Switzerland: Olga Kindler
Soprano - born 1981
大象传媒 Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize finalist
Olga Kindler was born in Odessa in the Ukraine and studied violin, cookery and English before specialising in singing in 2000 with Antonina Kulieva at the Odessa State Music Academy.
In 2002 she immigrated to Switzerland and studied with Jane Thorner-Mengedoht at ZHdK and Operastudio Biel. Currently she is studying at the Chapelle Musicale Reine-脡lisabeth in Belgium.
She has taken part in several master classes, including with Izabella Klosinska and Adam Kruszewski; Montserrat Caball茅; Hartmut H枚ll and Daniel Fueter; and Jos茅 van Dam. She has won several awards, including the Margrit Meister scholarship (2008), the Chapelle Musicale Reine-脡lisabeth scholarship (2010) the Migros-Kulturprozent scholarship (2010).
Roles performed at ZHdK include Miss Jessel Turn of the Screw, Lazuli L'脡toile and La libellule L'enfant et les sortileges. Recently, Olga has performed Anna Nabucco with Julian Reynolds at La Monnaie, Brussels and Judith Bluebeard's Castle with Stefan Asbury, at Tonhalle, Z眉rich.
Concert performances include Gurrelieder with Stefan Asbury and Ensemble Arc-en-Ciel, ZHdK. In 2009 she issued a CD of songs by Paul Kammerer with pianist Judit Polgar.
Future plans include Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Brussels Philharmonic conducted by Michel Tabachnik, Terrence McNally's Master Class and a Christmas performance of Mendelssohn's Infelice for the Belgian Royal Family. In her spare time, Olga enjoys ballroom and Latin dancing, composing pop songs and singing pop and jazz.
大象传媒 Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize Final repertoire
- Muzyka (Op 34 No 8) - Rakhmaninov
- Stehe still! (Wesendonck Lieder) - Wagner
- C (Deux po猫mes de Louis Aragon No 1) - Poulenc
- Fleur jet茅e - Faur茅
- Im Abendrot (Vier letzte Lieder No 4) - R Strauss
大象传媒 Cardiff Singer of the World 2011: concert two repertoire
- Dich, teure Halle (Tannh盲user) - Wagner
- Il est doux, il est bon (H茅rodiade) - Massenet
- Ritorna vincitor! (Aida) - Verdi
大象传媒 Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize 2011: recital two repertoire
La Maja Dolorosa I - Granados
Siren' (Op 21 No 5) - Rakhmaninov
Song of the Wood Dove (Gurre-Lieder) - Schoenberg
