Magdalena Kožená [SEP] voice type
Magdalena Kožená
Magdalena Kožená (also Lady Rattle; ; born 26 May 1973) is a Czech mezzo-soprano. 
Biography.
Kožená was born in Brno in Moravia. Both her parents had come originally from Bohemia, to the west. She was born one of the two daughters of a mathematician father and a biologist mother. Her father died when she was eleven. As a child she sang in , the Children's and Youth Choir headed up by and attached to the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra. It was,
Classica RTL young talent and included the RTL Discoveries CD "Thierry Gregoire chante Vivaldi et Haendel". Since 2005 Gregoire has also been a voice teacher at Ecole Nationale De Musique - Charleville Mezieres.
Awards.
- 1998 Prize winner - International Competition "Giovan Battista Velluti" - New Voices for Opera
- 2001 Czech Crystal Award, Golden Prague International Television Festival - Best recording of a concert or stage performance (opera, operetta, ballet, dance, musical), Magdalena Kožená and Thierry Gregoire Česká televize, Brno