STEFANIE QUINTIN-AVILA, soprano
Hailed by the Straits Times as a singer who “possesses a voice with remarkable flexibility and a truly commanding musical presence,” Stefanie Quintin-Avila’s repertoire ranges from Renaissance to contemporary music – including world premieres.
She attended the Vielklang Akademie für Alte Musik in Tübingen, Germany, and studied with early music specialists - lutenist Lee Santana and soprano Sybilla Rubens. She also collaborated and performed with classical guitarist Carsten Linck, specializing in the performance of English ayres and German Lied.
As a proponent of contemporary music, she has premiered and performed works by notable composers such as Philippine National Artist for Music Dr. Ramon Santos and American composer Eli Marshall, to name a few. She is a member of the Ripieno Ensemble PH; a Pierrot ensemble based in Manila, dedicated to the promotion and performance of contemporary music in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia.
She has performed as a soloist in various international festivals such as the Asia-Europe New Music Festival (Vietnam); Yilan International Arts Festival (Taiwan); soundSCAPE Festival (Italy); International Bamboo Organ Festival (Philippines), and many others. She has been featured in concerts/performances with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, Asia Traditional Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Lyric Opera Orchestra, Hong Kong Bach Choir and Orchestra, and the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble.
Operatic credits include Domenico Cimarosa's Il Matrimonio Segreto, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Henry Purcell's Fairy Queen, Gian Carlo Menotti’s A Hand of Bridge, and Vincenzo Bellini's La Sonnambula. In December 2019, Opera Wire described her as the “star of the show, [with] her sweet soprano soaring throughout” for her title role performance in Eli Marshall’s contemporary chamber opera – MILA.
She is a recipient of the Delphic Lyra Award for Traditional Music at the 3rd International Junior Delphic Games (2007), PGMA Presidential Award for Culture and the Arts (2008), and the Rey T. Paguio Scholarship (2009-2014). She is a 2nd-prize winner (Opera-Professional Category) at the 2nd SLO-ASEAN Vocal Competition (2018).
Stefanie studied voice with Prof. Fides Cuyugan-Asensio, Rica Nepomuceno, Ena Aldecoa, Arthur Espiritu, and Christopher Arceo. She graduated with a degree in Vocal Pedagogy and Vocal Performance (cum laude) from the University of the Philippines College of Music. She is currently pursuing a Master of Arts degree in Contemporary Music Performance at the University of California San Diego under the tutelage of Prof. Susan Narucki.
(December 2020)
Hailed by the Straits Times as a singer who “possesses a voice with remarkable flexibility and a truly commanding musical presence,” Stefanie Quintin-Avila’s repertoire ranges from Renaissance to contemporary music – including world premieres.
She attended the Vielklang Akademie für Alte Musik in Tübingen, Germany, and studied with early music specialists - lutenist Lee Santana and soprano Sybilla Rubens. She also collaborated and performed with classical guitarist Carsten Linck, specializing in the performance of English ayres and German Lied.
As a proponent of contemporary music, she has premiered and performed works by notable composers such as Philippine National Artist for Music Dr. Ramon Santos and American composer Eli Marshall, to name a few. She is a member of the Ripieno Ensemble PH; a Pierrot ensemble based in Manila, dedicated to the promotion and performance of contemporary music in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia.
She has performed as a soloist in various international festivals such as the Asia-Europe New Music Festival (Vietnam); Yilan International Arts Festival (Taiwan); soundSCAPE Festival (Italy); International Bamboo Organ Festival (Philippines), and many others. She has been featured in concerts/performances with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, Asia Traditional Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Lyric Opera Orchestra, Hong Kong Bach Choir and Orchestra, and the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble.
Operatic credits include Domenico Cimarosa's Il Matrimonio Segreto, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Henry Purcell's Fairy Queen, Gian Carlo Menotti’s A Hand of Bridge, and Vincenzo Bellini's La Sonnambula. In December 2019, Opera Wire described her as the “star of the show, [with] her sweet soprano soaring throughout” for her title role performance in Eli Marshall’s contemporary chamber opera – MILA.
She is a recipient of the Delphic Lyra Award for Traditional Music at the 3rd International Junior Delphic Games (2007), PGMA Presidential Award for Culture and the Arts (2008), and the Rey T. Paguio Scholarship (2009-2014). She is a 2nd-prize winner (Opera-Professional Category) at the 2nd SLO-ASEAN Vocal Competition (2018).
Stefanie studied voice with Prof. Fides Cuyugan-Asensio, Rica Nepomuceno, Ena Aldecoa, Arthur Espiritu, and Christopher Arceo. She graduated with a degree in Vocal Pedagogy and Vocal Performance (cum laude) from the University of the Philippines College of Music. She is currently pursuing a Master of Arts degree in Contemporary Music Performance at the University of California San Diego under the tutelage of Prof. Susan Narucki.
(December 2020)