Maya Antoinett Hussein is a Polish-Egyptian-American soprano from Brooklyn, New York. She is known for her expressive musicality and magnetic stage presence, and has been described as a “class act” both on and off the stage.

She earned her Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, where her stage credits included The Governess (The Turn of the Screw), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Lisette and Yvette (La rondine), and Second Woman (Dido and Aeneas). Internationally, she appeared as Pamina in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte with Lyric Opera Studio Weimar in Germany. Most recently, Maya performed the role of Susanna in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro with LAHSOW.

She has trained with esteemed programs such as Classic Lyric Arts in Italy and the Berkshires, Classical Singing and New York, and the Westchester Summer Vocal Institute. Maya was named a National Finalist for The American Prize Friedrich & Virginia Schorr Memorial Award – University/Community Art Song/Oratorio Division (Women), a Finalist in the Crossover Young Artist Division of the John Alexander National Vocal Competition, and a Third Prize winner of the ACPC Marcella Kochańska Sembrich Vocal Competition. Maya also brings a strong background in dance, with years of training in ballet, tap, salsa, waltz, can-can, and contemporary styles.

Maya is currently pursuing her Master of Music in Classical Voice at the Manhattan School of Music, where she studies with Ruth Golden.