Fatima Chergindziya

Honored Artist of Ukraine

Born 2nd of September 1969 in Tkvarcheli, Abkhazia.

In 1990 she graduated from the "Academic vocal" faculty of the Sukhumi State Music College named after A. Chichba. In 1997 Fatima Chergindziya has got musical education at the National Academy of Ukraine named after Tchaikovsky (class of prof. Liudmyla Garmash).

From 1996 to 2002 she worked as a soloist of Kyiv State Musical Opera and Ballet Theater for Children and Youth.

From 2002 to 2004 she was on probation at the Academy of Young Opera Singers of Mariinsky Opera Theatre (St. Petersburg) led by Professor, People's Artist of Russia Larysa Gergieva. She was trained in Austria (2000), Finland (2002), Poland (2003-2004).

Since 2003 she has been working іn Khmelnytsky Regional Philharmonic.

The singer has a lyric-coloratura soprano, riddled with warm, velvety shades. The soloist performs with the concerts in Ukraine and abroad: Italy, Austria, Finland, Poland. The artist is constantly working to improve her skills, her openness and kindness always cause appropriate feelings in her listeners.

During the work in the Philharmonic she has produced solo programs "On the wings of love", "Love is a magic liar", "Love, music, spring", "And again the soul comes to life", "But I love you all the same...", "Again spring and again hope...","In the palms of his native land", "In the sounds of familiar waltz", "On the operetta wings", "Meeting with the classics" (vocal evenings in the organ hall), the cycle of concerts "Love your Ukraine..." (on poems by Taras Shevchenko). She performs with Academic Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra of Khmelnitsky Regional Philharmonic, works with the National Honored Academic Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, with Academic song and dance ensemble "Cossacks of Podillya".

One of the main directions of her art work is the performance and popularization of Ukrainian composers pieces, among them works by V. Barvynsky, B. Bezkorovainyy, M. Skoryk, K. Stetsenko, V. Gubarenko, A. Kos-Anatolsky, O. Bilash, M. Balema. She toured with concerts in Italy, Austria, Finland, Poland, Russia and Abkhazia. She pften sings for disabled children, veterans of war and labor, in schools and educational institutions. 

The artist is constantly working on improvement her skills. She took master-classes of world opera scene stars. She was given the nominal scholarship "Charm of talent".

Fatima Chergindziya has a peculiar gift of transformation on the stage. She has demonstrated it vividly performing the party of Odarka in the opera "Cossack beyond the Danube" by Gulak-Artemovskyi this August at the celebration of the Independence Day of Ukraine, in the main party of opera "Stolen happiness" by Y. Meitus, Varvara's party in opera "Bogdan Khmelnitsky" by K. Dankevych and in mono-opera "Letters of Love" by V. Gubarenko. 

She performed with several concerts in Buchach at the local art court, in particular with the Honored Artist of Ukraine Oleksandr Bondarenko (bass-profundo).

Fatima Cherginzhia is the laureate of many International and all-Ukrainian academic and contemporary music competitions, was awarded with Ministry of Culture and Arts of Ukraine honors "For achievements in the development of culture and arts" (2005), Diploma of the Regional Department of Culture, Khmelnytsky Regional Tribute Prize named after Shevchenko (2010). She has a laureate's title "Human of  2011".

Concerts with her participation always have a great audience success.