Martin Achrainer (singer)

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Martin Achrainer (* 1978 in Kitzbühel ) is an Austrian opera singer ( bass baritone ).

Life

Achrainer comes from a farming family and initially trained as a chef. Then he completed an acting training at the Max Reinhardt Seminar Vienna. He studied singing with Rotraud Hansmann at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna . His teachers include Brigitte Fassbaender , Irina Gavrilovici , Robert Holl, and Charles Spencer .

From 2004 he was engaged for four seasons at the Tiroler Landestheater , since 2006 he has been in the ensemble of the Linz Landestheater . There he played Count Almaviva, Don Giovanni, Leporello, Guglielmo, Papageno in Mozart's operas, Figaro in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia , Dandini in La Cenerentola , Raimbaud in Le comte Ory and Marcello in Puccini's La Bohème and Nekrotzar in György Ligetis Le Grand Macabre .

Achrainer sang under well-known conductors like Dietfried Bernet , Christoph Campestrini , Dennis Russell Davies , James Gaffigan , Kurt Masur , Marc Minkowski , Thomas Rösner , Reinhard Schwarz , Ralf Weikert . He is a guest at major festivals and concert halls, including a. the Bregenz Festival , the Brooklyn Academy of Music New York, the Bunkankaikan and Suntory Hall Tokyo, the Festival Hall Osaka , the Neue Oper Wien , the Salzburg Festival , the Stadt-Casino Basel and the KKL Luzern. He sang the title role in the world premiere of Philip Glass's opera Kepler . Composers such as Alexander Bălănescu , Rudolf Kelterborn , Kurt Schwertsik , Paul Engel , Ernst Ludwig Leitner and Ingo Ingensand wrote for Achrainer .

In the concert area he sang besides Glass, Henze , Kelterborn, Ligeti and Schwertsik also jazz-inspired music like Leonard Bernstein and Kurt Weill . He was also an interpreter in JS Bach's Passions and the great works of classical and romantic church music.

He worked with directors such as Brigitte Fassbaender, Isabella Gregor , Harry Kupfer , David Pountney , Olivier Tambosi and Jochen Ulrich .

Awards

Sound carrier

Achrainer can be heard on numerous international CD and DVD publications, radio and television recordings document the versatility of his musical work.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Press release of the German Education Authority of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano, South Tyrol
personal data
SURNAME Achrainer, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian opera singer (bass baritone)
DATE OF BIRTH 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Kitzbühel