Ines Thomas Almeida
Ines Thomas Almeida (born June 11, 1976 in Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic ) is a lyrical singer ( mezzo-soprano ) who lives in Berlin and Lisbon and publisher of the online magazine Berlinda.org.
Life
Ines Thomas Almeida was born in the Dominican Republic and grew up bilingually in Portugal . She first studied music in Lisbon and graduated with a major in piano . She then studied singing at the University in Évora . During her vocal studies, she was named the best female student at the university for two consecutive years.
She then came to Germany and deepened her musical education by studying singing at the University of Music and Theater with Klaus Häger in Rostock , where she graduated in 2007. In her diploma examination in 2007 she sang a. a. Arias by Orfeo from the opera Orpheus and Eurydice by Christoph Willibald Gluck . During her studies she performed as a soloist in university productions and sang a. a. in October 2006 the role of Orsola in Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's opera Il Campiello . In addition, she attended master classes with Teresa Berganza , Krisztina Laki, Hanna Schwarz , Jill Feldman, Claudia Eder and Norman Shetler and also performed publicly at singing events, such as in November 2006 together with the Polish pianist Milena Piszczorowicz at the “Dechower Kulturtage 2006 “In Dechow .
In 2008 she won the international singing competition at the Rheinsberg Castle Chamber Opera and subsequently took part in several opera productions at Rheinsberg Castle . In the same year she also appeared at the “Rheinsberger Sängernacht” and presented herself to the audience with excerpts from the title role of the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet . She became a scholarship holder of the Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now .
In February 2009 she presented the concert “Poema en Forma de Canciones” with songs by Ibero-American composers at the Palacio Foz in Lisbon as part of a cultural week organized by the Embassy of the Dominican Republic. She performs regularly in Portugal, the Dominican Republic and Germany. She not only interprets the classic art songs of the Iberian region, but also performs with various Fado programs .
In 2011 she founded the online magazine Berlinda.org , which deals with the cultural exchange between Berlin and the Portuguese- speaking world. In this context, she directed the Berlinda Festival in 2012, which presented the culture of Portuguese-speaking countries in the fields of literature, film, music and art for one month in Berlin.
Web links
- Official website of Ines Thomas Almeida
- Projects by Ines Thomas Almeida
- Poema en Forma de Canciones - songs from Ibero-American countries
- Ines Thomas Almeida on Instant Encore
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Duartiano Lisboa ( Memento of the original from July 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Vita of the singer (Portuguese)
- ^ Karl-Heinz Zettl Official website of the Rostock University of Music and Theater
- ^ Dechower Kulturtage 2006 , event information from the community of Dechow from 2006
- ^ Potsdamer Neue Nachrichten: Rheinsberg Castle Singing Competition ended
- ↑ Rostock graduate won the Schloss Reinsberg singing competition
- ↑ The Ines Thomas Almeida orchestra is the winner of the Rheinsberg Castle International Singing Competition ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Rheinsberger Sängernacht rich in contrast ( memento from July 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung from July 15, 2008.
- ↑ Yehudi Menuhin Live Now ( memento of the original from October 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Scholarship holders as of January 2008
- ↑ Semana Cultural ( Memento of the original from June 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Program announcement of the Embajada de la República Dominicana en Portugal , February 2009 (Portuguese).
- ↑ "POEMA EN FORMA DE CANCIONES" - CANÇÕES IBEROAMERICANAS ( Memento of the original from June 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Concert program on the website of Casa da America Látina
- ↑ Vita of the singer (Portuguese) ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Inés Thómas Almeida en el Palacio Foz ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Concert review Lisbon
- ↑ Longing - Saudade
- ^ Die Welt in Portuguese in: Berliner Zeitung of October 15, 2012
- ↑ Dreaming in Portuguese Deutschlandradio Kultur from November 18, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thomas Almeida, Ines |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese singer (mezzo-soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic |