Tenor Miles Mykkanen received his bachelor's and Masters degrees and continues in the Artist Diploma of Opera Studies program at The Juilliard School studying with Cynthia Hoffmann. This January he will make his recital debut at Carnegie Hall. Mr. Mykkanen has appeared with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, American Repertory Theatre, Wolf Trap Opera Campany, and New World Symphony. His opera credits include Eugene Onegin, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Le nozze di Figaro, La traviata, La finta giardiniera, Le donne curiose, and the world premiere of Matthew Aucoin's Crossing. Mykkanen appeared on the PBS Great Performances special of Renée Fleming's "American Voices" festival at The Kennedy Center. He was awarded the Joseph W. Polisi Prize at Juilliard's 2013 commencement ceremony for exemplifying the values of the "artist as citizen."