Esther Valentin

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Esther Valentin (* 1993 in Heidelberg ) is a German concert singer with a mezzo-soprano voice .

biography

Esther Valentin is the daughter of the soprano Eva Lebherz-Valentin and the music teacher Michael Valentin. She first played the cello, then also the trumpet and discovered classical singing through lessons with her father and from 2011 with the soprano Monica Pick-Hieronimi . From 2012 to 2018 she studied singing with Mario Hoff at the Cologne University of Music and Dance . In addition, she received artistic impulses from Brigitte Fassbaender , Graham Johnson , Benjamin Appl , Thomas Quasthoff , Wolfram Rieger , Michael Gees , Axel Bauni, Ruth Ziesack , Stefan Irmer, Birgit Remmert , Klesie Kelly-Moog, Dalia Schaechter, Renée Morloc and Christine Oelze .

As a lieder singer, Esther Valentin maintains a varied repertoire from all stylistic epochs from the Viennese classic to contemporary works. With the pianist Anastasia Grishutina , she has formed a lied duo since 2016, which was given the opportunity to record its debut CD Amors Spiel through its success at the Dortmund International Schubert Competition in 2018 and which the Südwestrundfunk is promoting from 2019 to 2022 as part of SWR2 New Talent . Even as an interpreter of orchestral songs they appeared on the scene, such as a performance of Richard Wagner 's Wesendonck Lieder with the Folkwang Chamber Orchestra Essen in February 2020th

Prizes and awards

Discography

  • Cupid's play : songs by Bolcom, Wolf, Schubert, Haydn, Mozart, Eggert, Pfitzner, Schönberg. At the piano: Anastasia Grishutina . CD, GWK Records, 2018.
  • Antonio Salieri: Cantatas . With Esther Valentin as a soloist and the Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra under Timo Jouko Herrmann. CD, Hänssler, 2019.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Esther Valentin from Heidelberg wins the audience award. In: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung. October 10, 2018, accessed November 27, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Esther Valentin, biography. In: Opera Musica. Retrieved November 29, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b Lied recital with Esther Valentin & Anastasia Grishutina. International Schubert Festival Dortmund, accessed on November 28, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Esther Valentin, mezzo-soprano, playlist with song recordings. In: YouTube. Retrieved November 28, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Candidates & Repertoire 53rd International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch - LiedDuo 2019. International Vocal Competition s'Hertogenbosch, November 5, 2019, accessed on November 28, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Ekkehard Pluta: CD review of Amors Spiel. In: Classic today. August 6, 2019, accessed November 28, 2019 .
  7. ↑ The Lied duo Esther Valentin and Anastasia Grishutina. SWR2, accessed November 27, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Klaus Albrecht: Folkwang Chamber Orchestra gives a gift for Valentine's Day. In: NRZ. February 15, 2020, accessed February 16, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Prize winners' concert Bruno Frey Music Prize 2018. Landesakademie Ochsenhausen, accessed on November 28, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Live stream of the Final of the 53rd IVC LiedDuo Competition in 's-Hertogenbosch. In: YouTube. November 24, 2014, accessed November 28, 2019 .
  11. ↑ GWK Records website. GWK - Society for the Promotion of Westphalian Cultural Work, accessed on November 27, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Michael Cookson: Antonio SALIERI (1750-1825) Strictly Private (CD review). In: MusicWeb International. Retrieved March 4, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Valentin, Esther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German concert singer with a mezzo-soprano voice
DATE OF BIRTH 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg