The young German soprano Eva Zalenga is a two-time prize winner at the Deutsche Musikwettbewerb and SWR Young Opera Stars, and has been awarded the Emmerich Smola Sponsorship Prize and the Orchestra Prize of the German Radio Philharmonic. As winner of the Vienna International Music Competition, she performed at the Musikverein/Vienna.

Other celebrated highlights include her debut in Denmark at the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen as Sophie (Werther), at the Deutsche Oper Berlin as Adele (Die Fledermaus), and at the renowned Schubertíada in Vilabertran (Spain).

She has a great passion for lieder singing, which she pursues intensively together with pianist Doriana Tchakarova. In spring 2024, their joint debut CD In Relations was released, featuring world premiere recordings and rarely recorded works from the Romantic period, which was enthusiastically received by the press and nominated for “Album of the Year 2024.” This was followed in 2025 by varia·bel, another album with chamber music ensembles.

After studying singing at the music academies in Dresden and Leipzig, she joined the ensemble at Theater St. Gallen and also performed as a soloist at the Staatstheater Hannover, Oper Leipzig, Staatsoperette Dresden, and Theater Regensburg.

She also won the 49th National Singing Competition in Berlin and the International Singing Competition of the Rheinsberg Castle Chamber Opera. At the Queen Sonja Competition she was one of a few worldwide selected participants in the semifinals and represented Germany.

Born in Biberach (Baden-Württemberg), she received her first singing lessons at the age of 7 and soon after gained her first solo concert experience and became a prize winner at “Jugend musiziert.” She supplemented her training with master classes with Vesselina Kasarova, Rudolf Piernay, Christine Schäfer, and Hedwig Fassbender, among others.

Eva Zalenga's career has already been recognized with numerous scholarships and awards. She was recently awarded the Zonta Culture Award.