Manuela Okhakovsky, singing teacher
Heleen Vegter, piano
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For this master class, six singers*es went in search of 'hidden gems': songs by composer*es with little, or no future prospects. Songs by composer*es who fled from Germany or were banned by Nazi Germany such as: Alma Mahler, Gustav Mahler, Felix Mendelssohn, Henriette Bosmans, Kurt Weill or Hanns Eisler. Or songs by female composers such as Liza Lehmann, Cécile Chaminade, Mélanie Bonis, Rebecca Clarke, or the sisters Lili and Nadia Boulanger. Led by singing teacher Manuela Okhakovsky and pianist Heleen Vegter, the singers worked in a private and a public master class to two 'hidden gems'.
During the presentation recital, Heleen Vegter once again takes her seat behind the grand piano and the singers sing the 'hidden pearls' of these composers*es.
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Manuela Okhakovsky / singing teacher
Manuela Ochakovski graduated cum laude from the Music Academy in Iași, Romania. Following her studies, she worked as an opera singer at the Timisoara State Opera. Concert tours took her to major concert halls in Italy, the United States, Canada, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. She collaborated on several radio and TV recordings at the invitation of Romania's leading symphony orchestras.
Besides her career as a performing musician, Ochakovsky is active as a singing teacher. Her singing studio Il Portamento has now gained an international reputation, attracting singers from Europe and even Canada. She coaches professionals and also teaches amateurs.
Heleen Vegter / piano
After her piano principal study with Frank van de Laar - at the ArtEZ Conservatoire - the song continued to hold a special attraction for Heleen Vegter. She took master classes with Elly Ameling, Robert Holl and Julius Drake, among others. As Britten-Pears Young Artist, she worked with Angelika Kirchschlager, Anne Sofie von Otter and Kristian Bezuidenhout, among others. She has been heard at international festivals and performed in Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ and the Concertgebouw, among others.
Vegter is initiator and artistic director of Stichting Leading Lied, which aims to make classical song accessible to a wider audience. Outside her well-filled concert schedule, she teaches piano in her private practice in Arnhem and is co-organiser and board member of the national graded examinations of the European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA).
Small church hall / Zusterplein 20 / 3703 CB Zeist
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