MUSICAL BIOGRAPHY
In 2009 Maija Tutova earned a bachelor's degree in academic singing at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music in the class of prof. Anita Garanča, and in 2011 master degree in early music singing in the class of Sergejs Jegers. From 2011 till 2012 Maija has been studying in the Erasmus program in early music singing at the University of Music and Theatre Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Leipzig in the class of prof. Gundula Anders.
During her studies Maija consequently improved her vocal mastery with prof. Annika Ollinkari (Finland) and prof. Ellison Pearce (Great Britain). In 2010 Maija Tutova participated in the Early Music Summer School in Amsterdam, where she perfected her vocal skills and the knowledge in early music interpretation with one of the famous early music singers Johan Zomer. In 2011 Maija participated in the opera project Biennale in Helsinki (Finland). She also took part in the opera studio Figaro during her studies at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music.
Since 2010 Maija participated as a soloist in concerts and opera projects with the Latvian baroque orchestra Collegium Musicum Riga and took part in Early Music Festivals in Latvia.
In 2012 Maija enrolled at the Conservatory Santa Cecilia in Rome where she improved her vocal skills and musical knowledge with prof. Anna-Maria Ferrante.
After studying at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia, with a focus on the German and Austrian classical vocal repertoire, Maija continued her studies with the renowned singer and vocal teacher Krisztina Laki in Bremen, Germany, and participated in her international masterclasses in Düsseldorf. She has also taken part in various masterclasses with outstanding singers and vocal professors, including Romana Noack and Jeanne Piland in Düsseldorf.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since 2004 Maija participated in concerts in Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Slovakia, Norway, Italy and Germany.
Her first operatic role was role of Zerlina from opera Don Giovanni by W. A. Mozart in the opera studio Figaro (2009).
The most significiant projects with the Latvian baroque orchestra Collegium Musicum Riga:
J. Haydn, L’infedelta delusa, role of Sandrine;
F. Veichtner, Cephalus und Prokris, role of Prokris;
G. B. Pergolesi, Stabat Mater, soprano (Summer Early Music Festival in Latvia);
M. R. Delalande, Les fontaines de Versailles, fragments (Summer Early Music Festival in Latvia);
Cl. Monteverdi, Vespro della Beata Vergine, soprano;
M. Corette, Laudate Dominum, soprano;
G. F. Handel, Acis and Galatea, role of Galatea, (Krakow opera);
J. Peri, L’Orfeo, role of Dafne;
G. F. Handel, Messiah, soprano;
In 2018, as part of the Music to Go project, which presents opera and operetta productions in various cities, mainly across North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), including Düsseldorf, Cologne, Neuss and others, Maija took part in a production of Fr. Lehár’s operette Die lustige Witwe, in which she performed the role of Valencienne.
In May 2021, Maija sang the soprano part in the Missa Brevissima by J. E. Eberlin at the Basilica of St. Aposteln in Cologne.
In 2023, Maija returned to the Music to Go project, taking part in a new production of J. Strauss II's operetta Die Fledermaus, in which she performed the role of Adele. In 2024, she continued working with the same team in E. Kálmán's operetta Die Csárdásfürstin, performing the roles of Stasi and Varieté-Dame. In 2025, she took part in W. A. Mozart’s opera Così fan tutte, performing the role of Despina. In 2026, she took part in C. M. von Weber's opera Der Freischütz, performing the role of Ännchen. The production includes 12 performances.
VOCAL COACHING
From 2011 to 2015 Maija has been cooperated with the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music as a guest vocal teacher for Early Music department.
From 2018 till 2021 Maija had been a vocal teacher in the Academy of Culture in the Jewish society and in the music school Arioso in Dusseldorf, where had been teaching classical and modern vocal music as well.