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

She holds a bachelor’s degree in Voice Performance from the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, where she studied under the tutelage of Rose Marie Crouse. While at Queens, Maya performed a wide range of roles, including The Governess (The Turn of the Screw), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Lisette and Yvette (La rondine), Second Woman (Dido and Aeneas), a Grisette (The Merry Widow), Rapunzel and Cinderella’s Mother (Into the Woods), and Fredrika Armfeldt (A Little Night Music). Most recently, she sang the role of Pamina in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte with Lyric Opera Studio Weimar in Germany.

She has trained with esteemed programs such as Classic Lyric Arts in Italy and the Berkshires, Classical Singing and New York in June, 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.

In addition to her performance career, Maya is a passionate voice and piano teacher who enjoys nurturing musicianship and creativity in students of all ages. She also works as a paralegal, bringing the same focus, care, and precision to her legal work as she does to her artistic endeavors.

Maya has a deep interest in languages and the ways they shape culture, connection, and identity. She is fluent in English and Polish, conversational in Italian, and currently studying German and Arabic.