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Susanne Ellen
Kirchesch

Soprano
Germany

TRAINING

  • Hanns Eisler Conservatory (Berlin); study with Thomas Quasthoff, Anneliese Fried ​‚Julia Varady, Wolfgang Rieger, Axel Bauni 
  • Master classes with Brigitte Fassbaender and Françoise Pollet 
  • Violin, piano, classical ballet

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2005: debut at the Berlin Staatsoper in the role of Nereida in Monteverdi’s Ulysses, conducted by René Jacobs 
  • Numerous concerts in Germany; also in Byelorussia, Switzerland and Albania 
  • Recitals with pianists Hendrick Heilmann and Neil Beardmore

PRIZES AND AWARDS

  • 2004: second prize at the Euriade Competition in Holland; German Stage Union
Last modified: 2007

Special prizes

  • Award for the best performance of the imposed canadian work

    $5,000
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