera Festival Singing Competition (2022) - Montecatini Terme, Italy
*Latin Grammy Nominee (2017)
*Finalistin beim 14. Internationalen Musikwettbewerb in Osaka (2013)
*Preis zu dem "Vielversprechendsten Sopran" und "Beste Interpretation einer polnischen Komposition" beim 14. Ada Sari Internationalen Wettbewerb für Gesangskunst (2011) - Nowy Sącz, Polen
*Award for "Classical Singer of the Year" (2014-2016, 2018-2022) - Premios Soberano - Dom. Rep.
Nathalie was born in Santo Domingo. She studied piano pedagogy, singing as a concert subject and vocal pedagogy (with distinction) at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna (MDW). She received masterclasses from Helena Łazarska, Mariella Devia, Michael Recchiuti and Kamal Khan. Since 2018 she has been coached by the renowned Maestra Irina Gavrilovici.
