Voice 2022 – Art Song Division
Semifinalist
Baritone
2022: When he performs in recital of songs, Stockholm-born Arvid Fagerfjäll aims to make his audience feel as passionately about them as he does. The Swedish baritone comes to the Concours with international experience in art song competitions. He has competed in Denmark and Germany, and won first prize at the International Vocal Competition in the Netherlands. In 2020 he received the Larsén-Todsen Foundation scholarship, named for the late Swedish Wagnerian soprano Nanny Larsén-Todsen.
Based in Germany, Arvid Fagerfjäll sings roles in The Barber of Seville, Die Fledermaus, and more on stages in Leipzig and Hannover. This season, he made his debut at Theater Aachen in Philip Glass’ La Belle et la Bête.
Training
2018-2021: HMTM Hannover, Artist Diploma
Principal Teachers
- Professor Jan-Philip Schulze, Lied interpretation, 2017-2021
- Professor Peter Anton Ling, Voice teacher, 2017-2021
Prizes and Awards
- 2021: First prize, International Voice Competitions’-Hertogenbosch Lied-Duo competition
Programme
FIRST ROUND
FRANZ SCHUBERT Gruppe aus dem Tartarus, D. 583
FRANZ SCHUBERT Memnon, D. 541
BENJAMIN BRITTEN The Tyger
(Songs And Proverbs of William Blake, Op. 74)
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Youth and Love
(Songs of Travel)
FRANCIS POULENC La belle jeunesse
(Chanson gaillardes, FP. 42)
SEMIFINAL
ÉDOUARD LALO, Chanson à boire
(Chansons pour voix et piano, Op. 17)
HUGO WOLF Was in der Schenke waren Heute
(Goethe-Lieder)
HUGO WOLF Geselle, woll’n wir uns in Kutten hüllen
(Italienisches Liederbuch, Vol. I)
ARIBERT REIMANN And I have sat • Yea, for this love of mine
(Shine and Dark)
GUSTAV HOLST Martus (Stormclouds)
(Hymns from the Rig Veda, Op. 24)
ALEXANDER VON ZEMLINSKY Und hat der Tag all seine Qual
(4 Gesänge, Op. 8)
MAURICE RAVEL Le cygne
(Histoires naturelles)
GABRIEL FAURÉ La fleur qui va sur l’eau
(3 Mélodies, Op. 85)
ROBERT SCHUMANN Mit Myrten und Rosen
(Liederkreis, Op. 24)
Pianist: Malte Schäfer
Arvid Fagerfjäll is generously sponsored by Louise Roy
