Lied the Future 2024
Professors

Christiane Iven & Wolfram Rieger
Johannes Martin Kränzle

Artists
Èlia Farreras
Èlia Farreras-Cabero

Èlia Farreras-Cabero, born in 1999, studied with Elisenda Cabero at the Escola de Música i Conservatori Professional de Sabadell. She is currently studying at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin with Britta Schwarz. She complements her studies with great specialists, including Wolfram Rieger, Martin Bruns, Christoph Prégardien, Thomas Quasthoff, Lluís Vilamajor or Ulrich Messthale. She has performed in such emblematic halls as the Konzerthaus in Berlin, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, the Palau de la Música Catalana, L'Atlantida in Vic or La Farándula in Sabadell.

Lucas Huber Sierra
Lucas Huber Sierra

Lucas Huber Sierra was raised in Madrid, where he began his musical training. He completed his studies in Cologne and Lübeck with the highest marks in the classes of Joseph Anto Scherrer and Konrad Elser. Further mentors include Claudio Martínez Mehner, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Anthony Spiri, Thomas Quasthoff and Christoph Prégardien. During the academic course 24/25 he is a scholarship holder of the Heidelberger Frühling lied academy, under the artistic direction of Thomas Hampson. In addition to his occupation as a piano teacher, he works as an accompanist at the HfM Hanns Eisler for the voice class of Stephan Rügamer. As a prize winner of major international competitions, Lucas has recorded for broadcasts by various German radio stations. Currently, he is studying song accompaniment with Wolfram Rieger in Berlin.

Inés López
Inés López

Nascuda en 1999, es va graduar a l'Escuela Superior de Canto de Madrid (ESCM) el 2022 i hi va rebre el premi de l'Asociación de Amigos de la ESCM al Premio Fin de Carrera Lola Rodríguez Aragón. Ha estat guardonada també amb el 2n premi i el premi Nuevo Talento en el III Concurso Nacional de Canto “Ciudad de Albacete”, el Premio de Zarzuela en el XXXIX Concurso Internacional de Canto “Ciudad de Logroño” i el 2n Premi i el Premio de Zarzuela en el II Concurso Internacional de Canto “Alcalá de Henares”. Va ser finalista en el IX Concurso Internacional de Canto “Alfredo Kraus” i ha estat beneficiària de la beca Deutschlandstipendium. Actualment, realitza un màster d'òpera en la Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst de Stuttgart. En el terreny del lied, va ser seleccionada com LIFE New Artist pel Lied Festival Victoria de los Ángeles i col·labora sovint amb el pianista Jesús López Blanco.

Jesús López Blanco
Jesús López Blanco

Llicenciat en Piano a Musikene i en Història i Ciències de la Música a la Universitat de La Rioja, aquest pianista gallec (Lugo,1990) s'especialitza en música de cambra i acompanyament vocal. Cursa el màster de Lied “Victoria de los Ángeles” a l'ESMUC becat pot la Fundació Victoria de los Ángeles, i un màster de Liedgestaltung a la Hochschule für Musik de Freiburg im Breisgau. Guardonat com a integrant de duos de cant i piano en diversos concursos, la seva activitat com a intèrpret l'ha dut a tocar a Alemanya, Itàlia, França i Espanya, participant en festivals com Volcadiva, LIFE Victoria o la Schubertíada, i acompanyant Josep Ramon Olivé, Cecilia Rodríguez, Belén Roig, Sebastià Peris, o Rocío Pérez. Actualment, compatibilitza la seva faceta interpretativa amb la docència en el Conservatori Superior de Música de les Illes Balears i l'Escola Superior de Canto de Madrid.

Aleksandra Myslek
Aleksandra Myslek

The prize-winner of national and international competitions, including the Robert Schumann International Competition in Poland and Frédéric Chopin International Competition in Hungary, and having won two of the chamber music prizes at the Royal Academy of Music, Aleksandra established herself as a sought-after chamber musician and now cooperates with both instrumentalists and singers. Aleksandra is a staff pianist at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire and at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama as well as a frequent guest at the Royal Academy of Music, where she works as an accompanist and a piano and ensemble tutor for the Widening Participation Department. She was a Santander Encuentro de Música, Leeds Lieder, and Solti Accademia Young Artist and is a Britten Pears Young Artist 2023-24. 2024 is a year of her Carnegie Hall debut as a participant of the Renée Fleming Song Studio.

Teodora Oprisor
Teodora Oprisor

Romanian pianist Teodora Oprișor specializes in collaborating with singers. Passionate about the art song repertoire, she has performed recitals in major venues and festivals such as the Wigmore Hall, Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin, LIFE Victoria Festival or Musée d’Orsay. Having studied piano performance at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar, she then pursued her Master’s Degree in Piano Accompaniment at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She is a former scholar of the Heidelberg Lied Academy, the Académie Orsay-Royaumont and the Yehudi Menuhin LIFE Music Now Foundation. Teodora performs regularly with her duo partner, baritone Michael Arivony. Together, they have won the 1st prize at the International Student Lied Duo Competition in Groningen (2020), 3rd prize at the Das Lied Competition in Heidelberg (2019). Teodora is currently based in San Sebastián (Spain), where she is the pianist of the Orfeón Donostiarra choir.

Florian Stoertz
Florian Stoertz

Florian Stoertz won in 2023 the International Handel Singing Competition, the Helmut Deutsch Song Competition and the Prix de mélodie at the International Voice-Piano Competition 'Lili et Nadia Boulanger' in Paris. On the recital stage, Florian’s recent appearances include French song concerts at Salle Cortot and Wigmore Hall, as well as at song festivals in Zeist and Leeds. The current season further sees his recital debut alongside pianist Helmut Deutsch at the International Music Festival Zell am See. Operatic roles include, among others, Bartolo (Le nozze di Figaro), Masetto and Commendatore (Don Giovanni). Florian is an alumnus of the Royal Academy of Music, London where during his studies he was awarded first prizes for both opera and song recitals, as well as the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme. Having enjoyed his musical upbringing in the vocal music scene around Trier Cathedral (Germany), he is now based in London.

Eva Zalenga
Eva Zalenga

Born in Biberach (Baden-Württemberg), she received her first singing lessons at a very young age. At the age of fourteen, she gave her first solo concerts and received a "Jugend musiziert" prize. She studied in Dresden and Leipzig; her training was complemented by masterclasses with Vesselina Kasarova, Rudolf Piernay, Christine Schäfer, and Hedwig Fassbender, among others. Eva Zalenga is the winner of the SWR Junge Opernstars 2023, a competition where she also received the Emmerich Smola Förderpreis and the Orchestra Prize of the Deutschen Radio Philharmonie. In 2023, she also won the International Music Competition Vienna. She recently debuted as Sophie (Werther) and Adele (Die Fledermaus) and is a member of the opera companies at the theaters of St. Gallen and Regensburg. Passionate about song, her debut CD will soon be released, featuring pianist Doriana Tchakarova, which includes recordings of premieres and rarely recorded romantic pieces.