Meet: Kathrin Lorenzen, soprano

🪙 Interview with Kathrin Lorenzen, soprano
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Soprano Kathrin Lorenzen was born in Flensburg in 1994 and grew up on a farm owned by her family for six generations. The recent years, Kathrin established herself as a sought-after soloist and concert singer in Germany and Scandinavia. She has become particularly fond of art singing in all its forms and enjoys developing new concert concepts. She also has a strong passion for chamber music, and a regular lied duo with the pianist Oskar Ekberg. In 2023 she won 1st prize and the audience prize at the 12th International Telemann Competition in Magdeburg and was a finalist at the international competition "Voice of the Sea" on Åland. In 2024 Kathrin, won the Solistpriset ("Soloist prize"), the biggest prize awarded by the Swedish Royal Academy of Music for young musicians, being the first singer in 16 years receiving that honor. She is also 1 of 56 singers from all over the world selected for the preliminary round in Miriam Helin singing competition 2024.
She began church music studies at HMT Leipzig and sang in a wide variety of choirs and ensembles, including the German Youth Chamber Choir, the Stuttgart Chamber Choir, and the World Youth Choir. During her studies, the desire to make singing her main instrument and career grew steadily. After further organ and vocal studies at HfM Saar (under Prof. Ruth Ziesak), she moved to Stockholm in 2021, after winning auditions for permanent employment and member of the Swedish Radio Choir. At the same time, she continued her master studies in singing at KMH Stockholm under Prof. Bo Rosenkull).
Kathrin is the recipient of several scholarships: sponsor award winner from the Rotary Club in Kappeln, scholarship holder from the Nikolaus Reiser Foundation and the Richard Wagner Association in Saarbrücke, and in 2023 she was the highest ranked of all singers at the national scholarships of Swedish Royal Academy of Music.
In 2023 she won 1st prize and the audience prize at the 12th International Telemann Competition in Magdeburg and was a finalist at the international competition "Voice of the Sea" on Åland.
In 2024 Kathrin, won the Solistpriset ("Soloist prize"), the biggest prize awarded by the Swedish Royal Academy of Music for young musicians, being the first singer in 16 years receiving that honor.
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[@KatrinBazak]

Liebe Kathrin, vor 3 Jahre hörte ich Dich in Kaiserslautern und mir war sofort klar, Deine Stimme und Du, Ihr seid fantastisch. Alles zusammen ein besonderes Geschenk. Alles erdenklich Gute, hoffentlich dürfen wir noch vieles von Dir hören.

[@ChristianLindbergTrombone]

Det här är så intressant! Att lära känna människan bakom musiken!