Sherezade Panthaki

Sherezade Panthaki

Soprano Sherezade Panthaki has been praised by critics as “a radiant voiced stand-out” (The Washington Post), “full of light” (The Goldberg International Magazine, UK), “a thrill to experience” (The Herald-Times Indiana), and is in constant demand as an opera and oratorio soloist. In the Fall of 2009, she began an Artist Diploma at Yale University’s Institute of Sacred Music – a program that accepts one soprano a year – where she is a soloist with the Yale Schola Cantorum under the direction of Maestro Masaaki Suzuki.

Ms. Panthaki has appeared in multiple leading/ title roles with the American Opera Theater (Washington D.C), the Bloomington Early Music Festival Opera (Indiana), and is the winner of several Young Artist awards. She is a founding member of the acclaimed early music vocal quartet Gravitación, with whom she has recorded Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque repertory; her discography also includes recordings of 17th and 18th century music by women composers with La Donna Musicale. For five years, Ms. Panthaki served as Director of Music at First Presbyterian Church of Urbana, Illinois, and taught on the Voice Faculty at Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois. Ms. Panthaki is the winner of two of Yale University’s prestigious annual awards following her first year of study, from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music as well as the Yale School of Music.

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December program: Bach’s Mass in B minor