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Bespoke Songs

Acclaimed soprano, Fotina Naumenko, hailed for her “radiant voice” by the Boston Globe has received her first individual Grammy® nomination, in the category of Best Classical Solo Vocal Album, for her newest release, Bespoke Songs. The world premiere recording features 4 works for soprano and mixed instrumental ensembles commissioned by Naumenko from four composers, each based on lyrics by female authors. Bespoke Songs is available on New Focus Recordings (FCR410) and to stream on Apple Music, Amazon Music, Spotify and other leading streaming services.

The album takes its title from the opening cycle of twelve pieces, Bespoke Songs by Jonathan Newman. The lyrics for this cycle – sung in English, French, Hebrew, Korean, Swedish and Russian – are poems by female authors taken from different time periods across two millennia, strung together into a cohesive narrative about love with newly-commissioned texts by Michigan-based poet Kristina Faust.