“My grandparents lived through a world war, through concentration camps, through military service. My aunts were children of war,” says Berestovskaya. Decades later, her father’s family would still sing old folks songs a capella in Ukranian; her mother’s – convening relatives distant and close around the kitchen table – traditional songs in Russian. “People would always sing. Whether they were happy or sad, they would sing.” Berestovskaya recently earned a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the New England Conservatory in Boston, MA. During her career as a student she performed a variety of roles ranging from Prince Orlofsky in Die Flederemaus (at Boston’s Cutler Majestic Theatre) to Annina in La Traviata (at the Bijou Theatre in Knoxville, TN). Recently, her schedule includes concert tours of the historic St. Patrick’s and Christ Church Cathedrals of Ireland, Downpatrick Cathedral and Bangor Abbey in the United Kingdom, Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art. Berestovskaya is a first-place NATS Mid-South Region competition winner, a finalist of The American Prize in Voice/ Friedrich & Virginia Schorr Memorial Award, and a semifinalist in the Francisco Araiza's Sonora International Opera Competition.