LINA JOHNSON

Lina Johnson was born in Norway and is presently studying The Opera Academy in Copenhagen. She has received prizes from The Sonning Music Foundation, and several Norwegian and Finnish music prizes.
 
ERLEND TYRMI

Erlend Tyrmi was born in 1980. Currently he is in his final year at the Royal Danish Academy of Opera studying with Susanna Eken. During his studies he has sung Papageno in "Die Zauberflöte", Guglielmo in "Così fan tutte" and Malatesta in "Don Pasquale" and numerous oratorios and cantatas from the baroque repertoire.
   He has performed as a soloist with Odense Symphony Orchestra, The Norwegian Baroque Orchestra and The Danish Chamber Players, and worked with the conductors William Christie, Christian Badea, and ensemble leaders Ketil Haugsand and Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, among others.
    Performances in the future include Cascada in "The Merry Widow" at The Royal Danish Opera, and the baritone solo in Carl Nielsen's third symphony with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra.
    Furthermore he has participated in masterclasses with Mikael Eliasen, Håkan Hagegård, Martin Isepp, Oren Brown, Malcolm Martineau and Ton Koopman.

ANNE-MARIE LIPSONEN

Anne-Marie Lipsonen (born 1981 in Helsinki, Finland) began her musical education with playing the piano at the age of four and violin at the age of eight. She  took her B.A. degree as a pianist in 2005 at Helsinki Concervatory/ Stadia- Polytechnic with specialising in Accompaniment and Chamber Music.
   Since 2004 she has  been living in Copenhagen and finished her studies for Masters degree in The Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen with  highest grades.
   She is currently taking the post graduate pianist program specializing in chamber music, practice and accompaniment at The Royal Danish Academy of Music under the guidance of Professor Niklas Sivelöv and Associate Professor Friedrich Gürtler.
    During her studies at The Royal Danish Academy of Music (Det Kgl. Danske Musikkonservatorium) she has also  been coached by Associate Professor Pianist Amalie Malling, Professor Tim Frederiksen, Associate Prof. Christen Stubbe Teglbjærg among others.
    Anne-Marie Lipsonen has performed in her homeland as well as abroad. She has been awarded prizes in The V Nordic lied Competition 2007 together with sopran Lina Johnson,  Erkki Melartin Lied Competition 2004 together with soprano Katri Mäntylä, The Piano Competition in IV Forum Internacional de Música 2006 in Spain and awarded  several grants from -among others- The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Danina’s legat and most recent from the Léonie Sonning’s Music Foundation in Denmark.
    Anne-Marie Lipsonen is an active lied pianist and accompanist. She has given concerts at the Danish Song Society among others. She has participated on master classes by known lied musicians like Helmut Deutsch,  Malcom Martinue, Hartmut Höll and Rudolf Jansen. In the spring 2009 she is going to participate in an opera project at The Curtis Opera Theatre at The Curtis Institute  of Music in Philadelphia, USA.
    She also takes keen interest in modern music and has performed on festivals for contemporary music such as the Musica Nova Festival in Helsinki and Ung Nordisk Musik Festival in Copenhagen. In the coming spring she has been invited to perform works by Danish composers at The Nordic Music Festival in St. Petersburg with The St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonics.
    In addition she has frequently participated in master courses in chamber music and solo by teachers such as Jacob Lateiner, Matti Raekallio, Eero Heinonen, Paul Badura-Skoda, Luiz da Moura Castro and Tokyo Quartet.
    She has worked as an accompanist and teacher  in music schools and colleges and as pianist on masterclasses for cello with Professors Anner Bylsma, Ralph Kirschbaum, Valter Despalj, Reinhard Latzko, Harro Ruijsenaars and Jakob Kullberg.

Program
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Solveigs sang (Ibsen)
Med en vandlilje (Ibsen)
Et håb (Paulsen)

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) – Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
   Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht
   Ging heut' Morgen
   Ich hab' ein glühend Messer
   Die zwei blauen Augen

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
La romance d'Ariel (Bourget)
Fantoches (Verlaine)
Apparition (Mallarmé)

Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) – Excerpts from Italienisches liederbuch
(Translated by Paul Heyse)
   Auch kleine Dinge
   Ihr seit die allerschönste
   Wie lange schon war immer mein Verlangen
   Ein Ständchen euch zu bringen
   Nicht länger kann ich singen
   Schweig einmal still
   Hoffartig seid ihr, schönes Kind
   Wir haben beide lange Zeit geschwiegen
   Sterb ich, so hüllt in Blumen
    Ich hab' in Penna einen Liebsten wohnen