Florencia Machado
Biography
Born in Rosario, Argentina, Florencia Machado made her operatic debut at the age of 16, performing the role of the Shepherd in Puccini’s Tosca.
She graduated with honors from the Instituto Superior de Arte of the Teatro Colón and the School of Music of the National University of Rosario, earning degrees as Professor and Bachelor of Singing. There, she also studied piano and organ with her father, musician Luis Ángel Machado. She was awarded a scholarship by the Buenos Aires Chamber Music Foundation, where she studied with Maestro Guillermo Opitz, and continued her training with Isabel Penagos, Teresa Berganza, Enza Ferrari, Claudia Pinza, Maurizio Arena, and Diana Soviero. In 2011, she participated in the Accademia Rossiniana in Pesaro, Italy, under the direction of Alberto Zedda.
She won First Prize at the 2012 International Singing Competition of the Teatro Colón, judged by the prestigious panel of Sumi Jo, Kiri Te Kanawa, and Sherrill Milnes. That same year, she received the Special Prize for the New Generation at the Oscar della Lirica 2012 in Torre del Lago, Italy, performing a concert with orchestra alongside Celso Albelo, Dimitra Theodossiou, and Ildar Abdrazakov. The Honorable Senate of Argentina has recognized her achievements and career, and the Argentine Association of Music Critics awarded her the 2012 Stimulus Prize. In 2014, she was honored by the Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires as a “Distinguished Cultural Personality.”
Florencia Machado
Born in Rosario, Argentina, Florencia Machado made her operatic debut at the age of 16, performing the role of the Shepherd in Puccini’s Tosca.
She graduated with honors from the Instituto Superior de Arte of the Teatro Colón and the School of Music of the National University of Rosario, earning degrees as Professor and Bachelor of Singing. There, she also studied piano and organ with her father, musician Luis Ángel Machado. She was awarded a scholarship by the Buenos Aires Chamber Music Foundation, where she studied with Maestro Guillermo Opitz, and continued her training with Isabel Penagos, Teresa Berganza, Enza Ferrari, Claudia Pinza, Maurizio Arena, and Diana Soviero. In 2011, she participated in the Accademia Rossiniana in Pesaro, Italy, under the direction of Alberto Zedda.
She won First Prize at the 2012 International Singing Competition of the Teatro Colón, judged by the prestigious panel of Sumi Jo, Kiri Te Kanawa, and Sherrill Milnes. That same year, she received the Special Prize for the New Generation at the Oscar della Lirica 2012 in Torre del Lago, Italy, performing a concert with orchestra alongside Celso Albelo, Dimitra Theodossiou, and Ildar Abdrazakov. The Honorable Senate of Argentina has recognized her achievements and career, and the Argentine Association of Music Critics awarded her the 2012 Stimulus Prize. In 2014, she was honored by the Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires as a “Distinguished Cultural Personality.”
