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Hedwig Fassbender is one of the most successful singing teachers of her generation. During the 37 years of her international singing career, she was also a professor at the HfMDK Frankfurt from 1999-2017, where she trained many singers of the new generation who are now active in international houses like Gurgen Baveyan, Björn Bürger, Esther Dierkes, Stine Marie Fischer, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Katharina Magiera, Ruzan Mantashyan, Sofia Pavone, Gustavo Quaresma… Today she works as a systemic coach for artists and teaches at the opera studios in Paris, Zurich, Warsaw, Basel, Frankfurt, and the Berlin State Opera. Many professional singers value her advice and technical support.
www.hedwig-fassbender.de
René Massis was casting director at the Opéra de Lyon for several years after a 30-year international career as baritone, mostly in French and Italian Belcanto repertoire. In 2006, he founded the agency "Agence Massis Opéra", which, in addition to looking after several established artists, is dedicated to the careful career development of selected young singers. His many years of experience as an artist, casting director and agent enable him to assess the positioning of artists on the market and make his advice particularly valuable.
www.amo-massis.com
Björn Huestege studied singing and piano, but after a few years of singing decided to devote himself entirely to accompaniment and conducting. From 2012 to 2017 he worked as musical assistant, conductor, and pianist at the Frankfurt Opera and since 2018 has been solo repetiteur and conductor at the Nuremberg State Theatre. Guest appearances have taken him to the Bavarian State Opera, Komische Oper Berlin, Theater Basel, Staatstheater Saarbrücken and Birmingham, among others. His great love is the musical work with singers, and here he is no longer an insider tip. His rich experience as a conductor and répétiteur as well as his language skills and his enthusiasm for French philosophy of the 20th and 21st centuries make him the ideal coach for numerous successful colleagues.
Soprano and therapist Luise Breyer-Aiton began her musical training as a trumpet player before studying singing. A few years ago she trained as a massage therapist and deepened her knowledge in various techniques, e.g. voice massage used in Scandinavia and manual voice therapy. Her interest in combining singing and massage led her to specialize in voice release massage, which she has been successfully practicing for over 10 years. www.voicereleasemassage.com
The Polish répétiteur and pianist Adam Rogala was a member of the Opera Studios at the National Theatre in Warsaw, the Zurich Opera House and the National Opera in Amsterdam. He worked at the Stadttheater Klagenfurt in the 2022/2023 season and has been solo répétiteur at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden since the 23.24 season. He was the official accompanist of the XI and X Stanisław Moniuszko International Singing Competition in Warsaw (2022, 2019) and accompanied Thomas Hampson, Benjamin Bernheim and Diana Damrau, among others, in the Digital Curtain Call series at the Zurich Opera House.      |
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