Ivo Posti

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Ivo Posti (born 1975) is Estonian countertenor. He has studied 1996-2001 in H.Eller's Music School in Tartu with Aino Kôiv. From 2001 he studies in The Royal Conservatory in The Hague. His teachers are Rita Dams and Barbara Pearson. He has also studied with Marius van Altena and Diane Forlano. He have had masterclasses with Taru Valjakka, Thomas Wiedenhofer, Michael Chance and Jill Feldman. In season 2007-2008 he will be member of Nederlandse Operastudio. Since 2005 he has organized masterclasses for classical singers in Tartu.

Ivo Posti has given concerts in Estonia and abroad. He has won also many prizes from different competitions (both as popsinger and operasinger). His next contract is with Bangkok Opera, where he will be doing in November/December 2007 role of Prince Orlovsky in Die Fledermaus by Johan Strauss.