Chorus Master
Marika Kuzma has prepared choirs for leading orchestral conductors of her generation and the rising generation of eminent conductors in performances around the world: Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, CA; Disney Hall, Los Angeles, CA; Place des Arts, Montreal, QC; Sala Sao Paolo, Brazil. Many of these collaborations have received enthusiastic reviews in the New York Times, Opera News, San Francisco Chronicle, etc.
With Kari-Lynn Wilson @ Kennedy Center, Washington DC; Gustavo Dudamel @ Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, CA; Esa-Pekka Salonen @ Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Sample of Collaborations
Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra (2024)
Keri-Lynn Wilson conducting
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (in Ukrainian translation)
Concerts at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and the Kennedy Center
Kyiv Camerata (2024)
Keri-Lynn Wilson conducting
Shchetynsky Requiem; Sylvestrov, Prayer for Ukraine
Concert at Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall
Berkeley Symphony (1996–2018)
Ken-David Masur conducting (2018)
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Christian Reif conducting (2017)
Shostakovich Symphony No. 13, “Babi Yar”
Joana Carneiro conducting
John Adams Death of Klinghoffer
and Mozart Requiem (2015)
James MacMillan
Seven Last Words on the Cross (2011)
Kent Nagano conducting (1996)
Brahms Alto Rhapsody with soloist Lorraine Hunt
Vaughan Williams Flos campi
Simon Bolivar Orchestra (2012)
Gustavo Dudamel conducting
Estevez, Cantata Criolla
Villa-Lobos, Choros X
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal* (2007–2009)
Kent Nagano conducting
J. S. Bach Matthäus-Passion (2009)
Bellini Norma (2008)
Debussy Preludes (2008)
Verdi Requiem (2008)
Wagner Tannhauser (2008)
J.S. Bach, Weihnachts-Oratorium (2007)
Ravel L’Enfant et les sortileges (2007)*Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Oakland Symphony (1995)
Michael Morgan conducting
Gershwin, Porgy & Bess
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (1994–2016)
Nicholas McGegan conducting
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 2, Lobgesang (2016)
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (2006)
Handel Saul (1994)
Jane Glover conducting
Handel, L’Allegro (2009)
Mark Morris Dance Group with PBO (1996–2012)
Nicholas McGegan or Jane Glover conducting
Handel L’Allegro (several performances 1996–2012)
Jane Glover conducting
Purcell, King Arthur, American premiere, (2006)
Nicholas McGegan conducting
Rameau Platée, American premiere (2001)
Simon Bolivar Orchestra (2012)
Gustavo Dudamel conducting
Estevez, Cantata Criolla
Villa-Lobos, Choros X
Philharmonia Orchestra of London (2012)
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting
Berg, Wozzek
Youth Orchestra of the Americas (2006)
Kent Nagano conducting
J.S. Bach, Matthäus-Passion
San Francisco Contemporary Chamber Players (2002)
David Milnes conducting
Liderman, Song of Songs, world premiere
San Francisco Contemporary Chamber Players (2002)
David Milnes conducting
Liderman, Song of Songs, world premiere
Midsummer Mozart Festival (1995)
George Cleve conducting
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
With Kent Nagano Bach St. Matthew Passion, Sao Paolo, Brazil (2006)
With Ken-David Masur, Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, Berkeley, CA (2018, photo by David S. Weiland)
Post Beethoven 9 concert: Nathaniel Stookey, Ken-David Masur, Stefano Flavoni, Christian Reif. (2018, photo by David S. Weiland)
Men’s chorus for Shostakovich, Symphony No. 13 “Babi Yar,” under Christian Reif, Berkeley, CA (2017)