Founder
Yuliya Kureneva
Opera singer and mezzo-soprano. Graduate of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory. Founder of the Opera Dobra Charitable Foundation.
Opera singer, public figure, philanthropist, and entrepreneur.
Yuliya Kureneva was born on April 13, 1989, in Moscow. During her childhood and teenage years, she sang in a church choir and performed at charity events and concerts. She graduated from the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, specializing in chamber and opera singing as a mezzo-soprano. She also completed a one-year internship at the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, studying Italian and English. From 2015 to 2019, she studied opera in Rome, Milan, Vienna, and London.
She made her debut in the opera *Carmen*, performing the leading role at Teatro alla Scala in Milan. In 2019, she released an album of contemporary music. That same year, Yuliya established the Opera Dobra Charitable Foundation, which has successfully implemented programs in four regions of Russia. In 2019, she also served as an honorary guest and keynote speaker at the opening of the BRICS and SCO Student Spring International Festival. In 2020, she was appointed Advisor to the Head of the International Department at the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh).
In 2025, she joined the team working with participating countries of the Intervision International Music Competition. She currently serves as Deputy General Director of the international trade and investment company Consult Invest LLC, a member of the Board of ANO Leaders of International Cooperation, and co-founder of the International Academy of Contemporary Arts (IACA) in Tashkent.
Yuliya Kureneva was born on April 13, 1989, in Moscow. During her childhood and teenage years, she sang in a church choir and performed at charity events and concerts. She graduated from the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, specializing in chamber and opera singing as a mezzo-soprano. She also completed a one-year internship at the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, studying Italian and English. From 2015 to 2019, she studied opera in Rome, Milan, Vienna, and London.
She made her debut in the opera *Carmen*, performing the leading role at Teatro alla Scala in Milan. In 2019, she released an album of contemporary music. That same year, Yuliya established the Opera Dobra Charitable Foundation, which has successfully implemented programs in four regions of Russia. In 2019, she also served as an honorary guest and keynote speaker at the opening of the BRICS and SCO Student Spring International Festival. In 2020, she was appointed Advisor to the Head of the International Department at the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh).
In 2025, she joined the team working with participating countries of the Intervision International Music Competition. She currently serves as Deputy General Director of the international trade and investment company Consult Invest LLC, a member of the Board of ANO Leaders of International Cooperation, and co-founder of the International Academy of Contemporary Arts (IACA) in Tashkent.