Miriam Feuersinger


Miriam Feuersinger is an Austrian soprano.

Life

Feuersinger grew up in Bregenz, where she received her basic musical training at the local music school. She pursued her vocal studies at the and then with Kurt Widmer at the City of Basel Music Academy, where she graduated with distinction.
Her oeuvre encompasses in particular a spectrum encompassing church music from Baroque to late romanticism, but also the field of Lieder. One focus is the cantata and passion work of Johann Sebastian Bach.
In 2014, she initiated the series "Bach cantatas in Vorarlberg". There, under the musical direction of Thomas Platzgummer, two Bach cantatas are performed three times a year in two concerts, each with soloists. As of July 2018, these have been BWV 22, BWV 30, BWV 32, BWV 44, BWV 49, BWV 61, BWV 65, BWV 72, BWV 75, BWV 76, BWV 80, BWV 84, BWV 92, BWV 93, BWV 99, BWV 106, BWV 147, BWV 150, BWV 165, BWV 166, BWV 167, BWV 170, BWV 176, BWV 180 and BWV 194.
Feuersinger is active in the field of early music together with interpreters such as Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, Laurent Gendre, Sigiswald Kuijken, Peter Kooij, Ton Koopman, Václav Luks, Rudolf Lutz and Hans-Christoph Rademann. Baroque ensembles and orchestras playing with her include the Collegium 1704, the Netherlands Bach Society, the Freiburger Barockorchester, L'arpa festante, L’Orfeo Barockorchester,, Les Cornets Noirs, Capricornus Consort Basel, Il Concerto Viennese, Concerto Stella Matutina, Capriccio Basel sowie Chor und Orchester der J. S. Bach-Stiftung.
Feuersinger performed in the Berliner Philharmonie, in the Konzerthaus Freiburg, in the Liederhalle Stuttgart and in the Wiener Musikverein.
She has already sung several times in the Martinskirche (Basel), Basel Minster, St. Paul's Church, Basel, Peterskirche (Basel), Predigerkirche (Basel),, Kreuzkirche am Ölrain, Feldkirch Cathedral, Propstei St. Gerold,, St. Johann Schaffhausen, and St. Peter (Zürich) churches.
Her recording of solo cantatas by Christoph Graupner, co-produced by Radio SRF 2 Kultur and awarded several prizes, includes three world premieres.

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