Pamela Kiš Ignjatov

soprano
 Serbia

Pamela Kiš Ignjatov completed her classical singing diploma at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad under prof. Milica Stojadinović in 2008. While studying, she gave numerous solo concerts at home and abroad, appeared on RTS and RTV television and performed with the Academic Symphony Orchestra and the Ars Opera Chamber Orchestra.

Ms. Ignjatov is a winner of the Award of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Karadjordjevic for outstanding achievements during her studies and the Award of the Executive Council of Vojvodina for the most talented student in the Field of Music. With the role of Gilda from Verdi's opera "Rigoletto", she completed her M.A. studies at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad with the highest grade.

During her studies, she was a scholarship holder of the Melanija Bugarinović and Daughter Mirjana Kalinović-Kalin Fund for the Advancement of Youth Vocal Art. She auditioned in Hungary and got the leading female role of Lesbina in Haydn's opera "Fishermen", which was performed on the occasion of "Zempléni Fesztivál" in 2009.

She is an ambassador of the "Laza Kostic" Foundation, in which she has been a long-time member, participating in various cultural and educational-artistic projects. As part of the activities of the Foundation, she recorded a CD dedicated to children, who are of great interest to the artist.

Since 2012, she has been the soloist of the Chamber Music Society (Kamerno Muzičko Društvo) in Novi Sad, founded by Miodrag Milanović, where she has played numerous leading roles in operas performed at the Serbian National Theatre and on stages throughout Serbia, including two performances in Slovenia to commemorate the centenary of composer Davorin Jenko's death.

She received critical acclaim at the premiere of monoopera "Expectations" by Mikael Tariverdiev on the stage of the Serbian National Theater, performed for the first time in the Republic of Serbia. Critics emphasize the beauty of her voice: "In Novi Sad, our protagonist revived the monoopera" Expectation "for the first time with masterful and enviable artistic inspiration, understandable text, and above all pure intonation, dramatic heights and experienced acting " . (Marija Adamov). "Expectation" is a project of the Chamber Music Society.

In Lisbon (Portugal) she has performed a remarkable solo concert at the Galician Center (2013), in "Xuventude de Galicia" Hall. Afterwards, she received an invitation from the Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia in Portugal to present a recital in 2014. On the occasion of the Republic of Serbia's National Day in 2014, she performed a recital in the prestigious Palácio Foz in Lisbon.

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth of the composer Richard Strauss in 2014, the German Association of Kikinda (Der Deutsche Verein Kikinda), in cooperation with the German Embassy in Serbia, is hosting a recital of Pamela Kis Ignjatov at the Kikinda National Museum.

Pamela is currently a soloist of the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad, where she is performing the role of Melania in Dejan Despić's comic opera "Pop Ćira i pop Spira".

Since 2009 she has been teaching at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad in the Department of Classical Singing.

She graduated from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad in 2020, obtaining the title of Doctor of Arts.

As part of the project "Summer on the Tisza", she organized the first "Summer School of Singing" in Novi Kneževac, which brought together young singers from primary and secondary music schools, as well as established professionals. The lecture "The body as an instrument" by D.A. Pamela Kiš Ignjatov was part of the master course.

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Laza Kostić Foundation, she performed in the Matica Srpska Ceremonial Hall (February 17, 2022), as part of the project "Laza Kostić - William Shakespeare", in cooperation with Shakespeare Institute in Stratford. She also recorded some art songs by contemporary composers Dorothea Vejnović and Ljubomir Nikolić at the Eđšeg Cultural Station as part of this great and important project of the Laza Kostić Foundation. The piano accompanist was Julius Drake, the most famous pianist in the world.