Julia Lezhneva

Julia Lezhneva, born on Sakhalin Island in 1989, is one of the most acclaimed sopranos of her generation, celebrated for the purity and agility of her voice. In 2009, aged nineteen, she became the youngest winner of the Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition; she sang at the 2010 Classical Brit Awards and has recorded a series of solo albums for Decca. She is especially renowned in Baroque and Classical repertoire, where her flawless technique and pure tone are ideally suited to Bach.