Ilana Davidson, soprano
The soprano Ilana Davidson made her debut at Lincoln Center with Leon Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra in Orff's Trionfo di Afrodite. She made her Carnegie Hall debut as soloist with Leonard Slatkin and the St Louis Symphony in William Bolcom's Songs of Innocence and of Experience. She is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and Carnegie Mellon University. Ilana Davidson has sung major roles with opera companies including the Stuttgart Opera, Vlaamse Opera, Nationale Reisopera, Florida Grand Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, and the Opera Company of Philadelphia. She has also performed extensively in oratorio and in a wide-ranging concert repertoire. She made her debut in Amsterdam's Concertgebouw singing Mozart arias, and frequently performs contemporary works, giving first performances of compositions by Bolcom, Ligeti, Rorem, Kurtag, Krenek, and Weill.
