Canadian soprano Edith Wiens embraces a vast repertoire, ranging from the baroque to the contemporary. She has collaborated with the world’s foremost conductors and orchestras, including the New York, Berlin, London, Munich, and Israel philharmonic orchestras; the Boston, Chicago, Toronto, Montréal, and San Francisco symphonies; the Dresden Staatskapelle; the Cleveland Orchestra; and the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, working with such conductors as Daniel Barenboim, Sir Colin Davis, Charles Dutoit, Bernard Haitink, Sir Neville Marriner, Kurt Masur, Seiji Ozawa, Wolfgang Sawallisch, and Sir Georg Solti. Especially renowned as a lieder singer of the highest order, Ms. Wiens has given recitals around the globe, and has been warmly welcomed at the world’s greatest festivals. Her operatic appearances include principal Mozart roles at La Scala, Glyndebourne, Buenos Aires’ Teatro Colón, and at the operas of Santa Fe, Amsterdam, and Tokyo. Edith Wiens is an Officer of the Order of Canada, and the recipient of several honorary doctorate degrees. She regularly serves as a jury member at international competitions, and holds master classes in Europe and North America. Prof. Wiens is the Artistic Director of the Internationale Meistersinger Akademie. In the fall of 2010, Edith Wiens joined the voice department of the Juilliard School of Music in New York.
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