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« Low and imperious tones, a radiant vocal line and deep sensitivity ».

Very early on noticed for the beauty and length of her voice, the fullness and flexibility of which allow her to sing Monteverdi as well as Berlioz, Rossini or Tchaïkovsky, Eva Zaïcik has established herself as one of the most remarkable singers of her generation.

In addition, she cultivates a musical diversity favouring the most daring explorations alongside leading musicians.

In 2018, when the mezzo-soprano won Second Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition, she was also honoured as a Lyrical Revelation at the Victoires de la Musique Classique and with a Second Prize at the Voix Nouvelles Competition. These distinctions only confirmed an already considerable career, which has seen her collaborate with first-class conductors, to name only : William Christie (she was a member of the Jardin des Voix 2017), Thomas Hengelbrock, Vincent Dumestre, Hervé Niquet, Christophe Rousset, Julien Chauvin without forgetting Philippe Herreweghe, Laurence Equilbey, Emmanuelle Haïm, René Jacobs or Alain Altinoglu.

Named “Révélation Artiste Lyrique” at the Victoires de la Musique Classique in 2018,
a laureate of the Queen Elisabeth Competition, the Voix Nouvelles Competition, and an ADAMI Révélation in 2016,
Eva was also part of the 2017/2018 class of the Jardin des Voix with Les Arts Florissants under the direction of William Christie.

She is one of the most prominent French mezzo-sopranos of her generation.

Recently, she performed Carmen (Bizet), Olga (Eugène Oneguine, Tchaïkovsky), Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini) and Sélysette (Ariane et Barbe Bleue, Dukas) at the National Opera of Capitole in Toulouse, Vénus in Idoménée by Campra at the Opéra de Lille and at the Berlin Staatsoper with Emmanuelle Haïm. The Vespro della Beata Vergine by Monteverdi with the Ensembke Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon in a staging by Pierre Audi, Paulina in Pikovaja Dama by Tchaikovsky at the Nice and Toulon opera houses in a staging by Olivier Py.

She sang Berio’s Folk Songs and Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder with great success with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra at the Saint-Denis Festival. Eva has also performed Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’Eté, conducted by Michael Schønwandt with the Aalborg Sinfonikorkester, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with Philippe Herreweghe and the Collegium Vocale Gent, Mozart’s Requiem with the Münich Philharmoniker under the baton of Philippe Herreweghe.

The 2022-2023 season was particulary abundant : Eva made her debut at the Theater an der Wien in the production of Belshazzar by Handel under the direction of Christina Pluhar, in a staging by Marie-Eve Signeyrole. She was Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana at the Festspielhaus in Baden Baden under the baton of Thomas Hengelbrock .

She maintains a special bond with Justin Taylor and Le Consort around several baroque programs given throughout Europe. This collaboration materialised at Alpha Classics with the CD “Venez, chère ombre” (2018) and “Royal Handel” (2021), both of which were elected as a Choc of Classica magazine and the “Choice of the month” by France Musique.

During the 2024-2025 season, Eva Zaïcik performs as Cretidea (L’Uomo Femina, Galuppi, staged by Agnès Jaoui) with Le Poème Harmonique, an ensemble she reunites with for Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and Vivaldi’s Nisi Dominus (album released on 2020).
She sings under the baton of Thomas Hengelbrock with the Münchner Philharmoniker in Bruckner’s Mass No. 3, as well as in Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Balthazar Neumann Ensemble in a big a European Tour.
She  joins Emmanuelle Haïm for Handel’s Dixit Dominus with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and take part in the reopening concerts of Notre-Dame de Paris.
She also presents Mayrig, her album dedicates to Armenian music, released by Alpha Classics, at the Philharmonie de Paris and in Aix-en-Provence.

For her latest album, Rebelle, Eva Zaïcik chose to pay tribute to Célestine Galli-Marié, the first Carmen—a remarkable singer-actress who created sixteen roles in fifteen years at the Opéra-Comique, including, besides Carmen, the iconic Mignon by Ambroise Thomas and Fantasio by Jacques Offenbach.