Sophia Bart
Assistant Professor for Vocals sophia.bart(at)rsh-duesseldorf.de
www.sophiabart.com Sophia Bart was born in southern Germany in Saulgau, Baden-Württemberg. She took vocal studies at the University of Music in Karlsruhe under Prof. Erika Markgraf and piano studies under Prof. Günter Reinhold. She graduated both subjects with distinction, completed her vocal studies with the diploma for song and oratorio and the degree in opera. In 1982 she was the first prize-winner at the VDMK competition in the opera category. She attended several master classes with Giuletta Simionato and chamber singer Sena Jurinac. After her studies she worked at Saarbrücken State Theatre, where she sung a broad repertoire in the mezzo soprano range. Her second appointment was spent at the Bern City Theatre. In 1987 she was engaged by Eberhard Wächter at the Volksoper opera house in Vienna, where she successfully made her début as Rosina from the Barber of Seville. Many other parts followed, from Mozart to Richard Strauss. She made guest appearances on numerous stages in Austria, Switzerland and in Germany. Since 1990 she has been self-employed. Besides her operatic career she has given several recitals and has made radio recordings with SWR Stuttgart and the Austrian broadcasting company ORF. The mezzo soprano particularly distinguishes herself in Russian and French songs. A radio recording from the French repertoire with the cycle of Olivier Messiaen Poèmes pour Mi is particularly excellent. She has taken part in a recording of the opera Stephen Climax by Hans Zender during the Steirischer Herbst festival in Graz. Numerous guest performances followed in Austria, Germany and Poland in concert performance and oratorio, which included singing the alto solo in Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 in the Philharmonic hall in Krakow. Together with famous soloists, she has contributed to a Christmas recording with two arias from the Christmas oratorio of Johann Sebastian Bach for the German television broadcaster ZDF. Moreover, she has attracted great attention in Poland with her performance for a television recording under the direction of Prof. S. Stuligrosz. Sophia Bart sings under famous conductors such as Jiri Kout, Jun Märkl, Claus Weise, Franz Möst and Erich Binder. In addition to her active concert work she is assistant professor for Vocals and for Didactics and Methodology in Vocal Pedagogy at the Robert Schumann School of Music and Media in Düsseldorf and since 2004 has also taught at the Institute For Music and Media.
Assistant Professor for Vocals sophia.bart(at)rsh-duesseldorf.de
www.sophiabart.com Sophia Bart was born in southern Germany in Saulgau, Baden-Württemberg. She took vocal studies at the University of Music in Karlsruhe under Prof. Erika Markgraf and piano studies under Prof. Günter Reinhold. She graduated both subjects with distinction, completed her vocal studies with the diploma for song and oratorio and the degree in opera. In 1982 she was the first prize-winner at the VDMK competition in the opera category. She attended several master classes with Giuletta Simionato and chamber singer Sena Jurinac. After her studies she worked at Saarbrücken State Theatre, where she sung a broad repertoire in the mezzo soprano range. Her second appointment was spent at the Bern City Theatre. In 1987 she was engaged by Eberhard Wächter at the Volksoper opera house in Vienna, where she successfully made her début as Rosina from the Barber of Seville. Many other parts followed, from Mozart to Richard Strauss. She made guest appearances on numerous stages in Austria, Switzerland and in Germany. Since 1990 she has been self-employed. Besides her operatic career she has given several recitals and has made radio recordings with SWR Stuttgart and the Austrian broadcasting company ORF. The mezzo soprano particularly distinguishes herself in Russian and French songs. A radio recording from the French repertoire with the cycle of Olivier Messiaen Poèmes pour Mi is particularly excellent. She has taken part in a recording of the opera Stephen Climax by Hans Zender during the Steirischer Herbst festival in Graz. Numerous guest performances followed in Austria, Germany and Poland in concert performance and oratorio, which included singing the alto solo in Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 in the Philharmonic hall in Krakow. Together with famous soloists, she has contributed to a Christmas recording with two arias from the Christmas oratorio of Johann Sebastian Bach for the German television broadcaster ZDF. Moreover, she has attracted great attention in Poland with her performance for a television recording under the direction of Prof. S. Stuligrosz. Sophia Bart sings under famous conductors such as Jiri Kout, Jun Märkl, Claus Weise, Franz Möst and Erich Binder. In addition to her active concert work she is assistant professor for Vocals and for Didactics and Methodology in Vocal Pedagogy at the Robert Schumann School of Music and Media in Düsseldorf and since 2004 has also taught at the Institute For Music and Media.
Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf Fischerstraße 110, 40476 Düsseldorf
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Fon: +49.211.49 18 -0 www.rsh-duesseldorf.de