8th International NEUE STIMMEN Master Class 2010
The 8th international NEUE STIMMEN Master Class took place in Gütersloh from November 13 to 23, 2010. The jury of the most recent NEUE STIMMEN competition invited the following young singers to participate:
- John Norris coaching singer Catalina Cuervo
1. Catalina Cuervo, Colombia, soprano
2. Angel Ruz Gomez, Mexico, tenor
3. Sofia Gordeladze, Georgia, soprano
4. Chia-Ling Ho,Taiwan, soprano
5. Barbara Majewska, Poland, mezzo-soprano
6. Julian Orlishausen, Germany, baritone
7. Carlos Osuna, Mexico, tenor
8. Anna Princeva, Russia, soprano
9. Fernando Radó, Argentina, bass
10. Iurii Samoilov, Ukraine, baritone
11. Cigdem Soyarslan, Turkey, soprano
12. Amanda Tarver, USA, mezzo-soprano
13. Narine Yeghiyan, Armenia, soprano
14. Yuan Zhang, China, soprano
- Francisco Araíza working with Bariton Julian Orlishausen
In addition to our artistic director, Gustav Kuhn, this year we were especially pleased to welcome Francisco Araiza, John Norris and, for the first time, American mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry. During the Master Class, the four instructors worked with our participant to rehearse opera and concert arias, ensembles and lieder, concentrating on musical, technical and performance aspects.
To offer you a glimpse of the exciting work that was going on with these young singers, we allowed observers to attend the lessons taught by one of our instructors each day between November 15 and 18.
This year, for the first time, the private final concert at the Bertelsmann Stiftung was followed by a gala Master Class concert at the Gütersloh Theater on November 23, 2010, which was open to the public.
- Liz Mohn and Francisco Araíza during the first rehearsal at the Bertelsmann Stiftung
- First rehearsal with all 14 Master Class Singers
- Anna Princeva and the "3 Knaben" of Mozarts Zauberflöte.
- Nearly chanced the kiss: Narine Yeghiyan and Iurii Samoilov
