Shu Lin
soprano | China
The soprano Shu Lin was born in Ji Lin (China) and began her vocal training at the renowned Shanghai Conservatory. Since 2018 she has been studying her master's degree at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg and in 2020 she began her concert exams with Prof. Carolyn Grace James and Prof. Burkhard Kehring (song class). Shu Lin has also worked in international master classes with teachers such as Deborah Polaski, Julie Kaufmann, Michaela Sburlati and Renato Bruson. In the opera and concert area, she has already taken up intensive artistic activity. In addition to opera roles such as Mimi ("La Bohème"), Fiordiligi ("Cosi fan tutte"), Nedda ("Pagliacci") or Sufen Yu ("Spring River"), she has taken part in orchestral concerts and recitals in China, the USA and Germany. Shu Lin's major competitive achievements include 3rd prize at the “4. Gustav Mahler Song Competition” 2021 in Hamburg, 3rd prize at the “Baichuan Competition” 2012 in Shanghai and 2nd prize at the national Chinese singing competition “Golden Bell” 2015 in Shanghai.
Helena Popović
piano | Serbia
Helena Popović was born in 1994 in Belgrade, Serbia. She got her first piano lessons at the age of six.
During her education, she received numerous awards at national competitions, of which the following are particularly important: 2nd Klaiver Prize at the Maritim Competition, advancement prize at the “Wolfganf Fischer and Maria Fischer-Flash Prize” competition, in the chamber music category, Würzburg, 1st prize in the Republic Competition in Belgrade, Serbia, both in the solo category and in the chamber music ensemble category, 1st prize at the International Competition "Davorin Jenko", Belgrade, Serbia. She completed an internship as a répétiteur and musical assistant at the Allee Theater in Hamburg. One of the highlights of her numerous performances is concerts in the Kolarac Hall and in the Hall of the Belgrade Philharmonic. She also received very valuable artistic impulses from Grigori Gruzman, Bernd Glemser, Eberhard Feltz, Aleksandar Šandorov, Michael Uhde, Borbély László and Roman Trekel. During her studies she also developed into an enthusiastic and passionate song accompanist and chamber musician.
Helena Popović has been studying piano with Prof. Silke-Thora Matthies at the University of Music in Würzburg since 2015 and since 2018 she has been studying song interpretation with Prof. Burkhard Kehring at the University of Music and Theater in Hamburg.
program
Charles Gounod
A une jeune grecque CG.324
Franz Schubert
Memnon D541
Ganymed D544
Franz Schubert
Die Götter Griechenlands D677
An die Leier D737
Johannes Brahms
An eine Äolsharfe Op.19, Nr.5
Sapphische Ode Op.94, Nr.4
Bolko von Hochberg
Gute Nacht Op. 31. Nr.2
Maurice Ravel
Cinq melodies populaires grecques:
i. Chanson de la mariée
ii. Lá-bas, vers l´église
Jean Coulthard
Three ancient memories of Greece
ii. What rapture could I take from song
Georgios Kasassoglou
April mit dem Eros (Ο απρίλης με τον έρωτα )
Uli Bützer
baritone | Germany
The baritone Uli Bützer studied singing, school music and mathematics in Freiburg. In 2021 he completed his master's degree in Würzburg with top marks. He also received important artistic impulses from Douglas Yates, KS Christiane Iven, the Bach interpreter Peter Kooij and the lied pianist Gerold Huber. On the opera stage he embodied the roles of Emperor Alexios and Balthasar in Die Sonnenflammen and Der Friedensengel by Siegfried Wagner. He also appeared in roles including Ben in The Telephone, Conte Robinsone in Il matrimonio segreto, Papageno, Leporello, Aeneas and Uncle Josse from The Cousin from Something. In addition to university productions, he was engaged at the Mittelsächsisches Theater Freiberg, at a subsidiary venue of the Bayreuth Festival, at the Alte Oper in Frankfurt and at the Theater Freiburg. Concerts and recitals take the baritone through Germany and neighboring countries. His artistic diversity and quality are further reflected in the conception of his own projects, participation in professional choirs, vocal pedagogical work and the award of scholarships.
Max Langer
piano | Germany
Maximilian Langer (*1994) studied piano with Prof. Eric le Sage and Prof. Andreas Bach at the Musikhochschule Freiburg and completed his master's degree there in 2021. In addition to playing as a soloist, his special artistic interest lies in the conception of concert programs. The combination of classical repertoire and improvisation plays a central role here.
In 2021, Maximilian Langer is Artist in Residence at Les Dominicains de Haute Alsace, where he will perform Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Songs by Russian Composers with texts by Pushkin with mezzo-soprano Marie Kalinine and a program of solo works by Clara Schumann in September was. Further chamber music and solo concerts follow.
He is the pianist and musical director of the music theater production Operetta sich wer kann at Die Schönen in E-Werk Freiburg.
Maximilian Langer was involved in various interdisciplinary projects, including the film project Sculpting Soundspheres with ensemble improvisations on works of art by Freiburg artists, and Cambio, a performance by the Theater Pan.Optikum with drama, dance, a sculpture by the artist Herta Seibt de Zinser and a seven-strong improvisational ensemble . In 2018, Maximilian Langer was the soloist in Beethoven's 3rd Piano Concerto with the Symphonic Orchestra of the Black Forest and the Junge Kammerphilharmonie Freiburg. Since 2021, Maximilian Langer has held teaching assignments for practical piano playing at schools at the Musikhochschule Freiburg and for piano at the Freiburg University of Education and has been working as a freelance piano teacher for many years.
program
Charles Gounod
Maid of Athens CG.406
Franz Schubert
Der zürnenden Diana
Prometheus
Franz Schubert
Fahrt zum Hades
An die Leier
Johannes Brahms
Sapphische Ode
Hugo Wolf
Anakreons Grab IHV 10, Nr.29
Claude Debussy
Trois Chansons de Bilitis
1. La flute de Pan
2.La Chevelure
3.Le Tombeau de naiades
Georgios Kasassoglou
Barmherzige Muttergottes (Μητέρα μεγαλόψυχη)
Hermann Reutter
In meine Stille kamst du leise wandernd
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Annie Fassea
soprano | Greece - Scotland
Greek-Scottish soprano Annie Fassea was the third prize winner of the Jacques Offenbach Grand Prix 2021 and received the Fulbright Foundation Artist's Scholarship 2019 for studying with the renowned Metropolitan Opera bass Dimitri Kavrakos in New York. In 2019 she made her debut in the role of Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro) at the Greek National Opera (GNO) – Stavros Niarchos Stage. Since then, sha has collaborated with such orchestras as Cyprus Symphony Orchestra (CYSO), Győr Philharmonic Orchestra, Athens City Symphony Orchestra, Athens Philharmonia Orchestra (APHO), Youth Orchestra ELSON and ERT Contemporary Music Orchestra. This season she has performed the roles of Ilia (Idomeneo) at the Culture and Conference Center of Heraklion in co-production with the Teatro Grattacielo in New York with the APHO and the Countess (The Cretan Girl, the popular Greek operetta) along with Mahler's 4. Symphony at the Olympia Music Theater “Maria Callas” with the Athens City Symphony Orchestra. She also performed Mahler's 4th Symphony again at the Pallas Theater Nicosia, the Rialto Theater Lemesos and the Markidio Theater Paphos with the CYSO and Mozart's Requiem with the APHO. In the past she has appeared as Olympia (Les Contes d'Hoffmann), Papagena (Die Zauberflöte), Nora (Riders to the Sea), Virginia (Raven Revisited, by Kostis Kritsotakis), Suor Osmina (Suor Angelica), Amante (Il tabarro ), but also Pergolesi's Stabar mater and Thermopylae (D. Minakakis). She has performed in concert halls such as Athens Concert Hall, Grand Prospect Hall in New York, Stavros Niarchos Stage and Alternative Stage in GNO – Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), Trikala Byzantine Castle and in many open airs of Greece and Theater with hidden treasures. Upcoming performances include Schumann's lieder from the "Dichterliebe" cycle at the Athens Concert Hall, the role of Chloé (Daphnis et Chloé - Büsser) in Mytilene, The Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte - Mozart) in Athens and her first appearance in Germany at an opera gala. Annie obtained her Vocal Opera Diploma at the Athenaeum Conservatoire with Christina Giannakopoulou in 2017 and was a member of the Greek National Opera's The Youth of Opera training program for young artists during the 2017/2018 season.
Dimitra Kokkinopoulou
piano | Greece
Dimitra Kokkinopoulou was born in Athens, Greece. In 2007 she graduated from the Athens Conservatory by unanimous decision with Professor N. Nikolaidou. From 2007 to 2012 she studied at the Ionian University of Corfu, Greece with Professor Lambis Vassiliadis. In 2014 she received her master's degree from Bowling Green State University, OH with Dr. Robert Satterlee and began her PhD in Piano Performance at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2017 under the supervision of Dr. Ann Chang received. Since 2017 she has been working as a collaborative pianist at the “Internationale Musiktage Brache Seminars” in Germany. Since 2018 she has been working as a piano teacher in collaboration with mezzo-soprano Irini Tsirakidis and teaches piano at the Athenaeum Conservatory in Athens, Greece. She is also a member of the "Thesis Trio" with Irini Tsirakidis (mezzo-soprano) and Yorgos Kaloudis (cello, classical Cretan lyra), which performs works by Greek composers. In cooperation with the team "Thea-tree" (Thea-tree.gr) she creates and realizes educational programs and plays for children in schools and cultural centers. She is a member of the social enterprise PhonoQuest (phonoquest.com), which brings together the art and science of the human voice through seminars, conferences and social events. She has given concerts in Germany, Portugal, Greece and the United States of America.
program
Charles Gounod
A une jeune grecque CG.324
Franz Schubert
Atys
Gruppe aus dem Tartarus D583
Franz Schubert
Memnon D541
Die Götter Griechenlands
Mathilde Kralik von Meyerswalden
Lied der Sappho
iv. Lieblicher Abendstern
Bolko von Hochberg
Gute Nacht Op. 31 No.2
Hugo Wolf
Anakreons Grab IHV10, Nr.29
Arthur Lourié
Greek songs on poetry of Sappho, Band 2
iii. Erotic Fragment (Эротический отрывок)
Jean Coulthard
From "Three ancient memories of Greece"
i. Before the statue of Endymion
Georgios Kasassoglou
Der Maitag (Του μαγιού ροδοφαίνεται η μέρα)
Meeresstille (Γαλήνη)
Archäische Miniatur (Αρχαϊκή μινιατούρα)
Jan Bukowski
Baritone | Poland
Jan Bukowski was born in Warsaw (Poland) and was already a soloist in the Olsztyn Youth Choir at the age of eight. As part of his vocal training, he studied at the Music Academy in Kraków and at the Academy of Music, Theater and Media
Hanover with Marek Rzepka. Scholarship holder of Germany, Cusanuswerk, Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now and Richard Wagner Association scholarship. He has won numerous prizes at national and international competitions, including 1st place in the International Singing Competition Iuventus Canti in Vrable, Slovakia (2017). He performed as a baritone in Moniuszko's operetta "The Night Camp in the Apennines" at the Warsaw Chamber Opera (2014), in JS Bach's "O Eternal Fire" as part of the La Folle Journee de Varsovie festival at the National Opera in Warsaw (2016), with J. Brahms "Neue Liebeslieder" Op.65 as part of the "Voice and Piano" festival in Kraków (2017), with GP Telemann's "Die Hirten an der Krippe zu Bethlehem" in Kloster Michaelstein (2018) and with the Hannover girls' choir in at the Staatsoper Hannover in 2019. In 2022 he will appear as William in "The fall of the house of Usher" by Philipp Glass in the Kammerschauspiel Munich.
Eunkyeong Kim
piano | South Korea
Eunkyeong Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea and began playing the piano at the age of six. In Korea, she completed her bachelor's degree in solo piano at KyungHee University in 2013. In addition, as an accompanist, she accompanied singing at the university. numerous concerts. From 2017 she continued her first master's degree in Collaborative Piano at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim, where she successfully graduated with a grade of 1.0. Since the 2019/20 winter semester, she has been studying her master's degree in opera coaching at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media (HMTMH) with Prof. Paul Weigold. In 2018 she was a scholarship holder of Live Music Now (Yehudi Menuhin), with which she regularly gave recitals in the Baden-Württemberg region. Alongside her studies, Eunkyeong attended master classes with Prof. Nariaki Sugiura and two bass courses. Kwangchul Youn and Sop. Sekyung Rim, she participated as an attendant. She played at concerts in many retirement and nursing homes in the Baden-Württemberg region of Mannheim, Heidelberg, Ladenburg, Ilvesheim, Wiesloch, Walldorf, Dossenheim and Weinheim
and chamber concert "Romantic Fatasias" at the Gerhart Hauptmann Theater Görlitz and at the Mission Concert Ms. Kim played in Hungary and Ukraine. At the age of 10 she already played music for various activities as a choir accompanist at the parish, Korean National Broadcasting Station. in the Mannheim University Orchestra as a celesta and as an assistant pianist, she received engagements at the Korea National Opera in Korea in 2013. Since 2019 she has had a teaching position as a répétiteur in the subject of singing at the Mannheim State University for Music and Performing Arts and at the HMTMH (aspirant).
program
Charles Gounod
Maid of Athens CG. 406
Franz Schubert
An die Leier D737
Die Götter Griechenlands D 677
Franz Schubert
Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren D360
Gruppe aus dem Tartarus D583
Johannes Brahms
An eine Äolsharfe Op. 19, Nr.5
Sapphische Ode Op. 94, Nr.4
Hugo Wolf
Anakreons Grab
Maurice Ravel
Cinq melodies populaires grecques:
i. Chanson de la mariée
ii.Là-bas, vers l'église
iii. Quel galant m'est comparable
iv. Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques
v. Tout gai!
Georgios Kasassoglou
April mit dem Eros (Ο απρίλης με τον έρωτα)
Hermann Reutter
Drei Monologe des Empedokles
i. Euch ruf ich über das Gebild herein
iii. Ha! Jupiter, Befreier! Näher tritt!
Despoina Drandaki
soprano | Greece
Born in 1994, Despoina Drandaki began her musical journey at the age of seven when she began taking piano lessons. She received a bachelor's degree in piano and harmony from the National Conservatory of Athens (Prof. Maria Karytinou) in 2018. In 2016 she started her bachelor studies in singing at the National Conservatory of Athens (Prof. Panagiotis Dimas) and in June 2021 she graduated with honors. She has participated in the choir "Chores" and has performed in many places in Athens. In 2018 she took part in the performance “Medea” produced by the Greek National Opera. She is currently attending the Mannes School of Music in New York City (Master's in Voice) and is studying in the class of Amy Burton. She expects to graduate in 2023. She also holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Piraeus.
Marios Kazas
piano | Greece
Marios Kazas was born in Athens. He began studying piano at the Athens Conservatory. He then studied at the Athenaeum Conservatory as a student of soloist Dora Bakopoulou. He continued his studies at the Athens Conservatory, where he graduated with honors (class of D. Bakopoulou). He attended seminars with Paul Badura-Skoda, Martino Tirimo, Natalia Michailidou, Halina Alberth, Jean-Claude Pennetier and others. He has won first and second prizes in Panhellenic piano competitions and has won second prize in the International Piano Competition "Arts and Education in the 21st Century". In 2008 he was recognized by UNESCO for his range of music. He has performed in Athens (Herodes Atticus Theater, Athens Concert Hall, Athenaeum Hall, etc.), in cities of Greece (Aegina International Music Festival, Ionian Classical Music Festival "Pavlos Carrer" - Zakynthos, etc.), as well as in France, Egypt and Cyprus. He has worked as a soloist with the orchestras "Bavarian Classics" and "Haag Youth Instrumental Ensemble" and is also active in the field of song accompaniment and chamber music. He has collaborated on stage with internationally renowned artists and made live recordings for Greek Radio's third program. Marios Kazas is a PhD student at the Faculty of Law, National Kapodistrian University of Athens.
program
Charles Gounod
A une jeune grecque CG. 324
Franz Schubert
Die Götter Griechenlands
Ganymed
Franz Schubert
Atys
Hippolits Lied
Johannes Brahms
An eine Äolsharfe
Mathilde Kralik von Meyerswalden
Lied der Sappho
iii. Ach die gliederlösende böse Liebe
Claude Debussy
Trois chansons de Bilitis
i. La flute de Pan
Maurice Ravel
Cinq Mélodies populaires grecques
(in greek)
Jean Coulthard
From "Three ancient memories of Greece"
iii. Long ago
Georgios Kasassoglou
Der Maitag (Του μαγιού ροδοφαίνεται η μέρα)
Archäische Miniatur (Αρχαϊκή μινιατούρα)
Jeremy Osborne
Baritone | USA-Germany
The American baritone Jeremy Osborne (born 1986) has lived in Germany since 2014, where he is currently studying with soprano Janet Williams and can be seen in numerous performances. He completed his studies at the University of Central Arkansas and the Peabody Institute in Baltimore in the vocal studio of the renowned bass-baritone John Shirley-Quirk. Since 2017 he has sung in the ExtraChor of the Deutsche Oper Berlin in performances such as Christof Loy's production of Korngold's Das Wunder der Heliane and Frank Castorf's production of the Verdi classic La Forza del Destino.
He has also performed as a choral assistant at the Komische Oper in Prokofiev's The Love for the Three Oranges and Pierangelo Valtinoni's children's opera The Wizard of Oz.
Since 2017 he has developed a fruitful collaboration with the pianist Bonnie Wagner, with whom he has performed several concerts, mainly with the music of Franz Schubert. In 2017 he sang the Winterreise for the first time, accompanied by Ms Wagner, followed by Schwanengesang in 2019. A concert planned for 2020 with exclusively French music will now take place in 2021.
Myla Kato-DuVally
piano | United States
Myla Kato-DuVally enjoys an active career as a soloist, accompanist and chamber musician. Based in New York City, she is a sought-after vocal accompanist for students and professionals. In addition to accompanying a number of singers with whom she collaborates regularly, she has been an accompanist at the American Fine Arts Festival and the American Protege Competition for Young Singers at Carnegie Hall. She was also part of the accompaniment faculty of the Vocal Department at Hunter College. Myla has also collaborated with the vocal faculty at the Burgos International Music Festival in Burgos, Spain. Her performance with the singer Elena Diaz-Acosta from "Sposa, Son Disprezzata" at the Teatro Principal was particularly well received. She has also had the privilege of collaborating with musicians from the Puigcerda International Music Festival. Solo and chamber concerts have taken her to Europe and Japan - she has always enjoyed working together and has played the Schumann Piano Concerto and the Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 with the Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra. Her special affinity for Schubert's piano music has brought her recognition and praise. Born in Japan, Myla grew up in New York and attended the Manhattan School of Music. During her time there, her interpretation of Dvorak's Piano Quintet earned a place in the final of the Lillian Fuchs Chamber Music Competition. Influential teachers, mentors and musicians in her life include Ubaldo Diaz-Acosta, Oxana Yablonskaya, Nina Svetlanova, Raymond Beegle, Frank Levy and the members of the American String Quartet.
program
Charles Gounod
Maid of Athens CG. 406
Franz Schubert
Fahrt zum Hades D.576
Ganymed D544
Franz Schubert
Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren D.560
Der zürnenden Diana D707
Gruppe aus dem Tartarus D587
Charles Gounod
A une jeune grecque CG 324
Johannes Brahms
An eine Äolsharfe Op.19, Nr.5
Sapphische Ode Op.94, Nr.4
Hugo Wolf
Anakreons Grab IHV 10, Nr.29
Georgios Kasassoglou
Im Schatten Hand in Hand (Στη σκιά χειροποιασμένες)
April mit dem Eros (Ο απρίλης με τον έρωτα)
Vincent Kusters
baritone | Netherlands
The baritone Vincent Kusters (born 1991) studied singing with Mya Besselink and piano with Joop Celis at the Maastricht University of Music and successfully completed both with a master's degree (2016/2017). In 2018 he then completed the final examination for the follow-up course in choral conducting at the Utrecht University of Music.
Vincent twice won the Vocallis song award, Vaals (2017 as a singer, 2018 as a pianist). In 2018, after a successful application as a singer, he was admitted to the soloist roster of the association "Vrienden van het Lied". He is a prizewinner of the 2019 International Vocalists Concours (song), 's-Hertogenbosch. In 2020 he won first prize in the "International Competition for Organ and Voice", Neuss.
Charlie Bo Meijering
piano | Netherlands
Charlie Bo Meijering (Amsterdam, 1987) has a passion for both music and the visual arts. Between 2006 and 2013 he studied classical piano and glockenspiel at the Utrecht University of the Arts. He appears regularly at the Concertgebouw, the Dutch National Opera and TivoliVredenburg. With the cartoon concert 'The Magic Piano' he went on tour throughout the Netherlands.
He is also a frequent guest on television programs such as 'Maestro'.
In 2019 he won a prize at the International Vocalists Concours together with his duo partner and baritone Vincent Kusters.
In addition to his musical activities, he devotes himself to the creation of fine arts. He made life-size projections for 'Music, Imagination and the Brain' (2015) by Erik Scherder and Katia Veekmans.
program
Charles Gounod
Maid of Athens CG.406
Franz Schubert
Atys D585
An die Leier D737
Franz Schubert
Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren D360
Prometheus D674
Ganymed D544
Johannes Brahms
An eine Äolsharfe Op.19, Nr.5
Hugo Wolf
Anakreons Grab
Bolko von Hochberg
Gute Nacht Op. 31, Nr.2
Maurice Ravel
Cinq melodies populaires grecques:
ii. Lá-bas, vers l´église
iv. Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques
Georgios Kasassoglou
April mit dem Eros (Απρίλης με τον Έρωτα)
Agata Kornaga
mezzo-soprano | Poland
The Polish mezzo-soprano (*1990) was born in Lubin. She studied opera singing at the University of Music in Bromberg in the class of Prof. Urszula Jankowiak, University of Music in Kraków and University of Music, Theater and Media in Hanover in the class of Prof. Marek Rzepka. She is currently studying chamber music - song composition with Prof. Jan Philip Schulze at the University of Music, Theater and Media in Hanover. In 2021 she sang in the opera ''Der Telefonist'' by Raphael Fusco at the Festival Forum Neue Kunst in Oldenburg. In 2019/2020 Agata Kornaga made her debut at Theater Aachen, where she performed as Wellgunde in Wagner's "Hagen" and as monkey/munchkin lady/cup in Anno Schreier's "The Wizard of Oz". In 2017 she made her debut as Clotilde in Bellini's "Norma" at the Kraków Opera before returning to the Teatr Wielki in Poznań in 2018 as Fjodor in Mussorgsky's "Boris Godunov" and as the Third Lady in Mozart's "The Magic Flute". In 2016 Agata Kornaga sang Spirit in Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas" at the Teatr Wielki in Posen and made her German debut at the Starnberg Opera (Munich) as Amor in Gluck's "Orphée et Eurydice". As a concert soloist, the mezzo-soprano performed Bononcini's and d'Astorga's Stabat Mater in 2013 in Wroclaw with the Ensemble Alter Musik, and in 2014 she sang Rossini's Petite messe solennelle in Bydgoszcz. She took part in the Mieczysław Weinberg Festival in Munich in 2019.
Katarzyna Neugebauer
piano | Poland
program
Charles Gounod
A une jeune grecque CG.324
Franz Schubert
Ganymed D544
Dithyrambe D801
Franz Schubert
Memnon D541
Gruppe aus dem Tartarus D583
Johannes Brahms
An eine Äolsharfe Op.19, Nr.5
Hugo Wolf
Anakreons Grab
Maurice Ravel
Cinq melodies populaires grecques:
i. Chanson de la mariée
iv. Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques
Jean Coulthard
From "Three ancient memories of Greece"
i. Before the statue of Endymion
Georgios Kasassoglou
April mit dem Eros (Απρίλης με τον Έρωτα)
Archäische Miniatur (Αρχαϊκή μινιατούρα)
Vassia Alati
Soprano | Greece-Netherlands
Vassia Alati (soprano) was born in 1992 and at the age of 6 she received her first piano lessons. In October 2010 she began her bachelor's degree in singing at the Athens Conservatory and in June 2016 she graduated with honors and first prize (class of Prof. Joulia Troussa). She also received the coveted “Maria Callas Scholarship” and studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna (master song and oratorio 2021 and master opera 2019 with distinction) in the class of Prof. Markus Hadulla and Prof. Peter Edelmann . As a concert soloist, Vassia has sung in Greece, the Netherlands, Austria, Cyprus, South Korea, Germany and France. She attended master classes with KS Edda Moser, Margreet Honig, Dimitri Kavrakos, Mariella Devia, Antony Koroneos, Gabriele Lechner and others. In March 2020 she won second prize with the pianist Yuto Kiguchi at the "International Student Lied-Duo Competition" in Groningen (Netherlands) to get. In October 2021 they were at the "International Lied Festival" in Zeist, where they attended master classes with Elly Ameling, Robert Holl, Wolfgang Holzmair and others. In November 2021 they received the special prize at the 54th International Vocal Competition for Lied Duo in 's-Hertogenbosch to perform at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. In addition to her singing studies, she also studied technical mathematics and physics at the Technical University of Athens.
Yuto Kiguchi
piano | Japan
Yuto Kiguchi is a talented Japanese pianist. After graduating from Kyoto City University of Arts in solo piano as the best of his class with the Mayor's Prize, he moved to Vienna in 2016. In the summer of 2019 he completed his master’s degree in piano and vocal accompaniment at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna with distinction. He is currently in the postgraduate course for chamber music with Prof. Stefan Mendl.
As a song accompanist, he frequently performs with the young Greek sopanist Vassia Alati and Japanese soprano Misaki Morino. He won second prize with Vassia Alati at the International Student Song Duo Competition held in the Netherlands in March 2020. In November 2021 he got the special prize with her at the 54th International Vocal Competition for Lied Duo in 's-Hertogenbosch to perform at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. He also won the special prize "Best Lied Accompaniment" at the Johannes Brahms International Competition, which took place in Pörtschach in September 2020. He has thus steadily developed a career as a song accompanist. He has also been invited as an official accompanist to opera competitions such as "Ottavio Zino" and "NEUE STIMME". He has received scholarships from the Office of Cultural Affairs in Japan and the Rohm Music Foundation. Also as a soloist he won second prize at the International Scriabin Piano Competition in 2021 in Italy (first place not awarded) And as a chamber musician, he won absolute first prize and audience prize with Seina Matsuoka at the Giulio Rospigliosi International Chamber Music Competition in 2022
program
Charles Gounod
A une jeune grecque CG.324
Franz Schubert
Memnon D541
Fahrt zum Hades D526
Franz Schubert
Atys D585
Gruppe aus dem Tartarus D583
Johannes Brahms
An eine Äolsharfe Op. 19, Nr.5
Bolko v. Hochberrg
Gute Nacht Op. 31, Nr.2
Maurice Ravel
Cinq melodies populaires grecques:
i. Chanson de la mariée
ii.Là-bas, vers l'église
Georgios Kasassoglou
April mit dem Eros (Ο απρίλης με τον έρωτα)
Im Schatten Hand in Hand (Στην σκιά χειροπιασμένες)
Jean Coulthard
Three Ancient Memories of Greece
i. Before the statue of Endymion
Elena Patsalidou
soprano | Cyprus
Soprano Elena Patsalidou was born in Nicosia in 1987. She earned a bachelor's degree in vocal performance/opera from the Ionian University of Corfu and a master's degree in opera singing from the Carl Maria von Weber Academy of Music in Dresden.
Elena Patsalidou won 1st prize at the Kyrenia Opera Vocal Competition 2019 and 3rd prize at the 2013 Giulio Perotti International Singing Competition. She was also a semi-finalist at the prestigious international singing competition Competizione dell' Opera 2019 in Sochi.
She has appeared in various opera productions, including Frasquita in Bizet's Carmen (Opera Classica Europa/Opernwerkstatt am Rhein), Clorinda in Rossini's La Cenerentola (Kammeroper Köln), Barbarina in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro (Mittelsächsisches Theater). ), Echo in Strauss's "Ariadne auf Naxos" (Landesbühnen Sachsen), Sand-/Daumännchen in Humperdinck's "Hänsel und Gretel" (Mittelsächsisches Theater), Diana in Offenbach's "Orpheus in der Unterwelt" (State Operetta Dresden Orchestra) and the title role in Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas" under the musical direction of the Australian baroque specialist Stanley Ritchie.
As a concert singer she performed various works as a soloist, including Mozart's Coronation Mass in C major, Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater and Fauré's Requiem. She also participated in the 12th Festival of Sacred Music of Patmos, as well as in various concerts of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, the Dresden Symphony Orchestra and the Rhein-Main Philharmonic Orchestra.
As a member of the Bavarian ensemble "I Virtuosi Ambulanti" she sang as a soloist in the exclusive project "Belcanto in Bayern" in Munich in 2020. She made her debut at the International Kypria Festival 2020 with the role of Serpina in "La Serva Padrona" (JB Pergolesi), directed by Lev Pugliese. Concert tours have taken her to Italy (Basilica San Marco, Venice), Austria (Villach Congress Center), Armenia (Jerevan Opera Theater) and Serbia (Yugoslav Drama Theater in Belgrade).
She has worked with various conductors such as Jan Michael Horstmann, Raoul Grüneis, Alkis Baltas, Jens Georg Bachmann and Peter Seymour. As part of several master classes, she had the opportunity to work with renowned artists such as Christophe Rousset (workshop on Claudio Monteverdi's operas "L'incoronazione di Poppea" and "Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria"), Walter Moore, Barbara Bonney and Helga Wagner. She also had private singing lessons with Professors KS Matthias Henneberg and Janet Williams.
Katarzyna Neugebauer
piano | Poland
Official Pianist of the Competition
program
Charles Gounod
A une jeune grecque
Franz Schubert
Ganymed D544
Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren D360
Franz Schubert
Atys D585
Die Götter Griechenlands D677
Bolko von Hochberg
Gute Nacht Op. 31, Nr.2
Maurice Ravel
Cinq Mélodies populaires grecques
i. Chanson de la mariée
ii. Lá-bas, vers l´église
Jean Coulthard
Three ancient memories of Greece
1. Before the statue of Endymion
2. What rapture could I take from song
3. Long ago
Georgios Kasassoglou
Meeresstille (Γαλήνη)
Nathaniel Kondrat
Bass | United States
American bass Nathaniel Kondrat studied at Oregon State University from 2004-2008 and began his singing career in 2009 with IL BONZO (Madama Butterfly). in 2011, he received a Masters in Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he received FATHER TRULOVE (The Rake's Progress) MELISSO (Alcina) GUGLIELMO (Сosi fan tutte) MUFASTA (l'italiana in Algeri) TRUFFALDINO (Ariadne auf Naxos) sang, Nathaniel was accepted into the Academie Musicale de Villecroze in 2014 and received a scholarship to work with Stephen Stubbs at the Accadamia D'amore.
Nathaniel was a finalist at the NAATSA singing competition in Orlando, Florida in 2014. He has taken master classes with Sir Thomas Allen, Nathan Gunn and Francois le Roux. In 2018 he was a prizewinner at the International Castle Rheinsberg Competition in Germany. Recent engagements include DON PASQUALE (Don Pasquale) and DR. BARTOLO (barbers from Seville) and with the Wernigerode Castle Festival MONTERONE (Rigoletto) He worked at the Deutschesnational Theater Weimar, Theater Freiburg, the North Harz City Theater, Landesbühnen Sachsen, the Staatstheater Cottbus, the Portland Chamber Opera and others. Some of the roles he sang in the above houses include: FIGARO (Le Nozze di Figaro), LEPORELLO (Don Giovanni) MÖNSCH (I Gioielli della Madonna) TECHNICIAN (Vec Makropulos) IL GIUDICE (Un Ballo in Maschera) LA VOCE (Idomeneo) INDIAN (Prodana Nevesta) THE KING, 2 FRUIT DEALERS (My Fair Lady) KUNO (Der Freischütz) LORD KRISHNA (Satyahgraha) 5t Jew (Salome). Nathaniel began his concert career with THE MESSIAH (Handel) REQUIEM (Durufle). With the Berlin Chamber Orchestra CHRISTMAS ORATORIO (Bach). He worked on MATTHÄUS PASSION (Bach) with Helmuth Rilling. Bass soloist for CANTATA (Graubner and Werner) with the Landesbühnen Sachsen. THETIS (Rameau) cantata in San Francisco. Nathaniel has sung several world premieres, including RANDOM BLACKOUTS (Steinke), RANDOM BLACKOUTS II (Steinke) and a chamber opera TRIFLES (BILOTTA). As an enthusiastic recitalist, his repertoire includes DIE SCHÖNE MÜLLERIN (Schubert) WINTERREISE (Schubert) LIEDERKREIS OP. 39 (Schumann) THE SONGS OF TRAVEL (Williams), VEDIC HYMNS (Holst), BIBLICKE PISNE (Dvorak), AN DIE FERNE GELIEBTE (Beethoven), TO US LET OUR GARLANDS BRING (Finzi). CHANSONS DE DON QUICHOTTE (Ibert) Ana and Nathaniel perform together as an opus magnum duo.
Ana Maria Lupu
piano | Moldova
Born in 1993, Moldova, the pianist and répétiteur Ana Maria Lupu started her artistic career in 2008 at the Lyceum for Music for Gifted Children in Chisinau, Moldova, where she has participated in numerous competitions in her homeland during the period.
In 2012 she was admitted to the Academy of Music, Theater and Fine Arts. In 2013 she took part in a master class for piano with Prof. P. Waas at the Hochschule für Musik Weimar. In the same year she moved to Germany to continue her studies at the same music academy in Weimar. She did her studies in Dresden in 2018 at the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music.
In the same year she got her first engagement as a répétiteur at the Staatstheater in Cottbus. Numerous concerts on stage and as a member of the orchestra followed.
Your next engagement was continued at the Theater Plauen-Zwickau. In January 2020 she could be seen several times as part of the recital on the stage of the Clara Schumann concert hall in Zwickau. In the same month, the concerto for piano and orchestra “A century rolls” by J.Adams was performed in Zwickau and Plauen.
In 2021 the song recital “Winterreise” followed on the Werkbühne in Kahren, Brandenburg. In October 2021 and November she was engaged for the master class with R.Trekel from Staatstheater Berlin at Rheinsberg Palace, including performing on stage as part of the recital at Rheinsberg Palace. The “Long Night of the Arts” concert followed on November 6th at the same place.
2022 - Master's degree at the F.Liszt Academy of Music in Weimar.
Currently working as a répétiteur at the Theater Altenburg-Gera. Ana and Nathaniel appear together as an opus magnum duo.
program
Charles Gounod
Maid of Athens CG.406
Franz Schubert
Ganymed D544
Fahrt zum Hades D526
Franz Schubert
Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren D360
Prometheus D674
Johannes Brahms
An eine Äolsharfe Op.19, Nr.5
Bolko von Hochberg
Gute Nacht Op.32, Nr.2
Maurice Ravel
Cinq mélodies populaires grecques:
iii. Quel galant m´est comparable
iv. Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques
Arthur Lourié
From the greek Songs on poetry of Sappho (Band 1)
iii. Hymnic Fragment [Гимнический отрывок]
iv. The Garden of the Nymphs [Сад Нимф]
Georgios Kasassoglou
Meeresstille (Γαλήνη)
Zuzanna Ciszewska
soprano | Poland
Zuzanna Ciszewska – soprano. Her musical journey began at the age of six when she took her first steps by learning the basics of the violin. She has the 1st level of basic musical education in Szczecin North Poland. However, over time, the incessant awareness and need to make music with her voice took the lead over practicing the violin. This is how her musical journey really began. In 2016 she received the award for Rudolf Petrak Internacional Competition in Zilina. In the same year she was a finalist in the Pevecke Soutez Interacional competition in Olomouc. She attended master classes with prof. Izabella Klosinska, Prof. Eva Blahova, Małgorzata Walewska, Prof. Dariuszem Grabowskim, Prof. Zigrida Krigere, Prof. Valerie Guillorit, Prof. Ubaldo Fabbri. In March 2018 she played the soprano part in Requiem WAMozart with conductor Kai Bumann. At the age of 21, Zuzanna graduated from the Poznań Music Academy with the highest degree at the bachelor's level and at the age of 23, she graduated from the master's program at the Łódź Music Academy with the doc. Bernadetta Grabias. She is currently studying at UMFC Warsaw with prof. doctor Anna Radziejewska.
Katarzyna Neugebauer
piano | Poland
Official Pianist of the Competition
program
Charles Gounod
A une jeune grecque CG. 324
Franz Schubert
Die Götter Griechenlands D677
Gruppe aus dem Tartarus D583
Franz Schubert
Atys D585
Memnon D541
Maurice Ravel
Cinq melodies populaires grecques:
i. Chanson de la mariée
ii. Quel galant m´est comparable
iii. Tout gai!
Feliks Nowowiejski
Róże dla Safo Op, 51
i.Faon
ii. Smierć Safo
Georgios Kasassoglou
April mit dem Eros (Απρίλης με τον Έρωτα)
Im Schatten Hand in Hand (στην σκιά χειροπιασμένες)
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Benjamin Sattlecker
baritone | Austria
The Austrian baritone Benjamin Sattlecker (b. 1993) began his vocal training with the Salzburg Cathedral Boys' and Girls' Orchestra. In November 2018 he completed his bachelor's degree in singing at the Mozarteum University and is now deepening his artistic education in the Master's course in song and oratorio with KS Elisabeth Wilke and Wolfgang Holzmair, as well as in the master's course in opera and music theater with Alexander von Pfeil and Gernot Sahler . In the course of his bachelor's degree, he received valuable impulses from Helmut Deutsch, Hansjörg Albrecht and Albert Hartinger, among others.
His passion is the art song. He has already given a number of recitals, most recently Schubert's "Winterreise" together with Jobst Schneiderat on the piano. He can also be heard regularly as a soloist at concerts by the Salzburg Bach Society. Concert tours regularly take him to France and the Netherlands, e.g. B. with Handel's "Messiah" and Bach's "St. Matthew and St. John Passion".
As a singer-actor he worked in the opera productions "Owen Wingrave", "Gianni Schicchi", "Die Fledermaus" and in "Les contes d'Hoffmann" of the Mozarteum Salzburg in the roles "Owen", "Marco ", "Dr. Blind" and "Nathanaël/Spalanzani/Schlemihl" and appeared in Berlin together with the Junges Sinfonieorchester Berlin under the baton of Andreas Schulz in Mozart's "The Magic Flute" as "Papageno". He also embodied the role of "Lug mac Ethnend" in the premiere of Patrick Pföß's chamber opera "Cuchulinn".
Benjamin Sattlecker attended master classes with Jorma Hynninen and Wolfgang Holzmair. In 2012 he received first prize at the youth singing competition “Prima la musica”.
Alexandra Helldorff
piano | Austria-Russia
The Russian-Austrian conductor, pianist and harpsichordist Alexandra Helldorff can already look back on a varied stage life; successful projects with Alessandro De Marchi, Reinhard Goebel, Thomas Hengelbrock and Marc Minkowski deepen their experience in the field of early music.
Alexandra Helldorff studied conducting with Tito Ceccherini and piano with Bozidar Noev at the Tyrolean State Conservatory. At the same time, she began her extensive music studies at the Mozarteum University, where she studied piano with Karl-Heinz Kämmerling and Alexei Lubimov, choral conducting with Karl Kamper and orchestral conducting with Dennis Russell Davies. Further postgraduate studies followed with Reinhard Goebel in historical performance practice, with Hans Graf in conducting and harpsichord studies with Anne Marie Dragosits in Linz.
Since 2019, Alexandra has been the assistant to the soprano Ulrike Hofbauer, with whom she has an intensive musical collaboration, and in the singing department at the Mozarteum University, where she also supported Hansjörg Albrecht’s oratorio class on various projects from 2019 to 2021. For her excellent academic achievements, she was awarded the Bernhard Paumgartner Medal by the Mozarteum Foundation.
program
Charles Gounod
Maid of Athens CG.406
Franz Schubert
Die Götter Griechenlands
Der zürnenden Diana
Franz Schubert
Ganymed
Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren D.360
Der entsühnte Orest
Johannes Brahms
An eine Äolsharfe Op. 19, Nr.5
Hugo Wolf
Anakreons Grab
Bolko von Hochberg
Gute Nacht Op. 31, Nr.2
Maurice Ravel
Cinq melodies populaires grecques:
i. Chanson de la mariée
ii. Lá-bas, vers l´église
Georgios Kasassoglou
April mit dem Eros (Απρίλης με τον Έρωτα)
Karola Pavone
soprano | Germany-Italy
The German-Italian soprano Karola Pavone (born 1985) was born in Reggio Calabria (Italy) and received musical support at an early age. At first she received sound training in piano and viola, at the age of 17 she appeared as a solo singer; Chamber music and the art song have always been a focus of her work. She was a finalist and winner of important song competitions such as "Jugend musiziert", "Das Lied", and the International Brahms Competition in Pörtschach. In 2014 she won the song prize at the Festival Vocallis in Vaals, NL, in 2015 both the International SongDuo Competition Rhein Ruhr and the Cantando-Parlando Song Competition. In 2016 she was awarded the Young Talent Prize at the International LiedFestival in Zeist (NL) under the patronage of Robert Holl and Elly Ameling. She completed her education at the Cologne University of Music and the Opera School of the Gothenburg Universitet in Sweden. She passed her diploma with top marks, and the concert exam with multiple awards. Her teachers include Ingrid Steiner, Mechthild Georg and Hartmut Singer, master classes led to Edith Mathis, Olaf Bär, Irwin Gage, Edda Moser, Robert Holl and Graham Johnson. She continues to work with Sami Kustaloglu. Her work as a freelance concert singer takes her to the Cologne Philharmonic and the WDR, among others
Hamburg Laeiszhalle and the Gewandhaus Leipzig. Since 2016 she has been a soloist and guest in the ensemble of the Stadttheater Gießen, where she is valued as a versatile actress. She has also made guest appearances at the Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen, the Baroque Theater in Schwetzingen, the Cologne Opera and the StaatstheaterMeiningen. In 2020 her debut album with French art songs was released by Coviello Classics, and she also made her debut as a music cabaret artist in her own evening "Weibsbilder - (Self-)portraits of women with bad qualities". Karola Pavone is a scholarship holder of the Villa Musica Rheinland-Pfalz, the Jeunesses musicales Deutschland, the Richard-Wagner-Verband Köln and the German National Academic Foundation.
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piano | **
Due to other obligations, Mr. Rommelspacher cannot participate. Ms. Pavone's new pianist will be announced soon.
program
Charles Gounod
A une jeune grecque CG. 324
Franz Schubert
Die Götter Griechenlands D677
Atys D.585
Franz Schubert
Memnon D541
An die Leier D.737
Hugo Wolf
Anakreons Grab IHV 10, Nr.29
Maurice Ravel
Cinq Mélodies populaires grecques
v. Tout gai!
Jean Coulthard
Three ancient memories of Greece
i. Before the statue of Endymion
ii. What rapture could I take from song
iii. Long ago
Georgios Kasassoglou
Der Maitag (Του μαγιού ροδοφαίνεται η μέρα)
Archäische Miniatur (Αρχαϊκή μινιατούρα)