Eva Rae Martinez is a Colombian-American soprano based in New York City. Having graduated from Manhattan School of Music in May of 2023, Eva had the opportunity to perform Poppea in "L'incoronazione di Poppea," Samuel Barber's "Knoxville: Summer of 1915, the Mozart and Fauré Requiems as soprano soloist, and scenes from "I puritani" (Elvira), "L'elisir d'amore" (Adina), and “Pelléas et Mélisande” (Mélisande) at MSM.

Eva spent this past summer as a vocal fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center led by Dawn Upshaw. There, she performed as the soprano soloist in Mahler's Fourth Symphony under the baton of Andris Nelsons, and as a featured soloist in recital and chamber ensemble. In addition to her fellowship at the TMC, she was also a vocal fellow at Houston Grand Opera’s Young Artists’ Vocal Academy in May of 2023. Eva performed as Juliette in scenes from Gounod's "Romèo et Juliette" at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival OperaFest and sang Susanna in "Le nozze di Figaro" at the Luke Houser Summer Opera Workshop in 2022.

Eva's most recent engagement was with the San-Antonio based Olmos Ensemble for a recital with pianist Warren Jones and clarinetist Ilya Shterenberg featuring works of Poulenc, Vaughn Williams, and Schubert.

Eva is a New England Region Encouragement Award Winner of the 2023 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, a 2023 Richard F. Gold Career Grant Recipient, a 2023 Annapolis Opera Vocal Competition Finalist, finalist of the National YoungArts Competition in Miami, Florida, a Presidential Scholar in the Arts Semifinalist, and a recipient of the Bruce Montgomery Foundation for the Arts Springboard Grant. Eva looks forward to pursuing her Master's degree in Opera at the Yale School of Music in Fall 2023.