Artists

After her junior studies at the University of Music and Theatre in Munich, she studied piano there with Prof. Silke Avenhaus and Prof. Bernd Glemser in Würzburg and is currently continuing her studies in Lied accompaniment with Prof. Christian Gerhaher, Prof. Gerold Huber and Prof. Fritz Schwinghammer. She has won numerous prizes at various competitions such as 2nd prize at the Harald Genzmer Competition. She also performs at concert series such as the Swiss Chamber Festival, the Espresso concerts at Konzerthaus Berlin or Schubertíada Vilabertran and takes part in children's concerts at the Bavarian State Opera. She received musical impulses from Brigitte Fassbaender (Schubertiade Schwarzenberg) and Ian Bostridge, among others. In addition, she is a multiple recipient of the Deutschlandstipendium and participant in the Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now program. Furthermore, she holds a teaching position at the Leopold Mozart Centre of the University of Augsburg.

Anna Lucia Richter has established herself internationally as a versatile and captivating mezzo- soprano, both in opera and concert repertoire. Her voice, combining baroque lightness with romantic intensity, enables her to perform a wide range of works from Bach to Mahler, including Schubert, Wolf, Brahms, Monteverdi, Mozart, Bizet, Strauss, and contemporary composers. After beginning her career as a soprano, she transitioned to the mezzo-soprano repertoire in 2020. She has appeared at opera houses in Amsterdam, Vienna, Berlin, and Cologne, and with leading ensembles such as the Vienna Philharmonic, the London Symphony, and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under conductors like Currentzis, Järvi, and Welser-Möst. She is also a frequent guest at venues such as the Concertgebouw, Carnegie Hall, and Suntory Hall, and at festivals including the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg/Hohenems, Lucerne, Schubertíada, Verbier, and the Proms. Awarded prizes such as the “Opus Klassik,” she combines a distinguished discography with strong artistic and social engagement.

Titulada en Interpretació de la Dansa i Coreografia per l’Institut del Teatre (2017), formada en música i arts plàstiques des de molt jove, però consagrada sobretot a la dansa, estudià tècnica clàssica, contemporània i tradicional, i s’especialitzà en dansa del Renaixement i del Barroc amb els millors mestres de l'àmbit internacional. Començà la seva activitat professional com a ballarina de les companyies franceses Ensemble Donaïres i L’Eventail, amb la qual treballa regularment. És coreògrafa i membre fundadora d’Els Pirates Teatre i de Xuriach (música i dansa antiga i tradicional). Com a creadora, es mou sempre en projectes interdisciplinaris, i ha creat diversos concerts escenificats amb els grups Diatessaron, Forma Antiqva, Ensemble Santenay, Il Profondo, La Sonorosa, Divina Mysteria, Mensa Sonora o Vespres d’Arnadí.

Born in 1994 in Munich, soprano Anna-Lena Elbert completed her vocal studies at the Munich University of Music and Theatre with a Master's degree in song interpretation, and she is maintaining a packed concert schedule with a wide-ranging repertoire. She has performed with orchestras such as the Munich Symphony Orchestra, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Hofkapelle Stuttgart, the Berlin Baroque Soloists, the Porto Symphony Orchestra and the Budapest Festival Orchestra. She has a special passion for chamber music and song composition. A winner of the Richard Strauss Lied Competition and the International Helmut Deutsch Lied Competition, she gives regular recitals, including at the Schubertíada in Spain, at the Beethovenhaus Bonn and at the Lockenhaus Festival. Her song repertoire contains works by Schubert, Schumann, Debussy, Strauss, Zemlinsky, Hindemith and many more.