Christiana Serafin de Ocampo
Soprano
Christiana Serafin de Ocampo was born in Manila and received her Bachelors of Music
from the New England Conservatory in Boston (USA) under
scholarship. She completed further studies at the Salzburg
Mozarteum, also with a full scholarship and in Vienna.
She is a Lirico Spinto and has preformed roles such as Tosca, La
Traviata and orchestral pieces such as the Verdi Requiem, Britten
War Requiem, Wagner Wesendoncklieder, Mahler Rückert Lieder
Ravel Shéhèrazade, and Knoxville Summer of 1915. De Ocampo is also well known for her Lieder interpretations.
De Ocampo has performed in Opera-, Oratorio- und Concerts in
the following cities: New York, Boston, Washington DC (Kennedy Center, Corcoran
Gallery, National Cathedral, Smithsonian Gallery), Manila (Cultural Center Philippines),
Madrid, Barcelona, Vicenza, Rome, Prague, Lubjana, Hamburg, Zürich, Salzburg, Krakau,
Lodz, Vienna, Thüringen, and Berlin.
She has often collaborated with her legendary mentor, pianist Norman Shetler.
She has recently performed Samuel Barber’s masterpiece Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with the Jenaer Philharmonie under the baton of Marc Tardue to rave reviews. De Ocampo was on the voice faculty of Prayner Konservatorium in Vienna and is currently on the voice faculty of Musicfest Perugia and the Conservatoire International de Musique Paris. De Ocampo is currently based in Paris.