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Veronika Khvalevsky Grace - mezzo-soprano opera singer, laureate of international competitions,

conductor, teacher with 25 years of experience, member of the jury of many vocal competitions

and head of the "Harmony" Vocal School - the leading creative group in the city of Jerusalem.

She is organaizer and director of Holy Land Company(International Festivals and Contests of Art and Creativity)

Veronika has participated in many festivals, including the festival dedicated to the visit of Pope John Paul II to Astana,

Kazakhstan. 2001 and the 2003 Young Talents Festival in Seoul, South Korea.

She was seen on the opera stage in such roles as Marcellina in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro,

Giovanna in Verdi's Rigoletto, Larina in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin,

Kate in Madame Butterfly by Puccini; and Carmen in Bizet's masterpiece.

Since arriving in Israel in 2005, Ms Grace has performed both locally and abroad.

She has recently appeared in the Tel Aviv opera Sadna and the opera Aeterna in Jerusalem.

She was mentored by famous vocal teachers in Germany and the USA, namely:

John Norris from the New York Metropolitan Opera, Joan Donermann,

Mignon Dunn, Olga Makarina,Emma Sarkisian.

In 2008  she performed with Ranaana Orchestra,

and  presented programm of Russian romances of russian famous composers.

In 2009 she gave concerts in Italy, in the theaters "Pergolesi" and "Gentile",

participated in the "Master class at the Teatro Rossini" in Pesaro,

Master class with Placido Domingo in Verona, participated in the festival of sacred music in Rome,

participated at the Opera Festival in Bergamo Italy 2012 at the opera Serenade in the Wind by Finzi as Countess,

and in numerous other vocal competitions and festivals, where she was awarded high prizes and awards.

In 2019 she was invited to the International Opera Project where she performed

at the Bolshoi Theater, on the Pokrovsky stage, in Puccini's opera Suor Angelica as Badesa, Moscow.
In 2021 performed in Concert of winners of "Classical Music Awards Contest" in Carnegie Hall in New York USA.