Lázara María Lladó Sánchez

Born in La Habana. She received singing lessons from Mariana de Gonitch, Ninón Lima, Adolfo Casas, Hugo Marcos, Manuel Pena, Ramón Calzadilla and Giuseppe Pastorello and completed in 1990 a Bachelor's Degree in Music, specializing in singing, at the Instituto Superior de Arte.
Bachelor's Degree in Music in the specialty of Singing from the Instituto Superior de Arte of La Habana, 1990. Homologated in Spain as the Title of Superior Professor of Music, 2002.

She began her artistic career as an amateur in the Conjunto Artístico de las FAR. Guest artist of the Teatro Lírico Nacional de Cuba, she debuted in the premiere of the definitive version of Amalia Batista, first as Carmita (1979, under the direction of the author with whom she also participated in the sound recording published by EGREM), later she played the title role (1982 and 1986).

She also interpreted the leading role of La traviata, alongside Hungarian tenor Janos Bandi (1987), participated in the world premiere of Hemingway, by Y. Kasarian and the exhumation of the opera by Sánchez de Fuentes, El caminante, in a production directed by Alicia Alonso.

She has also sung the operas Paria, by Moniuszko (1991) and Ecue Yamba O (1990), Tosca (1998); the American musical Cabaret, by J. Kander (1995) and the zarzuela La del soto del parral (1997).

She has performed abroad, with the TLNC anthology, Mi querida Habana (Spain, 1992 and Costa Rica, 1993); she later joined the operetta company of the Teatro Bellini, in Naples directed by Tato Russo and toured all of Italy between 1993 and 1994, performing the works Al Cavallino Bianco, by Benatzki, La vedova allegra and Scugnizza, by Costa.

She has also performed in Hungary, Nicaragua, Mexico and Dominican Republic. She has obtained important awards in national singing competitions: UNEAC, 1988 (First Prize); "Rodrigo Prats", 1988 (Grand Prize) and Escenas Líricas of the UNEAC, 1989 (First Prize).

Training

* Bachelor's Degree in Music in the specialty of Singing from the Instituto Superior de Arte of La Habana, 1990. Homologated in Spain as the Title of Superior Professor of Music, 2002.
* Postgraduate in Introduction to Music Therapy. UNED. 2009-2010
* Postgraduate in Psychology of Artistic Performance. UNED. 2008-2009.
* Postgraduate in Didactics of Music Education- Whatever Sounds. UNED. 2007-2008.
* Postgraduate in German Language Phonetics, applied to Singing. Instituto Superior de Arte of La Habana, 1998.
* Classes in Vocal Technique and Repertoire: Professors Mariana de Gonitch, Giuseppe Pastorello, Manuel Pena, Adolfo Casas, Hugo Marcos, Ninón Lima, María Remolá, Ramón Calzadilla and Radka Gaeva.
* Studies in improvement of Dramatic Art, Interpretation and Corporal Expression: Professor Armando Suárez del Villar. Professor Chung Cha Li.
* Post-graduate in German Language Phonetics, applied to Singing. Instituto Superior de Arte of La Habana, 1998.
* 1st and 2nd Seminars on the musical development of babies and school-age children: Prof. Edwin Gordon, Distinguished Resident Professor of the University of South Carolina, U.S.A. (Sept. 1998-Sept. 1999).
* VI International Singing Course of the University of Santiago de Compostela 1999. (Observer): Professor Helena Lazarska. Full Professor of the Superior Conservatory of Music and Art of Vienna.