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The Austrian soprano, Stephanie Pfeffer, obtained her Bachelor of Music degree in Voice with first class honours from the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) in Manchester (2009-2011) and won in 2011 the renowned RNCM Gold Medal, the highest accolade for performance at the college. She finished the International Artist Diploma at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK) in Switzerland, where she also completed her Masters degree, both with first class honours. She has participated in master-classes with artists including Julius Drake, Marijana Mijanovic and Brigitte Fassbaender. She was a finalist of the a finalist of the International Bach Competition in Leipzig, International Song Competition Das Lied in Berlin, winner of the Brigitte Fassbänder Award for Lied, the Alexander Young Competition and the John Petty English Song Competition, and has benefitted from the support of the Foundation Elsy Meyer, the Foundation Marguerite Meister and the LYRA Foundation.
Stephanie Pfeffer has worked with conductors such as Philippe Herreweghe, Ton Koopman and David Zinman. Her international work has already led the young Artist to collaborations with f.e. the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Bayerischen Philharmonie, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester and Barockorchester L'arpa festante.
Next to her work as a soloist in the fields of church- and chamber music, Stephanie Pfeffer joins regularly several professional vocal ensembles, f.e. Collegium Vocale Gent (Director: Philippe Herreweghe), Nederlandse Bachvereniging (Director: Jos van Veldhoven).
Stephanie Pfeffer has also been on the opera stage in various roles. Recently, she gave her debut as Papagena in W.A. Mozart's Die Zauberflöte at the summer opera Schloss Hallwyl with the Argovia Philharmonie under the baton of Douglas Bostock. Last summer she played the part of Frasquita in Georges Bizet's Carmen with Opera Viva in the canton of Grisons in Switzerland.
With her accompaniest Jens Fuhr Stephanie Pfeffer just recorded her first Solo CD including songs from German and English composers, including among others F. Schubert, Benjamin Britten and W. Rihm, which will be released coming February. |
