Kinza Tyrrell piano

Victoria native Kinza Tyrrell made her orchestral debut at age twelve under the baton of Paul Freeman and the Victoria Symphony. The critics have called her a "sensation" with "award-winning talent", pronouncing her playing as "brilliant" with "beautifully limpid tone colours and sparkling passagework" and "skilled artistry." She began piano lessons at age four, acquired her AVCM at fifteen, and went on to study with Hans Graf at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria and J.S. Benda at the Graz Musikhochschule at age eighteen, care of the Johann Strauss Foundation Scholarship. Over the years, she has also had the pleasure of studying with various world-renowned keyboard artists such as Jon Kimura Parker, Anton Kuerti and Gyorgy Sebok. As well as being a solo performer, Kinza is in great demand as a vocal/language coach and recitalist. She won the 2003 Bösendorfer Prize from the Opera Coaching division of the International Belvedere Opera Competition in Vienna and holds a Doctorate of piano and vocal coaching from McGill University. Before accepting the positions of Principle Repetiteur and Music Director of VOIS at Vancouver Opera, she was on the esteemed music faculty at the Canadian Opera Company for three years. This June, she is returning to Europe to teach and mentor young singers and pianists at the COSI opera program in Sulmona, Italy.

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