Official Biography

The French mezzo-soprano Ilia Marinescu, who is particularly appreciated in the Baroque and Classical repertoire, excels as a concert soloist. Ilia has sung with various orchestras and ensembles such as Camerata Saint-Louis, Concerto Sacro, La Clé des Chants and Inn-Salzach-Euregio Youth Orchestra and has worked with conductors Theodor Guschlbauer, Erwin Ortner, Ingmar Beck, Georges Guillard, among others. Her previous and future performances include her debut at the Vienna Konzerthaus with her baroque ensemble Purling Streams, Handel's Messiah in Tulln in May 2024. Since June 2023 she is also a member of the renowned ensemble BachWerkVokal in Salzburg as an alto soloist. In December 2023, she will make her debut as a soloist at the Philharmonie du Luxembourg in a Beethoven program. In 2022, she graduated with a Master’s "Gesang Alte Musik" under Roberta Invernizzi in the MUK (Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien).