Christianne Stotijn

10 December

Friday,
December 10 at 7:30 PM

Tickets: www.carnegiehall.org or 212-247-7800

Mezzo-soprano Christianne Stotijn was born in Delft, the Netherlands, in 1977. She began her musical studies as a violinist and studied both violin and voice at the Amsterdam Conservatoire, gaining her solo diploma for violin in 2000. Her voice coaches are Udo Reinemann, Jard van Nes, and Dame Janet Baker.

Stotijn has won several prizes, including being a finalist in the International Wettbewerb fur Liedkunst (Stuttgart) in 2001 as well as the 2005/06 ECHO Rising Stars, 2005 Borletti Buitoni Award for the BBC’s New Generation Artist Scheme, and most recently the Dutch Music Prize (Nederlandse Muziekprijs), presented April 2008.

Her operatic roles include Ottavia in L’Incoronazione di Poppea (Opera de Oviedo), Cornelia in Giulio Cesare (Bilbao Opera), Bradamante in Alcina (Teatro Municipal de Santiago) and the title role of Tamerlano (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden). A skilled recitalist, she performs with the pianists Julius Drake and Joseph Breinl, and has appeared at the Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, Tonhalle Zurich, De Doelen Hall Rotterdam, Sage Gateshead, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Caixa Barcelona, among venues.

More information: http://www.christiannestotijn.com/