Channa Malkin

Channa Malkin is known for her compelling musical personality and unbridled creativity. She was recently praised by Opera Today for “her pure and smooth voice, but full of feeling” and by La Opinión de Málaga for “her balance between vocal technique and precise musical phrasing and an unquestionable artistic talent.” She excels in a broad repertoire, from Mozart to Italian Baroque opera and Sephardic chamber music.
Channa’s most recent highlights include her title role debut in Händel’s Acis and Galatea with the Joven Orquesta Barroca Andalucía in Málaga, as well as a Vivaldi and Händel aria programme with the same orchestra. She made her recital debut at the Royal Concertgebouw with a semi-staged programme around the various identities of womanhood, inspired by 17th-century Italian composer Barbara Strozzi and Russian 20th-century poet Anna Akhmatova. Part of this recital was recently released as an EP on digital streaming platforms titled Channa Malkin Live at Concertgebouw. In the main hall of the Royal Concertgebouw, Channa performed as the first soprano in Mozart’s C Minor Mass as well as in an opera gala concert. With Ensemble Odyssee, she debuted at the Utrecht Early Music Festival in a programme around Anna Magdalena Bach, including some of the most beautiful Bach cantatas.
Other performances have brought Channa to Madrid, Göttingen, Istanbul, Ankara, Tata (Hungary), Lomza (Poland), and more, presenting programmes ranging from Zarzuela and Rossini arias with orchestra to Spanish and Sephardic folk songs with guitarist Izhar Elias, to intimate 17th-century songs with the orbist Mike Fentross and baroque ensemble La Sfera Armoniosa.