Auditions for the Oxford Lieder Young Artist Platform
05 March 2016, 11:15 - 18:15
Concert
Holywell St
Oxford
OX1 3BN
- Christine Zerafa (Pianist)
- Julien Van Mellearts (Baritone)
- Chloë Treharne (Mezzo-Soprano)
- Lorena Paz Nieto (Soprano)
- Panaretos Kyriatzidis (Pianist)
- Nika Gorič (Soprano)
- Suzanne Fischer (Soprano)
- Lucy Colquhoun (Pianist)
- Johan Barnoin (Pianist)
- Lana Bode (Pianist)
- Susan Gritton (Soprano)
- Eugene Asti (Pianist)
Six exceptional young duos give audition recitals, open to the public and adjudicated by Susan Gritton and Eugene Asti. We received an unprecedented number of high calibre applications this year and have selected six outstanding duos to give a 40-minute recital.
AUDITION RECITAL SCHEDULE
11.15am to 11.55am: Suzanne Fischer, soprano & Panaretos Kyriatzidis, piano
12.15pm to 12.55pm: Julien van Mellaerts, baritone & Lucy Colquhoun, piano
Break
2pm to 2.40pm: Nika Goric, soprano & Christine Zerafa, piano
3pm to 3.40pm: Peter Aisher, tenor & Lucy Colquhoun, piano
Break
4.15pm to 4.55pm: Lorena Paz, soprano & Johan Barnoin, piano
5.15pm to 5.55pm: Chloe Treharne, mezzo-soprano & Lana Bode, piano
Audition recitals will be shortly followed by the adjudication
Each duo is assessed for their musicianship, communication and programming. Two duos are then selected to be Oxford Lieder's 'ambassadors for song' and give a series of concerts in music clubs, societies and festivals around the country, supported by Oxford Lieder, as well as a recital at the Lieder Festival in October. Expect an exceptionally high standard of performance, a wide range of repertoire and a thrilling day of music making.
AUDITION RECITAL PROGRAMMES
Suzanne Fischer, soprano & Panaretos Kyriatzidis, piano
Schubert
Suleika I
Die Gebüsche
Die Sternennächte
Die Junge Nonne
Nachthymne
Messiaen
Poèmes pour Mi
I. Action de grâces
Strauss
Brentano Lieder (Op. 68)
An die Nacht
Ich wollt’ ein Sträußlein binden
Amor
Julien van Mellaerts, baritone & Lucy Colquhoun, piano
Schubert
An Schwager kronos
Wanderers Nachtlied II
Debussy
Fêtes Galantes II
Quilter
Fear No More the Heat o' the Sun
Finzi
It was a lover and his lass
Wolf
Ganymed
Nächtliche Wanderung
Strauss
Lied des Steinklopfers
Lob des Leidens
Caecilie
Nika Goric, soprano & Christine Zerafa, piano
Brahms
Juchhe!
Meine Liebe ist grün
Liebestreu
Debussy
Ariettes oubliées
Spleen
Green
Berg
7 Frühe Lieder
Nacht
Schilflied
Die Nachtigall
Traumgekrönt
Im Zimmer
Liebesode
Sommertage
Chausson
Le Colibri
Lili Boulanger
Les lilas qui avaient fleuri
Rimsky-Korsakov
It was not the wind
Rachmaninoff
Spring Waters
Peter Aisher, tenor & Lucy Colquhoun, piano
Schubert
Waldesnacht, D708
Nachtstück, D672
Die Taubenpost, D965a
Hugo Wolf
Mörike-Lieder
33: Peregrina 1
34: Peregrina 11
53: Abschied
Schumann
Nachtlied, Op. 96 no. 1
Es leuchtet meine Liebe, Op. 127 no. 3
Henri Duparc
Le Galop
Rachmaninoff
А-у! (“A-oo” / The Quest) Op. 38 no. 6
Крысолов (The Rat-Catcher) Op. 38 no. 4
Буря (The Storm) Op. 34 no. 3
Lorena Paz, soprano & Johan Barnoin, piano
Strauss
Drei Lieder der Ophelia
1 Wie erkenn ich mein Treulieb vor andern nun
2 Guten Morgen, ‘s ist Sankt Valentinstag
3 Sie trugen ihn auf der Bahre bloß
Rachmaninov
Dreams
How fair the spot by
Wolf
Spanisches Liederbuch
Wehe der, die mir verstrickte
Turina
Cycle Canto a Sevilla
II. Semana Santa
III. Las fuentecitas del parque from Canto a Sevilla by Turina
V. El fantasma
VI La Giralda from Canto a Sevilla by Turina
Chloë Treharne, mezzo-soprano & Lana Bode, piano
Schubert
Rastlose Liebe
An den Mond (Geuß lieber Mond)
Mahler
Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht (from Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
Rheinlegendchen (from Des Kaben Wunderhorn)
Wolf
Auch kleine Dinge (from Italienisches Liederbuch)
Die ihr schwebet (from Spanisches Liederbuch)
Schoenberg
Schenk mir deinen goldenen Kamm (from Op. 2)
Barber
Nocturne
Duparc
Chanson triste
Au pays ou se fait la guerre
Debussy
Spleen (from Ariettes Oubliees)
Rosenthal
La Souris L’angleterre
See ARTISTS for biographies.
Read more about the Oxford Lieder Young Artist Platform here.
Christine Zerafa
Christine Zerafa
Pianist
Londonbased Maltese pianist Christine Zerafa has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician in various concert series and festivals around the UK and overseas. Performances have taken her to venues in Italy, Malta, England, France, Poland, and the United States, including the Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, Royal Albert Hall (Elgar Room), St John Smith Square, St Martin in the Fields, St James Piccadilly, the Malta Arts Festival and Victoria Arts Festival, amongst others. She has been described as “a natural music... Read Full Biography
Julien Van Mellearts
Julien Van Mellearts
Baritone
Winner of the 2017 Wigmore Hall / Kohn Foundation International Song Competition, 2017 Kathleen Ferrier Awards, awarded a 2016 Kiwi Music Scholarship, a 2016 Countess of Munster Award, Winner of the 2016 Brooks-van der Pump English Song Competition, the 2016 Joan Chissell Schumann Prize and Winner of the 2015 Maureen Lehane Vocal Arts Award, British / New Zealand baritone Julien Van Mellaerts studied at the University of Otago, before joining the International Opera School of the Royal College of Music. His studies have been supported by the... Read Full Biography
Chloë Treharne
Chloë Treharne
Mezzo-Soprano
Kentish mezzo Chloë Treharne currently studies on the prestigious Opera Course at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. She also holds MMus (Distinction) and BMus (Hons) First Class degrees from the Guildhall School. She is grateful for the support of the Salters’ Company for their support of her studies. Chloë made her professional opera debut in 2014 as a Christine Collins Young Artist at Opera Holland Park singing the role of Rosina in Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia. She went on to cover the role of T... Read Full Biography
Lorena Paz Nieto
Lorena Paz Nieto
Soprano
Spanish soprano Lorena Paz Nieto is a previous winner of the Oxford Lieder Young Artist Platform, and the Ludmilla Andrews Russian Song Prize. Lorena’s operatic roles include Morgana in Handel's Alcina, Drusilla, Fortuna and Pallade in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea, Amore in Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria for the Grange Festival, Barbarina in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, Diane in Offenbach’s Orpheè aus Enfers, Pannochka in Rimsky-Korsakov’s May Night and Cis i... Read Full Biography
Panaretos Kyriatzidis
Panaretos Kyriatzidis
Pianist
An Oxford Lieder Young Artist, Panaretos Kyriatzidis is increasingly sought after as a collaborative performer. Recent highlights include winning joint first prize at the Gerald Moore Award and reaching the finals of the Kathleen Ferrier Awards and the Wigmore Hall / Kohn Foundation International Song Competition with baritone James Newby. After finishing his postgraduate studies with Martino Tirimo, Eugene Asti and Philip Fowke, Panaretos was a Junior Fellow in Piano Accompaniment for two years at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and... Read Full Biography
Nika Gorič
Nika Gorič
Soprano
Slovenian soprano Nika Gorič began her vocal studies alongside her ballet training at the Ballet and Music School in Maribor, graduating in 2009. She obtained her BA from the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Austria, and completed her Master’s degree in Performance, with Distinction, at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She is currently continuing her studies on the Royal Academy Opera course under the tutelage of Lillian Watson and Jonathan Papp. Nika’s studies are generously supported by the Charles Mackerras O... Read Full Biography
Suzanne Fischer
Suzanne Fischer
Soprano
A Britten-Pears Young Artist, Suzanne Fischer won the Förderpreis at Das Lied in 2015, the Pavarotti Prize at the 65th Viotti Competition, Italy, and represented Oxford Lieder Festival throughout 16/17 giving recitals for their Young Artist Platform. Other season highlights included Berta Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Cuvilliés Theater in Munich and Elsie Suddaby in Ralph Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Jurowski. Suzanne also sang Schumann’s Mignon settings with b... Read Full Biography
Lucy Colquhoun
Lucy Colquhoun
Pianist
Lucy Colquhoun graduated from the Royal College of Music, studying with Roger Vignoles. During her time at the College she won all the major prizes for piano accompaniment, including the Alisdair Graham Prize for Piano Accompaniment (English Song), the Joan Chissel Schumann Prize and the Titanic Memoriam Prize in the Lies Askonas Singing Competition. Lucy was also recipient of the Douglas and Hilda Simmonds Award, the Kendall Taylor Award, and a scholarship from the Honourable Society of the Knights of the Round Table. This year she was wi... Read Full Biography
Johan Barnoin
Johan Barnoin
Pianist
Johan Barnoin was born and raised in Nice, France. He took an interest in music from an early age and began playing the piano at 7 years old. For 11 years Johan studied under Cecile Collin, at Conservatoire de Nice. At the conservatoire he took part in many master classes with professors including; Phillipe Bianconi, Prisca Benoit and Michael Levinas. At the age of 14 he was selected to play for a Steinway piano event with Claude Bowling. After graduating from Conservatoire de Nice, Johan was selected as “young talent” and gaine... Read Full Biography
Lana Bode
Lana Bode
Pianist
Lana Bode is an American-British pianist, programmer and artistic director, highly acclaimed for her performances of contemporary music and innovative cross-arts programming. She performs as a solo pianist and in collaboration with leading singers and instrumentalists including Marcus Farnsworth, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Robert Murray, Mark Padmore and James Turnbull. Lana’s recital career has taken her from major London venues to festivals around the UK including Aldeburgh Festival, Barbican Hall, Kings Place, Purcell Room, Snape P... Read Full Biography
Susan Gritton
Susan Gritton
Soprano
Winner of the 1994 Kathleen Ferrier Award, Susan Gritton is one of the most accomplished lyric sopranos of her generation, acclaimed for her versatility in roles ranging from Handel and Mozart to Britten, Janáček and Strauss. Notable operatic appearances include Liù, Micäela and Mařenka (Royal Opera House), Ellen Orford (La Scala, Milan, Opera Australia and Tokyo), the Governess and Female Chorus (Aldeburgh), Konstanze (Bavarian State Opera and Berlin State Opera), Fiordiligi, Vittelia, Rodelinda and Blanche de la Force... Read Full Biography
Eugene Asti
Eugene Asti
Pianist
Eugene Asti studied at the Mannes College of Music, New York with Jeannette Haien where he earned his B.Mus. and M.A. and subsequently studied piano accompaniment with Graham Johnson at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Eugene currently teaches at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is Vocal Accompaniment Coordinator at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and regularly gives masterclasses both in the UK and abroad. One of the foremost accompanists of his generation, he has performed with many great arti... Read Full BiographyThis event is part of a series:
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