21 April 2015 - “If you don't take risk, you don't drink champagne”: Maria Ostroukhova on Handel and vocal competitions

"The most important thing is to love what you sing to bits". Following this simple guideline, Russian mezzo-soprano Maria Ostroukhova found her way to the final of the London Handel Festival vocal competition. Her love for singing Handel is obvious. Her eyes glow with excitement when she speaks of her latest "concert" where she performs two of her most favourite Handel arias with a conductor she has worked with before, Laurence Cummings. I met this young singer last Sunday and discovered a sparkling personality, witty, moving, always passionate and strikingly wise despite her saying that she is only 24 years old.

Read the full article in English on Bachtrack.com