Visa Kohva (FIN)

VISA KOHVA
Bass
Date of birth: 20th of July 1984
Nationality: Finnish
Email: visa.kohva@uniarts.fi
EDUCATION
2015 – present
Master of Music, Opera performance, Sibelius-Academy (FI)
Voice teacher: Hannu Niemelä
Expected graduation: Dec 2017
2011 – 2015
Bachelor of Music, Voice, Sibelius-Academy
Voice teacher: Hannu Niemelä
OPERA ROLES
Performed
2015
Antonio (Il viaggio a Reims) – Rossini. Sibelius-Academy Opera
2012
Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte) - Mozart.
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (FI)
Upcoming productions
Bartolo & Antonio (Le Nozze di Figaro) – Mozart. Sibelius Academy (performances in April 2016)
Currently studying
Jacopo Fiesco (Simon Boccanegra) – Verdi
Colline (La Bohème) – Puccini
Olin Blitch (Susannah) – Floyd
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Selected performances
2016
Singer/dancer in performance “Ajantaju”, Theatre Academy Helsinki
2015
Choir (bass) in Boris Godunov (Mussorgsky), Die Schöpfung (Haydn) &
Tosca (Verdi), Savonlinna Opera Festival, Finland
2014
Choir (bass) in Kullervo (Sallinen), Carmen (Bizet) &
Die Zauberflöte (Mozart), Savonlinna Opera Festival
2013
Performer in multidisciplinary production “The Fairy-Queen”, adapted
from Henry Purcell’s music and William Shakespeare’s texts, Arts
University of Helsinki (FI)
Other skills
Dancing – capoeira & modern dance
Climbing
Languages
Finnish – Native proficiency
English – Full professional proficiency
Swedish – Limited working proficiency
German – Limited working proficiency
Italian – Elementary proficiency