Irina Tiviane was born in St. Petersburg, Russia and began her formal musical education at the age of 5 pursuing successfully voice and orchestra conducting studies at the Rimski-Korsakov Higher Conservatory of Music while working with some of the most celebrated Russian pedagogues such as V. Mukovnikov and N. Okhotnikov, both soloists of the Marinski Opera Theater in St. Petersburg.

Subsequently she went on to study privately for two years in Italy with Maria Luisa Cioni and Maestro Roberto Negri of La Scala, Milan.

Shortly after followed her debut in Stravinsky’s “Rossignol” (Koukharotchka) and Wagner’s “Parsifal” (Flowermaiden), under P. Boulez and S. Bychkov in Berlin Staatsoper and an invitation to perform with Lithuaniain State Symphony Orchestra under G. Rinkevicius for the festival of Auvers-sur-Oise, France (Natalia in Khrennikov “During the Tempest”).

Simultaneously she has undertaken a world tour singing the title role in a contemporary production in Bizet’s “Carmen” with some 200 performances up to date: France (Paris-La Villette, Toulon, Montpellier, La Rochelle, Caen, Ales, Rennes, Grenoble, Tours, etc.…) ; Belgium (Limburg, Nierpelte, Bruges); Germany (Munich; Italy (La Spezia); Netherlands (Alkmaar); Spain (Valladolid); Canada (Montreal); Venezuela (Caracas), etc.

Thanks to her perfect pitch and a rare voice of exceptional range she has been chosen by Belgian composer P.Boesmans to premiere his “Annonce faite a Marie” with Atelier Lyrique of Rhin Opera Center in Colmar and Mulhouse as well as Athenee Theater in Paris.

She has also worked with Palestinian composer P. Lama interpreting some of his most recent works: ”Le lit de l’étrangère” and “Kanaan” for Canadian festivals “Pro Arte” (Quebec) and “Melodine” (Montreal, Place des Arts)

Irina Tiviane is regularly invited to perform as an accomplished recitalist for a number of international venues : “Prestige de la Musique, International Season”, Noumea, New Caledonia; “World Music” in Athens, Greece; “Classical Summits” in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, Radio France presentation “Tragic figures”, “Luxembourg The Capital of Culture”, Luxembourg, “Deventer On!”, Deventer, Holland, “Bonjour India”, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pondichery, Delhi, India, “Perth International Art Festival”, Perth, Australia, etc.

She could be heard in Puccini’s “Tosca” (title role), Stravinsky’s “Les Noces” (Bride) and Verdi’s “Nabucco” (Abigaille) with International Philharmonic Orchestra under A. Kouider, Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” (title role) in Algiers National Opera (Algeria), Carmen in “Carmen” for the Festival “La Clef des Chants” (Valenciennes, France), Abigaille in “Nabucco” at the Summer Cultural Festival in Loket (Czech National Opera of Prague production), Lisa in “Pique Dame” and moore recently in Requiem» by Verdi, Iphigenie in «Iphigénie in Tauride» by Gluck in Paris and Abigaille (“Nabucco”) in a new french tourning production of “Renouveau Lyrique”.