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“Music is not a luxury. It’s essential.” -an Interview with Yelena Dudochkin by Haute Living

“Music is not a luxury. It’s essential.”
This is just one of the powerful truths shared by Yelena Dudochkin, acclaimed opera singer, entrepreneur, and cultural leader, and last but not least, a beloved jury member of VIRTUOSOS – in her recent Haute Living Executive Interview.

From her unique journey spanning Wall Street to the world’s top stages, to her call for reinvestment in the arts as a core part of American identity, this conversation is an urgent and inspiring read for anyone who cares about culture,


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Dudochkin Dazzles with Piazzolla Centennial Concert

Dudochkin Dazzles with Piazzolla Centennial Concert
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“Oblivion (J’Oublie) from 1982, composed for the Italian film, Enrico IV, contains an unforgettable memory. Soprano Yelena Dudochkin’s voice embodied, even haunted the piece, supplemented by Labro’s bandoneon and the Baloudet string quartet, with Oleg Oseonkov on bass and Maxim Lubarsky, piano.”


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Performance Talk at World Economic Forum in Davos

Yelena delivered two live performance talks at the World Economic Forum in Davos this year, speaking about the power of classical music and its importance to connecting with our authentic selves and to each other. She was also the featured artist filmed in a documentary on the Fourth Industrial Revolution currently in development for major TV networks.


Yelena Dudochkin Joins Plácido Domingoand Dimash in a Monumental Budapest Concert

When opera legend Plácido Domingo, global sensation Dimash Qudaibergen, and crossover cellist HAUSER shared a stage for the first time ever, soprano Yelena Dudochkin was among the featured guest artists. At Budapest’s MVM Dome, before a sold-out crowd of 14,000, she performed a solo rendition of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and joined Domingo for a duet from Lehár’s The Merry Widow, before the evening closed with a multi-artist finale of “Besame Mucho.” The appearance is part of a growing series of collaborations with Domingo across major European venues, marking another milestone in Dudochkin’s expanding international career.