Sämann Gerlinde

Artistic education
The blind sopranist was born in Nürnberg 1969. She studied as a pianist and a singer at Richard-Strauss-Konservatorium in Munich and she studied with Prof. Karl-Heinz Jarius, Henriette Meyer-Ravenstein and Selma Aykan. In addition she completed her education as a Breath-Therapist according to the method of Ilse Middendorf.

Artistic career
Her repertoire comprises not only of historical compositions but also of Lied, Oratorio and modern Avant -garde music and -theater. 1999 she performed "La voix Humaine", tragedy lyric of Francis Poulenc at the Opernfestspiele Schloß Rheinsberg. Soloist accompanied by the "Dresdner Kreuzchor", the "Mittelalter- Ensemble Estampie", "Armonico Tributo Austria", "Arsys Bourgogne" and others as well as performing at different very well known Festivals. 2002/2003 she gave a guest-performance with Pergolesi´s "Stabat mater" at Theater Neumarkt, Zurich. This production was also performed in St. Petersburg and Moscow. 2003 the production "Die Frau vom Meer" of Ibsen followed. Further more she sang various Solo-Bachkantatas at the Opéra of Bordeaux accompanied by the Ensemble "La petite bande". In summer 2004, the artist sang the part of "Eurydike" in Chr.W. Gluck´s opera "Orfeus und Eurydike" at the Oper of Rostock.

Recordings
She has been broadcasted nationally and internationally and several CDs have been produced.

Prices
2000 she received a scholarship for her extraordinary artistic work of the city of Munich.