Working with singers at every stage
Individual vocal tuition and holistic performance coaching — from first lessons to the concert stage. Voice, body, repertoire, and the performer within.
Areas of work
Voice & Technique
Breath management, resonance, register transitions, placement and projection. Rooted in bel canto principles, with a focus on healthy, sustainable technique.
Body & Stage Presence
Physical awareness in performance: posture, movement, tension release, and the connection between body and sound.
Repertoire & Interpretation
Selecting music suited to your voice: stylistic nuance, text setting, musical phrasing, and expressive depth.
Ukrainian Vocal Heritage
A guided journey through Ukrainian art song and opera: composers, style, pronunciation, and the cultural context that brings this music alive.
Audition Preparation
For conservatoire applications, competitions, and opera house auditions. Role study, programme selection, and confidence in the room.
Performance Coaching
Holistic support for professional and pre-professional singers preparing concerts, recital programmes, or stage productions.
Training & experience
Yuliya combines an active performing career with teaching and research. Her pedagogy is shaped by years of study with leading vocal teachers, a PhD research focus on vocal repertoire, and direct experience on major operatic and concert stages.
Academic research · Google Scholar
- ✦Bachelor and Master of Arts, National Music Academy of Ukraine
- ✦PhD researcher, NMAU — Department of World Music
- ✦Former soloist, National Opera of Ukraine
- ✦Trained in the class of Professor Diana Petrynenko
- ✦Postgraduate assistantship under Professor Oleksandr Dyachenko (whose students perform at La Scala, the Royal Ballet and Opera, Metropolitan Opera)
- ✦Masterclasses with Emma Kirkby, Christa Ludwig, Lamara Chkonia and others
- ✦International competition prize-winner
- ✦Active recitalist across UK & Europe — invited by the Ukrainian Institute in London
How we work
Zoom, FaceTime or any platform. Full-format lessons for all levels — wherever you are.
Individual lessons and performance coaching in London.
Intensive sessions by arrangement — travel possible.
Get in touch with Yuliya
Mention your experience level, what you're working on, and any specific goals. Yuliya replies personally to every enquiry.
or write directly
mentoring@yuliyashpyg.comThank you
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