German opera singer
Esther Dierkes Esther Dierkes (born 9 February 1990) is a German operatic, concert and lied soprano .
Life and career
Born in Münster , Dierkes received her first voice lessons at the age of 13. She achieved first prize in the national competition Jugend musiziert . From 2009 to 2015, she studied opera singing at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts in Hedwig Fassbender 's class.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
In the autumn of 2014 Dierkes toured Poland with the Landesjugendorchester [de ] of North Rhine-Westphalia , conducted by Hubert Buchberger with concerts in the Filharmonia Wrocławska [pl ] , the Kraków Philharmonic and in the University of Warsaw .[ 4] Arnold Schoenberg , Franz Schubert , Alban Berg and Max Reger was broadcast by WDR 3 .[ 5]
Dierkes attended master classes with Gerd Uecker , Rudolf Piernay , Edith Wiens and Helmut Deutsch .[ 6] [ 1] Staatstheater Stuttgart from 2015[ 6] [ 7] Orpheus in the Underworld [ 8] Don Giovanni [ 9] Rusalka [ 10] [ 11]
She appeared at the Glyndebourne Festival as the First Lady in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte [ 6] Kölner Philharmonie , Berliner Philharmonie , Gewandhaus in Leipzig, and Alte Oper in Frankfurt. She has worked with conductors such as Hartmut Haenchen , Sylvain Cambreling , Risto Joost , Marc Soustrot , Andrew Manze , Ulf Schirmer and Bertrand de Billy .[ 1]
Personal life
Dierkes is married to the baritone Björn Bürger [ 12] [ 13]
References
Further reading
External links
International National Artists
