life & Education
The Romanian soprano Aida Pascu graduated from the National University of Music Bucharest and the National Academy of Music “Gheorghe Dima” in Cluj. She was born to a family of operatic singers, who provided her with musical preparation from her early childhood.
She sang on many stages in Romania (opera theaters, philharmonics, Radio), as well as Italy, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, France, Spain, Lithuania, Switzerland and Israel.
She was a student of masterclasses with soprano Gabriela Benackova in the Czech Republic, as well as Larisa Gergieva, Eleonora Pacetti and Boiko Tzvetanov in Romania, and has studied at Conservatorio “Vecchi-Tonelli” in Modena, where the New Bulgarian University offered her a 2 years scholarship for the “Vocal technique and interpretation masterclass” with soprano Raina Kabaivanska, her current teacher.
On stage
Her evolution was marked by the debut in the role of Mimì, in La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini, at the Sofia National Opera, in 2022.
The following year, she proceeded to portray Donna Anna in Don Giovanni by W.A. Mozart at the National Cluj Opera, Romania, as well as Nedda in Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo at the Stara Zagora Opera, Bulgaria.
In 2023 and 2024 she went back to singing Mimì at the National Bucharest Opera, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Deutsche Oper Berlin. This role is also bringing her UK debut in the autumn of 2025, at Glyndebourne Opera.
In 2024, she became Young artist of the year ICMA and had a successful debut as Elcia in Mosè in Egitto by Gioachino Rossini, in three Italian theaters : Teatro Comunale Pavarotti-Freni (Modena), Teatro Municipale (Piacenza) and Teatro Municipale Valli (Reggio-Emilia).
Her repertoire also embraces roles awaiting their stage debut — voices yet to be heard, stories yet to unfold. Discover them in the Repertoire section.
Competitions
Aida’s talent has been recognized by numerous international competitions, where she was distinguished with prestigious awards.
She was the winner of the 1st Prize Ex Aequo at Luciano Neroni International Singing Competition, in October 2021 (Ripatransone, Italy), and the winner of the 3rd Prize at Spiros Argiris International Singing Competition in October 2022 (Sarzana, Italy).
In June 2021, she was a finalist of Ionel Perlea International Singing Competition (Slobozia, Romania), where she won the “InArt Management Milano Special Prize”, as well as a masterclass with soprano Nelly Miricioiu.
In 2020, she participated to the International Grand Prix of Romania Competition, where she won the “Prize for the best interpretation of a French aria”.
Lied Grand Prix of Romania 2019 brought her the “Prize for the best interpretation of a Romanian lied”. After this accomplishment, she was invited to sing in a relevant concert, hosted by the National University of Music Bucharest, in collaboration with the Mariinsky Theater Academy of Young Singers from Saint Petersburg.
She won the Grand prize, the Public prize and the “Georges Enesco” prize for lieder at Grand Prix Georges Enesco 2019, which took place in Paris.
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