Irina Mozyleva is a recitalist and chamber performer whose New York appearances have included Weill Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Concert Hall and Trinity Church near Wall Street. Outside New York she has delighted audiences in Washington DC, on North Carolina’s Outer Banks and in Highland Heights, Kentucky. In all, Ms. Mozyleva has performed over fifty solo recitals in various venues. She is a frequent guest performer at The Russian Chamber Arts Society, Washington DC; Afternoon Recitals in the Music Room at Caramoor, Katonah; Downtown Music at Grace, White Plains; and the New York Public Library Series.
Ms. Mozyleva often performs the music of Russian composers, particularly of Shostakovich, whose works she has sung with the New York Philharmonic Ensembles, the Philadelphia Piano Trio, the Innisfree Piano Trio and the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra; with the latter she performed From Jewish Poetry. “History Through Song,” a series of thematic recitals of lesser-known chamber compositions conceived and developed by Irina Mozyleva, had a successful run for several years in Beacon, NY. “Songs from the Ashes”—celebrating the music of Holocaust composers – and “Wives and Colleagues” – exploring the lives and works of Clara Schumann and Alma Mahler, were among the titles featured in the series. “History Through Song” received ongoing grants from The Dutchess County Arts Council.
Among others, Ms. Mozyleva’s operatic engagements have included the role of Rosina in John Copley’s production of “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” for the San Francisco Opera Merola Young Artist Program and the role of Anna in The Curtis Institute of Music production of “Kissing and Horrid Strife” in association with the Philadelphia Opera Company.
Ms. Mozyleva has presented workshops and recitals of Russian repertoire at universities and schools around the country, including Mannes School of Music in New York, Northern University of Kentucky, College Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Poughkeepsie Day School in Poughkeepsie, New York. As a voice teacher she was on the faculty of Amadeus Conservatory of Music in Chappaqua, New York for many years.
Born in Belarus, Ms. Mozyleva studied opera at the Moscow Conservatory in Russia and at the Julliard School of Music in New York. She then completed formal training at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, and was the recipient of a full scholarship at The Tangelwood Music Festival in Massachusetts.
In 2001, she released a CD, “Russian Lullabies,” dedicated to her daughter Leah.