12.21.09 Danya has been invited back to the Tanglewood Music Center to be a Vocal Fellow! She will be in residence there from June 19-August 16.
8.8.09 Danya was reviewed for her performance of Oliver Knussen’s Requiem: Songs for Sue at the TMC Festival of Contemporary Music by Sequenza 21, the contemporary classical music blog: “Soprano Danya Katok sang with purity of tone and an exquisitely balanced sense of the panoply of emotional nuances of grieving.” Read the whole review here.
Danya Katok is a vibrant, young soprano whose captivating stage presence and heartfelt musicianship have led her to burst onto the contemporary classical music scene. Equally comfortable in opera, art song, musical theatre, and pop, Danya has been seen on the stages of the Tanglewood Music Center, Crested Butte Music Festival, Singapore Embassy, and Long Leaf Opera Festival, among others. She recently graduated with an M.M. in Voice Performance from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, MD where she studied with Ah Hong. Danya grew up in State College, PA--home of Penn State University, also her undergraduate alma mater. Danya currently resides in Syracuse, NY with her fiance, Nick. Read full bio >>