Polina Pasztircsák

She works on her repertoire with vocal coaches Carol Richardson-Smith and Jeffrey Smith, as well as on her Liedrepertoire with Jan Philip Schulze in Hannover.

Since 2011, Pastirchak is regularly guesting at the Hungarian State Operahouse with roles like Desdemona, Amelia, Nedda, Violetta, Melisande, Mimì, Micaëla, Donna Anna, and Contessa.

Since 2019 is regularly working with René Jacobs and the Freiburger Barockorchester with whom she sang Donna Anna and Agathe in Freischütz with a CD recording by Harmonia Mundi.

In 2011, she sang Mozart arias with Sabine Meyer, Andreas Spering and the Basel Kammerorchester at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, which was also recorded by Sony.

On the occasion of Arvo Pärt's 80 birthday, she sang Como Cierva Sedienta conducted by Gabor Takács-Nagy in Manchester in the presence of the composer.

As a soprano soloist, she sang furthermore Mendelssohn's Lobgesang (Thomas Dausgaard, Swedish Chamber Orchestra), Elias (György Vashegyi, Orfeo Orchestra), Berlioz's Les Nuits d’Ete and Verdi's Requiem (Francesco Angelico, Tiroler Symphonieorchester, Sinfonia Varsovia), Strauss Vier letzte Lieder (Alejo Perez, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande), Ravel Sheherazade (Vassily Sinaisky, Hungarian National Philharmonic), Händel's Brockes Passion (Howard Arman, Capella Savaria), Bach Cantatas (Maurice Steger, Concerto Köln), Beethoven's Egmont (Nikolai Alexeev, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra).