My name is Anna Bakach, and I was born in Odessa, Ukraine. From the age of six, I started studying music as my parents noticed my inclination toward it and enrolled me in music school for dance classes. Later, I began studying singing, piano, solfeggio, and choir. I spent every day at music school, enjoying my education and the opportunity to participate in various local competitions, where performing on stage gave me great pleasure.

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After finishing high school, I decided to enroll in the K.F. Dankevych Music College to study choral conducting. There, I was introduced to new works and immersed myself in choral music. During college, I participated in the All-Ukrainian competition, where I won first prize, and took part in various projects as a choir artist and in ceremonial events of the Odessa City Council. After graduating from college, I continued my studies at the A.V. Nezhdanova Odessa National Music Academy, where I earned a bachelor's degree in choral conducting in 2021. Continuing my master's studies under the guidance of Professor E.M. Bondar, I won first and second prizes in competitions and the Grand Prix at the competition in Nizhyn in 2021.

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In addition to music, I graduated from the Odessa Ballet School, where my report concert took place at the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater. In 2019, I enrolled in the academic vocal program at the academy, studying under I.V. Berlitzova. That same year, I participated in a project led by German conductor Jan Hübner with his Rathschor choir (Bremen, Germany) in Chernivtsi, performing Mendelssohn’s oratorio Elijah. Since 2016, I have worked as an assistant conductor at the A.V. Nezhdanova Academy’s pedagogical school of practice with a children's choir directed by E.M. Bondar (“Solo Musica”), with whom we participated in international competitions in Germany, France, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and other countries.

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Before the war, while living in Ukraine, I also worked as a singing teacher. From  2021- 2022, I taught singing at the Odessa Theological Seminary, providing lessons for choir students aged 15 to 19. From  2020- 2021, I taught singing at the Acting School for Children at the Odessa Film Studio, where I gave singing lessons to children aged 5 to 9.

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When the war started, I moved to Wroclaw, Poland, where I continued my studies as a vocalist and received a one-year scholarship from the Europa Chor Akademie in Görlitz (ECA Europe Chor Akademie Görlitz). In 2022, I participated in the academy’s projects: Frühlingserwachen under the direction of Sylvain Cambreling and Europa Chor Fantasie Volkslied trifft Jazz under the direction of Paweł Serafin.

 

After completing my studies at the academy, I moved to the Netherlands, where I am currently studying for a master’s degree in choral conducting at HKU Conservatorium. My main teacher in Utrecht is Rob Vermeulen. I am also a singer in the Makivka ensemble, a Ukrainian female ensemble based in Amsterdam.

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