Anja Kaesmacher

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Anja Kaesmacher (2011)

Anja Kaesmacher , since she married Anja Börner (born September 3, 1974 in Trier ) is a German opera singer ( soprano ), singing teacher and high school teacher .

Life

She studied with Charlotte Lehmann and Ingeborg Hallstein at the University of Music in Würzburg and completed her studies in 2000 with the opera and concert exams. She has been taught by Monika Bürgener since 2006 . In the 1997/98 season she made her debut at the Mainfranken Theater in Würzburg and was part of the house's ensemble until 2008. In 2008 she decided to go freelance.

Guest appearances have taken her to the Wiesbaden State Theater , State Theater Braunschweig , Kassel State Theater , State Theater Meiningen , Bielefeld Theater , City Theater Heidelberg , Theater Chemnitz etc. In the field of contemporary music Anja Kaesmacher worked with conductors such. B. Jun Märkl , Matthias Pintscher , Rupert Huber and the orchestras of the SWR and MDR and participates in festivals such as "Musica Viva" in Strasbourg and the festival "Eclat" in Stuttgart. The highlights include some world premieres of Manfred Trojahn's works . B. 2007 the lettera amorosa on the occasion of the reopening of the Anna Amalia Library in Weimar, Che fie di me for two sopranos and orchestra, together with the soprano Mojca Erdmann and the SWR Orchestra and in 2009 the performance of the Ariosi for soprano, clarinet and orchestra with the Württemberg Philharmonic under Trojahn's direction alongside clarinetist Sabine Meyer .

In addition to her artistic work, she studied Catholic religion and philosophy at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen from 2010 to 2011 and passed the second state examination for teaching at high schools in the subjects of music and ethics in May 2014. Anja Kaesmacher has also been qualified to teach the subject of performing games since 2015 .

She lives in Hessen, is married to the German tenor Heiko Börner and has two sons.

Repertoire (selection)

role Opera composer
Mimi La bohème Giacomo Puccini
Magda La rondine Giacomo Puccini
Margarethe fist Charles Gounod
Blanche Dialogues des Carmélites Francis Poulenc
Adina The love potion Gaetano Donizetti
Rosina The Barber of Seville Gioachino Rossini
Agathe The Freischütz Carl Maria von Weber
Vitellia La clemenza di Tito Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Donna Elvira Don Giovanni Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Giullia / Carolina Fabbri Limes from Sicily Manfred Trojahn

Awards

  • 1993 Federal Youth Music Prize in the singing category
  • In 2002 she was a scholarship holder of the Richard Wagner Verband Würzburg
  • 2003 Bavarian Art Prize in the performing arts category

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Fairy King - no utopianism. In: Opera Network. February 26, 2005, archived from the original on February 21, 2014 ; Retrieved February 3, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Michelangelo's farewell songs. Braunschweiger Zeitung , accessed on February 4, 2014 .
  3. ↑ SWR2 JetztMusik. SWR , January 30, 2008, accessed February 4, 2014 .
  4. ↑ A Prussian Oedipus. Deutschlandradio Kultur , April 17, 2009, accessed on February 4, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Stefan Reisner: Smells like mother's hair, p. 2. In: Zeit Online . October 21, 2007, accessed February 3, 2014 .
  6. ^ Thomas Ziegner: Manfred Trojahns "Ariosi" with Anja Kaesmacher and Sabine Meyer. In: Schwäbisches Tagblatt . June 24, 2009, archived from the original on September 28, 2015 ; Retrieved February 3, 2014 .
  7. ↑ Teacher training at the Philippinum. Grammar school Philippinum Weilburg , accessed on February 4, 2014 .
  8. ↑ In the gears of damned feelings. Neue Musikzeitung , June 2005, accessed on February 4, 2014 .
  9. ↑ a b A wonderful job. Trierischer Volksfreund , October 10, 2004, accessed on February 4, 2014 .
  10. ↑ Names and Facts. Oper & Tanz, accessed on February 2, 2014 (edition 2004/1).
personal data
SURNAME Kaesmacher, Anja
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Borner, Anja
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (soprano), singing teacher and high school teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd September 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH trier