The soprano Sofia Soloviy was born in Ukraine, where she first studied. Concert engagements took her to Poland, Germany and America, and in Canada she won second prize in the Stanislav Liudkevych International Competition. She continued her studies at the Osimo Accademia del Canto Lirico. She now lives in Italy, where her appearances have included the rôle of the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro at the Rome Teatro dell’Opera.