Aksana Yakushevich

In 2002 she graduated from the Belarusian State Academy of Music with the principal studies in Solo Singing (People’s Artist of the Republic of Belarus Lidia Galushkina’s class).
She has been a soloist of the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus since 2002. 
In 2005 Yakushevich was awarded the Honorary Diploma of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus for outstanding creative achievements and significant contribution to the development of Belarusian musical art. 
She completed the master’s degree course tutored by the People’s Artist of the Republic of Belarus Natalia Rudneva. 
In 2012 she was awarded the Fransysk Skaryna Medal for outstanding creative achievements, professionalism and contribution to the development of national culture and art.

Amneris  Aida
Carmen   Carmen
Azucena  Il trovatore
Ulrica   Un ballo in maschera
Santuzza  Cavalleria rusticana
Leading mezzo-soprano roles in Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi
Fenena   Nabucco
Marfa  Khovanshchina
Lyubasha The Tsar’s Bride
Zemfira  Aleko
Jocasta   Oedipus rex
The Third Lady The Magic Flute
La Ciesca  Gianni Schicchi
The Queen  Magic Music
Lucia  The Town of Craftsmen
Lel  The Snow Maiden
Maddalena  Rigoletto

Yanushkevich performs a lot. 
On the invitation of the National Opera of Ukraine in Kiev she performed a leading mezzo-soprano role in Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi.
She took part in the Days of Culture of the Republic of Belarus in Tajikistan. 
As a guest singer she performed the role of Amneris in Verdi’s Aida at the Opera and Ballet Theatre in Baku. 
In 2006 she successfully performed the role of Amneris at the International Music and Dance Festival in Bangkok (Thailand).
Yanushkevich took part in the Days of Culture of the Republic of Belarus in Russia and performed the role of Marfa in Khovanshchina at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. 
She toured Germany, Hungary, Tunisia, and the Netherlands with the Bolshoi opera troupe.