The soloist of the Moscow theater “Novaya Opera” by E. V. Kolobov and Hungarian State Opera House, guest soloist of the Mikhailovsky Theater and Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater. In 2006 she graduated from the Rostropovich College of Music, Voronezh (choral conducting). And then from the Academy of Choral Art by V. S. Popov as conducting (2011) and solo singing (2016).
Polina performed as a soloist at the Bolshoi Theater in Russia, at the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory, International House of Music, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Red Square and the State Kremlin Palace, Megaro Mousikis Athinon (Greece), Hungarian State Opera (Hungarian), The Symphony Hall (Osaka, Japan), Minato Mirai Hall (Iokogama, Japan), Auditorio de Tenerife (Spain), Alte Oper (Frankfurt, Germany), Reduta (Bratislava, Slovakia) etc.
She took part in many festivals: International Festival of Colmar in France, Rheingau Music Festival in Germany, International Festival of modern music by Sofia Gubaidulina “Concordia” in Kazan (Russia), Festival International de musica de Canarias, The Septembre Musical Montreux-Vevey Festival (Switzerland) etc.
Polina Shamaeva has worked with Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Spivakov, Mihail Pletnev, Thomas Zanderling, Vladimir Fedoseev, Vladimir Yurovsky, Alexander Sladkovsky and et. al.
Her repertoire includes more than 20 operatic roles, including Carmen (Carmen by Bizet), Lyubasha (The Tsar's Bride by Rimsky-Korsakov), Composer (Ariadne auf Naxos by R. Strauss), Olga (Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky), Fenena (Nabucco by Verdi), Maddalena (Rigoletto by Verdi), Marina Mnishek (Boris Godunov by Mussorgsky) and others. Polina performed a mezzo-soprano part in more than 55 cantatas and oratorios works. And her repertoire includes more than 200 romances and songs.
-All-Russian competition of “Young Tallents of Russia”, 2009.
-II International Eva Marton singing competition. Special prize offered by the Hungarian State Opera - “Invitation to perform a leading role in a series of a production in the 2017/2018 season”. Was performed the role of the Composer in the opera of Strauss “Ariadne on Naxos”, 2017.
-Winner of the V season of the TV contest “The Grand Opera” and winner of the Audience Choice Award on the channel Russia-Culture, 2017.
-Winner of the VI National Opera Award “Onegin” in the nomination “Favorite”, 2021.
-Stravinsky “The Wedding” (Mother), 2013 (conductor G.Dmitryak);
-Thaikovsky “Eugeny Onegin” (Filippievna), 2016 (conductor V. Spivakov);
-Slonimsky Requiem (mezzo-soprano), 2016 (conductor L. Kontorovich);
-Mozart Requiem (mezzo-soprano), 2017 (conductor O. Romanenko);
-Rachmaninov “Vespers” (mezzo-soprano), 2019 (conductor L. Kontorovich).