Mariya Krywaniuk, soprano, is a native of Vancouver, Canada and graduated with a Masters of Music from the Manhattan School of Music.

During her time in New York, Mariya was the recipient of numerous awards. Most recently she was the winner of the Career Bridges Foundation of New York, an honour she has held for three years. She has also been a prize winner in the prestigious Gerda Lissner competition and a New York district winner in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Awards.

Mariya has sung on the operatic and song stage in Canada, USA, Italy, Czech Republic and Israel. Roles include Countess (Steinway Hall, London), Marguerite, Faust and Alice Ford, Falstaff, ( Amato Opera, New York City) Manon, Manon (Massenet) and Violetta (International Institute of Vocal Arts, Chiari, Italy) and Erste Dame, Zauberflöte (IVAI, Syosset, New York).

In 2007 in Tel Aviv, Mariya was presented by American Opera Projects in the role of Mamousha in the world premiere of Jan Hamer’s opera, The Lost Childhood.

Mariya made her Carnegie Hall debut last June, presented by Artists International Presentations.