Vocal masterclass

with Thomas Hampson

Festival Academy of Bergen

The elegant and powerful voice of baritone Thomas Hampson has moved audiences throughout a long career. The American artist is keen to encourage the next generation of singers ‘to let the heart speak more, and the brain less’, as he has told the music magazine Preludium. In Troldsalen, Hampson will share his experience with three young Norwegian singers.

The masterclass combines concert with mentoring, where soprano Sofia Nesje Enger, tenor Ian Marcus Bjørsvik and soprano Inga Lohne-Otterstad will perform complete works and receive artistic guidance from Hampson afterwards. What advice will the legendary baritone offer the next generation?

Hampson will also give a concert in Håkonshallen at this year’s Festival alongside star accordionist Ksenija Sidorova on Monday 1 June.

Thomas Hampson. Foto: Marshall Light Studio

Language

The spoken parts of the masterclass will be held in English

Contributors

• Thomas Hampson baritone, mentor

• Sofia Nesje Enger soprano

• Inga Lohne Otterstad soprano

• Ian Marcus Bjørsvik tenor

Works

Ian Marcus Bjørsvik:

• Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
  Sechs Lieder, op. 48
  1. Gruss
  3. Lauf der Welt
  4. Die verschwiegene Nachtigall
  5. Zur Rosenzeit
  6. Ein Traum

Inga Lohne Otterstad:

• Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
  Three songs, op. 13
  Ich stand in dunklen Träumen
  Der Mond kommt still gegangen
  Mein Stern

• Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
  Spring rain, op. 49 nr. 6

• Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847–1907)
  Kløvereng, op. 62 nr. 1

Sofia Nesje Enger:

• Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
  Frauenliebe und -leben, op. 42
  1. Seit ich ihn gesehen
  2. Er, der Herrlichste von Allen

• Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
  Melodies of the heart, op. 5
  3. I love you

• Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
  Peer Gynt, op. 23
  Solveig's cradle song

A collaboration between

Bergen International Festival and the Queen Sonja Singing Competition

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