Katia Plaschka

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Katia Plaschka is a German opera singer ( soprano ). She uses her coloratura soprano mainly in oratorio and in contemporary opera.

Life

Katia Plaschka studied singing at the Frankfurt University of Music with Gunnel Tasch – Ohlsson until 2002 . She also studied with Heidrun Kordes . In the field of historical performance practice , she worked with Thomas Hengelbrock and Frieder Bernius , among others . She is involved in the catchy tune project, an educational music project for elementary school children.

Opera

In 2001 she was the "high soprano" in music by Luigi Nono in a concert performance as part of the series Zeitfluss at the Salzburg Festival of his work Io, Frammento da Prometeo , excerpts from his Prometeo for three soprano voices, small choir, bass flute, double bass clarinet and live Electronics (1981) in the Kollegienkirche, Salzburg . The performance was recorded and published in 2004. The recording received the German Record Critics' Prize in 2004 in the choral works category.

Katia Plaschka works with the Wiener Taschenoper , which specializes in experimental contemporary opera. In 2003 she took part in the world premiere of Wolfgang Mitterer's opera massacre , which was staged as part of the Wiener Festwochen by Joachim Schlömer and conducted by Peter Rundel . In 2004 she was the singer in Mitterer's dance piece Labyrinth for soprano and electronics in the Semperdepot in Vienna, choreographed by Saskia Hölbling for her group DANS.KIAS.

Concerts

Katia Plaschka mainly works as a soloist in oratorio performances. With the Marburg Bach Choir she sang Haydn's Stabat Mater (2004), Handel's Messiah (2005) and Bach's Johannes Passion . In 2003 she performed Handel's Gloria in the Union Church, Idstein , which was only ascribed to the composer in 2001, and with the St. Martin Choir and the Martinis Chamber Choir his Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate . In St. Martin, Idstein , she sang Bach's Christmas Oratorio (2004), Buxtehude's Membra Jesu Nostri (2007) and Mozart's Great Mass in C minor (2008). In 2009 she sang in Bach's St. Matthew Passion with Ulrich Cordes as evangelist , Andreas Pruys ( Vox Christi ) and Klaus Mertens , and in 2011 she was the soprano in Handel's Messiah with Andreas Scholl , Ulrich Cordes and Markus Flaig .

In 2005 she performed Monteverdi's Marienvesper with the Frankfurter Kantorei . In 2007 she sang Poulenc's Gloria and John Rutter's Magnificat in the Rheingau Cathedral in Geisenheim with the Neue Rheingauer Kantorei . In 2009 she performed parts I – III of Bach's Christmas Oratorio in the Speyer Cathedral , conducted by the cathedral conductor Markus Melchiori .

Balthasar Neumann Choir

Katia Plaschka is a member of Thomas Hengelbrock's Balthasar Neumann Choir . Among other things, she performed in Bach cantatas at the Dortmund Konzerthaus and in Mozart's Idomeneo at the Barbican Center .

Recordings

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Frankfurter Kantorei / Marienvesper (PDF; 1.6 MB) Frankfurter Kantorei. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  2. ↑ A music project for elementary schools . ohrwurm-projekt.de. 2010. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  3. ^ Luigi Nono ( English ) Salzburg Festival. 2011. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  4. ^ Gary Higginson: Luigi Nono (1924-1990) / Io, Frammento da Prometeo ( English ) musicweb-international.com. 2004. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  5. ↑ John Story: Nono: Io, Frammento Dal Prometeo, Etc / Andre Richard, Et Al ( English ) Fanfare . 2004. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  6. ↑ a b Prize of the German Record Critics 2/2004 . New music newspaper. May 30, 2004. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  7. ↑ massacre (2003) . Joachim Schlömer. 2003. Archived from the original on October 4, 2011. Retrieved on September 13, 2011.
  8. ^ Gerhard Rohde: Violence - musicalized and choreographed / Wolfgang Mitterer's “Massacre” premiered at the Wiener Festwochen . new music newspaper. 2003. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  9. ^ Labyrinth / Saskia Hölbling and Katia Plaschka at the Semper Depot . taschenoper.at. December 5, 2004. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  10. ↑ Labyrinth . La Vie Viennese. December 13, 2004. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  11. ↑ Labyrinth, reviews . dans.kias.at. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  12. ↑ Concert Chronicle . marburger-bachchor.de. 2010. Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved on September 13, 2011.
  13. ↑ Daniel Honsack: Powerful, velvety and gripping . Wiesbadener Tagblatt. April 7, 2009. Archived from the original on June 9, 2012. Retrieved on November 4, 2010.
  14. ↑ Doris Kösterke: Sublime inner peace . Wiesbaden courier. September 20, 2011. Archived from the original on March 27, 2012. Retrieved on September 20, 2011.
  15. ^ F. Poulenc: Gloria / J. Rutter: Magnificat . New Rheingau Cantorei. 2007. Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  16. ↑ JS Bach Christmas Oratorio 1 - 3 . Speyer . December 18, 2009. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved on September 14, 2011.
  17. ↑ Balthasar Neumann Choir and Soloists . Dortmund Concert Hall . March 28, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2011.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.konzerthaus-dortmund.de
  18. ↑ Mozart Idomeneo, re di Creta ( English , PDF; 9.8 MB) Barbican Center . June 11, 2011. Archived from the original on November 2, 2016. Retrieved on September 29, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Plaschka, Katia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century