Milena Kotlyar graduated from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, and subsequently continued her studies at the State Institute of Music in Karlsruhe (Germany).
Repertoire includes: Marfa (Khovanshchina), Marina Mnishek (Boris Godunov), Azucena (Il trovatore) and Ulrica (Un ballo in maschera); her performances as Katerina Ismailova in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Lisa in The Queen of Spades and Olga in Eugene Onegin have been some of her greatest achievements to date.
Milena Kotlyar has given solo concerts in Russia, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, performing works by Denisov, Shchedrin and Sviridov. She has performed the role of Jocasta (Stravinsky?s Oedipus Rex) and Antigonae (Orff?s Antigonae) with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra.