Wagner Pastor

• Premier Opera Foundation, semifinalist 2023
• Classical Singer Magazine Vocal Competition, semifinalist 2023
• Music International Grand Prix, finalist 2023
• Detroit Aria Competition, finalist 2023
• London International Music Competition, 2nd Place 2022
• Premier Opera Foundation, semifinalist 2021
• Saengerbund Awards, semifinalist 2021
• Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Encouragement Award 2021

Wagner Mauricio Pástor was born in Quito, Ecuador. He has participated in professional engagements including performances with Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra Players, The American Spiritual Ensemble, Kentucky Opera/Santa Fe Opera, North Carolina Summer Opera, South Bend Lyric Opera, the Bay View Music Association, the A. J. Fletcher Opera Institute, Piedmont Opera, the Ecuador National Symphony Orchestra, the Sucre National Theater, and Cincinnati Opera.

In 2020 Wagner received the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions encouragement award, Lexington, KY and placed as semifinalist in the Saengerbund Awards, Huston, TX as well as in the Opera Premier Foundation vocal competition, NYC. Recently, obtained the second place in the professional voice category at the London International Music Competition.

Wagner has received a diploma in arts from the Conservatorio Superior Nacional de Música del Ecuador and an engineering degree in geography-regional planning from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Additionally, a Master's of music from the University of Idaho. Wagner was awarded a professional artist certificate from the University of North Carolina-School of the Arts. Wagner holds a doctoral degree in musical arts - voice performance from the University of Kentucky and serves as principal vocal artist at Heartland Sings, Inc.