Elbenita Kajtazi

Soprano Elbenita Kajtazi, a native of Mitrovica, Republic of Kosovo, has already performed in some of Europe’s most important opera houses. She studied at the University of Prishtina, Faculty of Arts in Kosovo. From there she moved to Germany where her life totally changed and took a great direction.  In March 2018, she won the Audience Prize and the 3rd prize at the first ever Glyndebourne Opera Cup. Previous awards include the first prize of the Riccardo Zandonai Competition and the first prize in the Spiros Argiris Sarzana Festival Competition in Italy, 2014.  Within just four years, Kajtazi has gone from being one of the youngest members of the Young Artist Program at Deutsche Oper Berlin, to becoming a member of Aalto-Musiktheater in Essen, and to joining the ensemble of Hamburg Stat