Björn Bürger
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Björn Bürger (born 10 October 1985) is a German operatic
Life
Born in
School and university years
After primary school, Bürger first attended the Heinrich-Böll-Schule, an integrated comprehensive school, of his home town and changed in the middle of 2002 to the
Musical development
Bürger, encouraged by his parents, received early piano lessons at the local free music school and taught himself how to play the guitar. His piano teacher Benjamin Schütze drew his attention to Rio Reiser, and Bürger began to interpret his music playfully and vocally. In addition to his piano training, he also took singing lessons with Gottfried Kärner, the leader of the Polyhymnia pop choir in his hometown, in which Bürger also sang.[1]
Still in his school days, Bürger was a singer of the band Up To Now, and later an active member of the South Hessian artist group Pro-these and the theatre group MomentMal. In 2000 he performed the musical Herr Fresssack und die Bremer Stadtmusikanten at the musical project of the music school Bad Nauheim, which is based on the 1973 radio play of the same name by Ton Steine Scherben.[1] Numerous solo performances as Rio-Reiser interpreter followed. In 2003 Bürger received the cultural award of his hometown "for his artistic work in the fields of singing, theatre and piano" in 2002.[2]
From 2007 to 2013 Bürger studied opera singing at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main in the class of
In November 2012, at the age of 27, Bürger won the
Three months later, together with the
Bürger became a member of the Oper Frankfurt with the 2013/14 season.
In 2016 he first performed at the
With the 2019(20 season Bürger joined the ensemble of the
Scholarships, honours and prizes
- 2003 – Culture Award of the City of Rodgau.[5]
- 2010 – Scholarship of the Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now.[5]
- 2011 – "MainCampus academicus-Stipendium" of the Stiftung Polytechnische Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main.[5]
- 2011 – Scholarship of the Da Ponte Foundation.[5]
- 2012 – First prize of the Bundeswettbewerb Gesang (Berlin).[5][4]
- 2013 – Emmerich Smola Award (Landau).[2][4]
References
- ^ a b c d "Artikel der Offenbach Post vom 26. März 2003". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2019. Bericht zur Verleihung des Kulturförderpreises 2002 an Björn Bürger, retrieved on 13 October 2019
- ^ a b c "klassik.com : Emmerich Smola Förderpreise für Dorottya Láng und Björn Bürger". magazin.klassik.com. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Bjorn Burger". Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Hedwig Fassbender: Erfolge Studierender". Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2019. Hedwig Fassbender about Björn Bürger, called on 22 February 2013
- ^ a b c d e f "Home: HfMDK Frankfurt". www.hfmdk-frankfurt.info. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ a b ""Gesang Berlin 2012": Bürger singt alle in Grund und Boden". 27 November 2012 – via www.welt.de.
- ^ Gerhard R. Koch: Es tropfen die Hähne, es klopfen die Nachbarn, Wenn Wohnen zum Albtraum wird: Arnulf Herrmanns Oper „Der Mieter“ nach dem Roman von Roland Topor erlebt ihre Uraufführung in Frankfurt, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, aktualisiert am 14. November 2017
- ^ a b "Björn Bürger". Staatsoper Stuttgart (in German). Retrieved 9 October 2023.
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