Nika Leoni
Nika Leoni
Nika Leoni, a Russian-born Composer and Soprano with international performance credits, has been praised to show "a distinctive talent of drawing profound musical expression from dramatic context." Her diverse cultural and musical background enriches her style and empowers her versatility as a creative composer in numerous musical genres, including opera, vocal, choral, and chamber music, as well as in scoring for theater, dance, and film. Characterized by critics as "an exceptionally talented composer and singer, with triumphant femininity manifest in her music as well as her appearance," Nika has connected with her audiences by performing her own vocal compositions. Nika's performance of her operatic soliloquy "Euridice" was recently broadcast on WCNY (New York), KNVC (Nevada), and DelMarVa Public Radio (Maryland) as part of Foxtales and Fables on Feminine Fusion show. She was also invited to present "Euridice" at the Opera America Center in New York as part of the Ladies First performance project (2016). Her song cycle "Six Love Songs by Sara Teasdale" was performed at Poetry and Song Program at Mississippi State University's Department of Music (2019), as well as premiered at KC VITAs 2017 Summer Series and the 2016 Calliope's Call Concert Series. Currently, Nika is working on a full-scale opera "Flame and Shadow: The Passion and Pain of Sara Teasdale", which is scheduled to premiere at the 2021 St. Louis Fringe Festival. Latest commissions included two Italian Christmas Carols written for Christmas on the Hill Concert and performed at St. Ambrose Church in St. Louis with The Women's HOPE Chorale of St. Louis, as well as the music score for an independent full feature film, for which she also composed, recorded, and produced the feature song. Nika's album of her own arrangements of Russian Romances, titled "Dark Eyes" and released on Larion Records™, received high critical acclaim and is sold in music stores worldwide.
Euridice
Year: 2016
Duration (in minutes): 15 min
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo voice(s) with piano
Description: Opera Soliloquy "Euridice" in two movements:
Part I "Reflessioni"
Part II "Ritrovamenti"
Dance Suite for Two Flutes
Year: 2016
Duration (in minutes): 0:05:10
Difficulty: High (professional)
Category: small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players
Instruments: any woodwind, flute
Description: Dance Suite for Two Flutes in 3 movements: Saltarello, Sarabande, Lavolto
Six Love Songs by Sara Teasdale
Year: 2015
Duration (in minutes): 15 min
Difficulty: High (professional)
Category: solo voice(s) with piano
Description: A six-song cycle for Soprano voice and piano, based on six poems from Sara Teasdale's book "Love Songs".
Less than the cloud to the wind
Faults
Pierrot
Wild Asters
To-Night
Message
Euridice
Year: 2016
Duration (in minutes): 15 min
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo voice(s) with piano
Description: Opera Soliloquy "Euridice" in two movements:
Part I "Reflessioni"
Part II "Ritrovamenti"
Dance Suite for Two Flutes
Year: 2016
Duration (in minutes): 0:05:10
Difficulty: High (professional)
Category: small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players
Instruments: any woodwind, flute
Description: Dance Suite for Two Flutes in 3 movements: Saltarello, Sarabande, Lavolto
Six Love Songs by Sara Teasdale
Year: 2015
Duration (in minutes): 15 min
Difficulty: High (professional)
Category: solo voice(s) with piano
Description: A six-song cycle for Soprano voice and piano, based on six poems from Sara Teasdale's book "Love Songs".
Less than the cloud to the wind
Faults
Pierrot
Wild Asters
To-Night
Message