Tamara Radjenovic Press Pack

Overview

Tamara Radjenovic is a young British-Montenegrin soprano based in the United Kingdom. Named by Forbes Europe as one of its ‘30 under 30 in Art and Culture’ for 2023, she has also proudly served as an ambassador for the Council of Europe’s campaign ‘Block the hatred, share the love’.

Tamara’s declared mission is to open new perspectives on classical music to a wider audience. Her belief is that music has no boundaries and that active collaboration between art forms is of the essence in our complex and diverse world. Her performances have taken her to Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Romania, Mauritius, the US (including two concerts at Carnegie Hall) and a number of other countries around the world.

After graduating from London’s Royal College of Music, long ranked as the world’s top music conservatory, Tamara won a scholarship to remain at the college for her Master’s studies. When she was just 19 her talent was further endorsed by the great Catalan soprano Montserrat Caballé, who over the last four years of her life acted as Tamara’s mentor. This led to Tamara’s participation in two Caballé galas at the Auditorio de Zaragoza and in a Christmas concert staged by the Fundació Montserrat Caballé in aid of young artists.

New York’s Carnegie Hall stands as a landmark in Tamara’s career. She made her debut there in 2018 in recital with tenor Mario Chang (a former winner of Plácido Domingo’s Operalia Competition), soprano Majo Morales and pianist Caroline Dowdle of London’s Royal Opera House and the Verbier Festival’s Atelier Lyrique. Tamara returned to the hall in 2019 with pianist Djordje Nešić of the Manhattan School of Music. A third engagement, planned for 2020, was cancelled as a consequence of the pandemic.

Tamara’s London appearances have included her debut at St James’s Piccadilly with Carlos Conde and Wai-Yin Lee, and concerts at Pushkin House as part of the inaugural Medtner Festival and in tribute to the Romanov family. In operatic productions at the Royal College of Music’s Britten Theatre she sang Countess Almaviva in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Helena in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romilda in Handel’s Serse and Anne in Nicolai’s The Merry Wives of Windsor. Her appearances at the Royal College’s Amaryllis Fleming Hall include a celebration of Chinese New Year, and in London she has also sung at the St Mary Abbot’s and St Olave’s and at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Among her appearances elsewhere in the UK was a recital with pianist Oliver Poole in the World Series at the Opus Theatre in Hastings.

Tamara was born in Belgrade and has given five concerts at the city’s prestigious Kolarac Hall, collaborating with baritone David Bižić, pianist Djordje Nešić, trumpeter Nikola Mijajlović, the Makris Symphony Orchestra and conductor Predrag Gosta. After her sold-out concert in December 2022, Tamara established an annual New Year’s concert at the Kolarac Hall, while in December 2023 she performed there with violinist Robert Lakatos and the Belgrade Classic Symphony Orchestra and Choir conducted by Srboljub Dinić. Other performances in Serbia include her performance in Novi Sad at the City Hall of Novi Sad.

Summer 2019 brought Tamara’s debuts at two festivals in Montenegro: Kotor Art and Theatre City Budva, where a reviewer welcomed ‘’a memorable musical performance from a talented young star’’. She also made her debut at the Montenegrin National Theatre in Podgorica, and in 2018 gave a New Year’s concert in Kotor.

In 2019 in Barcelona, at the Teatre de Sarrià, she performed with Spanish tenor Marc Sala, and in 2019, under the auspices of the European Music Institute, she performed at Schloss Laudon in Vienna. Her first performances as Mimì in La bohème took place in 2017 at the Mediterranean Opera Studio Festival in Sicily under the baton of Leonardo Catalanotto, and in 2015 she participated in the Oper Oder Spree Festival in Beeskow, Germany, where she sang with the Prussian Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Frank Zacher.

Tamara’s music videos are presented on the Stingray CMusic channel, with special highlights being Carlos Gardel’s ‘Por una cabeza’, Nino Rota’s ‘Parla più piano’ and Guastavino’s ’’La rosa y el sauce’.

Since October 2023, Tamara’s video performances of the Montenegrin national anthem and the Anthem of Europe have been broadcast every morning and evening on the country’s national TV network.

Humanitarian causes are important to Tamara and she has given numerous performances at charity events, such as the Sava Ball at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna (January 2024), the St Sava Ball in London, raising money for Montenegrin children’s hospitals, and a fundraiser at Claridge’s in London for the Serbian NGO Lifeline, whose patron is HRH Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia.

Having set her sights on a career in opera at an early age, Tamara went on to win seven first prizes at national and international competitions in Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia and a special prize at Bruna Špiler International Festival in Montenegro. At the age of 17 she performed with members of the Wiener Philharmoniker in Salzburg as part of a youth opera project run by the American Austrian Foundation and the Wiener Philhamoniker. In the course of her studies she has participated in the masterclasses of such artists as Montserrat Caballé, Sylvia Schwartz, Edita Garčević Koželj, Dmitry Alexeev, Patricia MacMahon, Lynn Eustis and Snežana Stamenković.

Highlights

Expo Osaka 2025 Japan, upcoming

Lisinski concert hall Zagreb, debut, upcoming

Cadogan Hall London, debut, upcoming

New Year’s Gala concerts at Kolarac concert hall in Belgrade, upcoming

Performance at the Bechstein hall in London

Opening ceremony of the festival Barski ljetopis 2024

Listed on Forbes 30 under 30 Europe 2023, for the Art and Culture

Premiere of the video Por una cabeza on Stingray CMUSIC television

Highlight of January 2024 - Hofburg Palace Vienna, St Sava Ball, January 2024, opening ceremony

Performance at the National Opera and ballet of Macedonia

Traditional New Year's gala concert at Kolarac concert Hall, Belgrade dec 2023

Collaboration with the conductor Srboljub Dinić, the Belgrade classic symphony orchestra and choir White Angel,- recording the album and performing on the gala concert 2023

Collaboration with internationally acclaimed violinist Robert Lakatos , recording video on Our lady of rock island, doing together gala concert in 2023

Youtube premiere of video Por una Cabeza , almost 2,5 million views till this very moment

Hofburg Palace Vienna, St Sava Ball, January 2024, opening ceremony

Ned London , 2 concerts with the ensemble in 2023

Video recording for the National anthem produced by the Montenegrin National Television RTCG, August 2023

Video recording for the anthem of Europe produced by the Montenegrin National Television RTCG, August 2023

Leading performer accompanied by the Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra under the batton of Iva Marcano at the Inauguration ceremony of the Montenegrin President, May 2023

Performances at the charity events in Claridge’s London organized by Her Royal Highness Princess Catherine's Foundation as well as Njegos Foundation

Performance for the Europe Day celebration in Bar and Podgorica at the invitation of the EU ambassador

Collaboration with the conductor Predrag Gosta and the Makris Symphony Orchestra, 4 gala concerts in Kolarac concert Hall, Belgrade, Synagogue, Novi Sad , CEBEF festival in Belgrade during 2022

Premiere of recording ''Parla Piu piano'' on Stingray CMUSIC, highlight of March 2023

Collaboration with the video director Dejan Senić and his team on 4 videos

Premiere of Argentinian song ''La rosa y el sauce'' on Stingray CMUSIC, highlight of May 2022

* Performance with Metropolitan baritone David Bizic and Manhattan school of music pianist Djordje Nesic

Debut at the St James’s Piccadilly, Feb 2020

Concert debut at Montenegrin National Theatre, Feb 2020

Concert for Chinese New Year, Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, London, Jan 2020

Performed solo concert in Teatro Comunale (Barletta) Italy, Dec 2019

Performed two solo concerts at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Sept 2018 & Nov 2019

Performed solo concert in Opus Theatre, Hastings England, Oct 2019

Made two critically acclaimed festival debuts at Montenegro: Kotor Art and Theatre City Budva, Summer 2019

Performed at the Kolarac Concert Hall in Belgrade, Serbia with the acclaimed American-Serbian pianist Djorde Nešić

Made her debut as Mimi in La Bohème at the Mediterranean Opera Studio Festival in Sicily, Italy under the baton of Leonardo Catalanotto

Performed at Madame Montserrat Cabellé’s Gala concerts at Zaragoza, Spain in 2014 and 2015-Auditorio de Zaragoza--Mozart Hall

Performed at the Britten Theatre under the roles of Anne in Merry Wives of Windsor, Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro, Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Romilda in Serse

Awarded first prize at National and International competitions in Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia

Received the Special Prize Winner - Laureate at the International Festival Bruna Špiler in Montenegro

Acclaim

“This is THE VOICE!” – Madam Montserrat Cabellé (Mozart Hall, Zaragoza, September 2014)

‘’With all the praise for her finely shaped lyrical voice, authentic beauty of stature and face, respectable vocal school, precision in singing (despite the imperceptible effort in purely reaching demanding heights), she is undoubtedly an artist with a promising career’’ - Dnevnik RS

‘’The real surprise at the concert was the meeting with the Montenegrin 25-year-old beautiful soprano Tamara’’ - Blic Magazine

Press Features

Interview with Tamara Radjenovic

Identity card: Tamara Radjenovic, soprano

Interview with Tamara about making the video for the national anthem of Montenegro

The Artistic Life of a Young Soprano

Tamara Radjenovic, soprano from the Forbes 30 under 30 list: "The heart knows well when we are on the right path"

London Calling: Soprano Tamara Radjenovic presents her FAVORITE PLACES in the English capital

From the Forbes list on Kolarac, Tamara Radjenovic performs in New Year's Magic

Princip interview: The wonderful soprano of today, Tamara Radjenovic "Nostalgia is a disease that cannot be cured"

Tamara Radjenovic: A soprano who breaks boundaries with her voice

An interview with a world-renowned artist before her concert in Kolarac.

Montenegrin artist Tamara Radjenovic is back at Carnegie Hall GlasAmerike

Tamara Radjenovic in New York, calling Carnegie Hall a Second Home

Outstanding young singer and virtuoso pianist perform at Opus Theatre Hastings & St. Leonards Observer

Tamara Radjenovic is the last student of Montserrat Cabellé and she has already performed all over the world

Soprano Tamara Radjenovic breaks borders with voice, and she was the last student of this world diva!

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