AVA Alumni

Piotr Buszewski ’19 · tenor

Hometown

Warsaw, Poland

Education

Studied at The Juilliard School and Fryderyk Chopin Music University in Warsaw; Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Opera Studio in Rome.

Competitions

Third Prize and Accademia Teatro alla Scala Special Award at The Leyla Gencer Voice Competition; First Prize at the Mario Lanza Competition (2017); Giargiari Bel Canto Competition Second Place Winner (2017); Gerda Lissner International Vocal Competition 2017 (3rd prize); Loren L. Zachary Vocal Competition 2017 (Encouragement Prize); Third Prize, Zinka Milanov Opera Competition 2016; Special Prize winner, Otto Edelman Competition, 2016; Second Prize, Marcella Sembrich International Voice Competition 2015; Second Prize, Hal Leonard Vocal Competition, 2015.

Previous and Recent Roles

Pigmalione, Il Pigmalione, New York City Opera; Il Duca di Mantova, Rigoletto, Wolf Trap Opera; Léandre, Le Médecin malgré lui, Odyssey Opera; Ernesto, Don Pasquale, Brevard Music Festival; Rinuccio, Gianni Schicchi, Trentino Music Festival; Le Journaliste, Les Mamelles de Tirésias, The Juilliard School; Nemorino, L’elisir d’amore, Oberlin in Italy.

Roles at AVA