Victoria Oruwari

London based soprano, Victoria Ekenta Oruwari hails from Rivers State, Nigeria.

Victoria discovered singing at the age of 9 and was presented to perform at various national charity events in venues such as the National art theatre, and the Muson centre, in Nigeria. On emigrating to England she performed with her school choir in the Birmingham Symphony Hall Worchester Cathedral, Huntingdon hall, and the Queen Elizabeth Hall. She also gave recitals at the East nor castle and St. Martins church Worcester. In 2001, Victoria gained admission to Trinity College of Music where she acquired her bachelor of music degree, then subsequently passed her postgraduate diploma with distinction. Her professors were: Wendy Eathorne, Robert aldwinkle, John Wakefield, Alistair young, and Linda Hirst.   Victoria has had master classes with Richard Jackson, Nick Clapton, Steven Vachow, Omar Ibrahim and Mary King. She has given recitals at the Regents hall, Charlton house, The Royal national institute for the blind, and has been asked to perform at various private functions.

Opera roles performed include: “Sour Mathilde” In TCM’s production of Poulenc’s “dialogue des Carmelites”, First soprano Chorus in Bizet’s Carmen, “Ladies of the night” in TCM’s production of Weill’s “Three penny opera”. The consultant in David Johnston “Sorry false alarm”.

Opera Roles studied include:

“Fiordiligi” in Mozart’s “Chosi fantutte”, “Mathilde” in Rossini’s “Guilliame Tell”, “Beatrice” in Bellini’s “Beatrice di tenda”, “The dew Fairy” in Humperdinck’s “Hansel and grettle”.

Victoria also performs songs from music theatre and jazz and has been featured in the TCM musical theatre show cases at the black heath halls where she performed songs from various shows with the TCM orchestra.  

Victoria Currently Teaches singing at Acton High school, Edward Wilson Primary school, and is involved as an associate with the Drake Music outreach project. In addition to singing, Victoria Experiments with song writing and has discovered her flaire for this.  

Victoria’s Awards and scholarships include:

The mark Plummer award for hardwork and Fortitude,

The Fletcher butcher award for distinguished musicianship,

The Elizabeth Eagle bott memorial scholarship,

The Newman Thomas Commonwealth award for outstanding progress,

And the Eva Noreen student scholarship award.

Future plans include: More studio sessions Recording songs, and giving more Recitals.