Carmen Gurban

Touring Spain with State Opera Rousse in 2008, Carmen Gurban sang in the company's performances at Vilagarcía de Arousa, Ferrol, Villena and Atarfe among other towns, alongside Stilian Minchev, Plamen Beykov, Girgina Girginova and Petya Tsoneva. She took her degree in the voice department of the Music Academy in Cluj, and her career was guided by Gheorghe Roșu, Ileana Cotrubaș and Angela Nemes. Prizes came from 1990 onwards, and the leading soprano roles of Puccini, Verdi and Mozart have carried her since. The Cluj degree dates from 1989, and the Romanian National Opera in Cluj-Napoca has been her company. Her distinctions include the grand prize at Toulouse in 1990, second place at Bilbao in 1992 and awards at the Francisco Viñas, Belvedere and Viotti competitions; Donna Anna, the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro, Mimì, Cio-Cio-San and Aida are among the roles, and she has recorded for radio and television as well as commercially. She earned her doctorate at the Gheorghe Dima Music Academy in Cluj in 2009.