Tina Drole
Lisa Ochsendorf
Tina Drole
Mezzo-soprano
The Slovenian mezzo-soprano Tina Drole began her musical training at an early age with piano and organ lessons. In 2010 she intensified this at the Ljubljana Conservatory for Music and Ballet, majoring in piano and later music theory. She completed her bachelor's degree in singing at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in 2018 with distinction. The mezzo-soprano then continued her master's degree at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels, which she also graduated with honors in June 2020. Master classes with Brigitte Fassbaender, Margreet Honig and Helmut Deutsch, among others, round off her training. Tina is a finalist and winner of many national and international competitions. In November 2019 she won the third prize for Lied duo with Virgile Van Essche at the 5th International Music Competition Triomphe de l'Art in Belgium. In the past season she made brisk appearances as a concert and recital soloist. Her operatic debuts include: Third Lady - Die Zauberflöte, Sesto and Annio - La clemenza di Tito (WA Mozart), La Ciesca - Gianni Schicchi (G. Puccini), Tolomeo - Giuglio Cesare (GF Handel) and Bridesmaid - Der Freischütz (CM Weber).
Lisa Ochsendorf
pianist
Lively concert activity has taken the pianist Lisa Ochsendorf to many renowned concert centers in Germany and numerous neighboring European countries. In 2018 the pianist won second prize in the Brigitte Kempen competition. In 2019 she received the special award for the best piano accompaniment at the Paula Salomon Lindberg competition “Das Lied” in Berlin and a sponsorship award at the International Vocal Competition LiedDuo ins'Hertogenbosch. In 2020 she won the International Student LiedDuo Competition, where she also won the prize for the best interpretation of the commissioned work by Lukas Wiegerink. In the 2020/21 season she will be invited to the International Udo Reinemann Masterclasses. After completing her master's degree in song design with Prof. Ulrich Eisenlohr at the Cologne University of Music and Dance, she is currently continuing her studies with Prof. Pauliina Tukiainen in a postgraduate song duo course at the Mozarteum Salzburg. The pianist received musical impulses from, among others, Axel Bauni, Anne Le Bozec, Helmut Deutsch, Hans Eijsackers, Graham Johnson, Christoph Prégardien and Jan-Philipp Schulze.
