Anja Mittermüller, mezzosoprano
Richard Fu, piano
Works by Schubert, Falla, Fauré, Duparc & Strauss
TÍTOL-CONCERT
Thursday 4 February 2027 - 19.00 h
L'Auditori – Sala 2 Oriol Martorell
sold out
 
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El jove duo format per la mezzosoprano Anja Mitermüller i el pianista Richard Fu es presenta a Catalunya amb aquest recital que, començant i acabant amb repertori alemany, Franz Schubert i Richard Strauss, passarà també per la cançó espanyola –amb una obra d'inspiració tradicional, les Siete canciones populares de Falla– i la cançó francesa, amb algunes de les mélodies més cèlebres de Gabriel Fauré i Henri Duparc.
 
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Franz Schubert
An den Mond, D. 193
Suleika II, D. 717
An die untergehende Sonne, D. 457
Auf dem See, D. 543
Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D. 774
Suleika I, D. 720
Manuel de Falla
Siete canciones populares españolas
Gabriel Fauré
Notre amour, op. 23/2
Le papillon et la fleur, op. 1/1
Les roses d’Ispahan, op. 39/4
Henri Duparc
Chanson triste
Phidylé
L’invitation au voyage
Richard Strauss
Ruhe, meine Seele!, op. 27/1
Cäcilie, op. 27/2
Heimliche Aufforderung, op. 27/3
Morgen, op 27/4
 
Anja Mittermüller
Anja Mittermüller

She completed her bachelor's degree at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media and is studying at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. Together with pianist Richard Fu, she won First Prize at the 2024 Wigmore Hall/Bollinger International Song Competition, becoming the youngest winner in the competition's history. She has also won the prestigious Emmerich Smola Advancement Prize at the SWR Competition for Young Opera Stars and the ICMA Young Artist Award 2026. She has recently been selected by BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme. She made her debut at the Vienna Konzerthaus in 2021 and from the 2026-27 season, she will be featured as a Vienna Konzerthaus “Great Talent”. An active recital artist, she has appeared at the Heidelberger Frühling, the Schwarzenberg Festival, and London's Wigmore Hall. From autumn 2026, she will join Wigmore Hall as an Associate Artist.

Richard Fu
Richard Fu

Chinese-born American Richard Fu is currently a Jette Parker Artist at the Royal Ballet and Opera and a former member of the Wiener Staatsoper Opernstudio. He studied at the Royal College of Music, University of Oxford, the Juilliard School, and in Graz with Julius Drake. Richard began his concert career on tour across America with violinist Timothy Chooi, as well as multiple recitals and tours with cellist Zlatomir Fung, culminating in a debut album recording opera transcriptions for cello and piano. Richard is the winner of the pianist prize at the International Helmut Deutsch Lied Competition and won the Wigmore Hall Song Competition with duo partner Anja Mittermüller, with whom he returned to Wigmore Hall for two recitals during the 2025-26 season. Other performances have taken him to Carnegie Hall, Wiener Konzerthaus, BBC Radio 3 and Teatro La Fenice.