Biographies & programs
5/28/24
15:30
Sarah Gilford
England
Finalists
Ewa Danilewska
Poland
First Prize
Special Prize of the "Belle Voci" Foundation
Program
Franz Schubert
Auf dem See D 543 (Goethe) - 1R
Vedi quanto t´adoro ingrato D 510 (Metastasio) - 1R
Robert Schumann
Myrthen, Op.25
7. Die Lotosblume (Heine)
Franz Liszt
O quand je dors! S 282 (Hugo) - 1R
Hugo Wolf
Spanisches Liederbuch
12. In dem Schatten meiner Locken (Anonymous/Heyse)
36. Bedeckt mich mit Blumen (Maria de Ceo/Geibel)
Mathilde Kralik von Meyerswalden
Jugend Lieder
4. Lied des Gefangenen (Uhland)
Anna Teichmüller
Frühlingswinde Op.12, Nr.1 (C.Hauptmann)
Ivor Gurney
Five Elizabethan Songs
1. Orpheus with his Lute (Shakespeare) - 1R
4. Spring (Nashe)
Richard Strauss
Drei Lieder der Ophelia, Op.67 (Shakespeare/Simrock)
3. Sie trugen ihn auf der Bahre bloss
Reynaldo Hahn
A Chloris (Theophile de Viau)
Eynard Pessen
Five Jan Kochanowski Songs
5. Na lipę
Media
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Sarah Gilford
Soprano
Year of birth:
1991
Praised for her crystal-clear voice, British soprano Sarah Gilford is a recent Song Prize finalist at BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2021 and an alumnus of the prestigious Opernstudio at the Bayerische Staatsoper.
Sarah has performed at many of the world's leading opera houses including Bayerische Staatsoper, Royal Opera House, Stadttheater Klagenfurt and Grand Théâtre de Genève. Her roles have included Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Gilda in Rigoletto, Sophie in Werther, Governess in Turn of the Screw and Dalinda in Ariodante.
On the concert platform Sarah has performed with orchestras such as Berliner Philharmoniker, Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Les Arts Florissants and Il Pomo d'Oro. Her most recent engagements include Mendelssohn's Elias, Handel's Messiah and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
As a skilled recitalist, Sarah has performed at the Juan March Fundación in Madrid, British Embassy in Rome and Wigmore Hall in London.
Ewa Danilewska
Pianist
Ewa Danilewska is a graduate of the piano class of Wojciech Świtała and the chamber music class of Grzegorz Biegas at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice. As a soloist, she has performed with the Opole, Rzeszów and Silesian philharmonic orchestras, the Orchestra of Katowice Music Academy, the Polish Radio Orchestra and Camerata Pontresina (Switzerland). In the years 2018 - 2022 she has been a repetiteur of the opera studio of the Bavarian State Opera, Munich, coaching and performing with some of the worlds best young singers. Recent engagements have included recitals and concerts in Staatsoper Stuttgart, Tallin Philharmonic, Wigmore Hall, Usedomer Festival, NFM Wrocław Concert hall, NOSPR Katowice concert hall, Blaibach concert hall, Beethoven Saal Stuttgart, Reithalle Neumarkt an der Oberfalls, Bibliotech Saal Polling and the Bavarian State Opera.