About
Irina Kareva is a Boston-based contralto and chamber musician with more than twenty years of ensemble experience, from quartets and one-to-a-part chamber music to large symphonic choruses. She has sung with ensembles including the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Oriana Consort, Beatrice MasterSingers, and NightSong, among others. Her work also extends to contemporary repertoire, including professional recording projects with Vox Futura and Robert Bradshaw’s *Missa Brevis* with Beauport Chorale. Her solo credits include Bach’s *Magnificat* and *Christmas Oratorio*, Duruflé’s *Requiem*, Handel’s *Messiah*, Vivaldi’s *Gloria* and *Magnificat*, Mozart’s *Requiem* and Rossini’s *Stabat Mater* with the Arlington-Belmont Chorale and Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra.
She is especially drawn to Renaissance polyphony and the music of Bach, where blend, precise tuning, close listening, and the independence of every line are fundamental to the music.
