Concert on Friday 1st & Saturday 2nd of October 2010

Renowned international artists' Christian Immler and Silvia Fraser will be providing an exclusive concert at The Camel House on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd October 2010.  The program will be as follows:

Christian Immler

Christian Immler trained at the Guildhall in London, won the International Nadia et Lili Boulanger Competition in Paris in 2001 and has since worked as a soloist with major orchestras and conductors all over the world. He is continuing his studies with Rudolf Piernay.

Recent concert highlights have included the Bach B-Minor Mass and St John Passion with Marc Minkowski/Les Musiciens du Louvre (the former in Santiago de Compostela and now released as a commercial recording), Pilate/bass solos St. John Passion for Philippe Herreweghe in London, Krenek’s Orpheus with Lothar Zagrosek at the Berlin Konzerthaus, Pharnaces in Der König Kandaules by Zemlinsky at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Weill’s Berliner Requiem at the Lucerne Festival with John Axelrod, Mahler Songs with the Orchestre des Pays de Savoie conducted by Graziella Contratto, Telemann Cantatas conducted by Andrew Parrott, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle at the Vancouver Festival with Bernard Tétu, Israel in Egypt with Jean-Claude Malgoire and Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with the Gulbenkian Orchestr.

Recent operatic projects have included Dodo/Frog Footman/Mock Turtle in Alice in Wonderland by Unsuk Chin at the Grand Theatre de Geneve, Seneca L’Incoronazione di Poppea at the Boston Early Music Festival, Förster Das Schlaue Füchslein for the Wiener Kammeroper, Ubalde Armide by Gluck at New Israeli Opera, Claudio Béatrice et Bénédict Berlioz at Opéra Comique and Achis David & Jonathas Charpentier for Les Arts Florissants conducted by William Christie.

Christian Immler is already already vastly experienced as a recitalist, having made his debuts at the Wigmore Hall, at King’s Place (with Helmut Deutsch) and the Royal Festival Hall in London and the Frick Collection in New York. His recordings include cantatas by Stölzel, as well as “Continental Britons” and “Kaddish” all on Nimbus, and Albeniz’ Henry Clifford for DECCA.

Christian’s current projects include Mozart’s Krönungsmesse and Requiem with the Radio Kamer Filharmonie at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw (the latter conducted by Harry Christophers), C.P.E. Bach’s Magnificat with the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Handel’s Messiah with Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki, another recording with the Orchestra della Radio Svizzera, performances of the Bach B-Minor Mass on tour with Les Musiciens du Louvre and Mozart’s C-Minor Mass with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (cond. Masaaki Suzuki). 

Silvia Fraser

Born in Vancouver, Silvia Fraser completed her Masters of Music in Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music at the Eastman School of Music, receiving private study with Dr. Jean Barr and vocal coaching with Dr. Russell Miller. While at Eastman, she was twice honoured with the school’s Excellence in Accompanying Award. She subsequently completed two years as Junior Fellow at the Royal College of Music, for which she was awarded a prestigious Wingate Scholarship. Having received her BMus in Solo Piano under Prof. Lee Kum-Sing from the Vancouver Academy of Music, she went on to study with John Blakely and has coached with other leading musicians such as Roger Vignoles, Robin Bowman, Ralph Kirschbaum and Ralf Gothóny.

She has performed internationally, visiting Germany, France, Spain, the Czech Republic, Korea, Canada, the United States, Mexico, Holland, Norway, England and Wales. Her appearances in London have included Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, St. John’s, Smith Square, and the Purcell Room for an anniversary concert honouring the late mezzo soprano Jennie Tourel. She and baritone Christian Immler gave a Paris recital debut as part of the 1st prize in the Nadia et Lili Boulanger International Competition, where Françoise Pollet, member of the jury, invited her for a shared recital at the opening of the Festival du Haut-Limousin. She and Christian Immler they made their Vienna and New York recital debuts together, the last hailed by the New York Times as “A Harmonious Conversation between a Baritone and a Pianist”.

She has partnered with many other competition winners, including those of Jeunesses Musicales (Spain) and the BBC Young Musician of the Year , where she accompanied the winning cellist, Guy Johnston. She has been Official Pianist for the Banff Centre Cellofest and the Vancouver Cello Club, who granted her the first Colin Hampton Memorial Scholarship for her contribution to the cello community, and the Manchester International Violin Competition. In Manchester, she presented a recital series in collaboration with the Royal Northern College of Music based entirely on Spanish song, entitled Amar y Cantar. Her performances have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, most recently on In Tune and Voices, CBC Radio Vancouver, and BBC television.

Her masterclass experience includes Thomas Hampson, Samuel Sanders, Gaelyne Gabora, Sarah Walker, Zara Nelsova, Yo-Yo Ma, Warren Jones, Malcom Bilson, Barry Tuckwell, Michael Collins, Cho-Liang Lin, Tsuyoshi Tsustumi, Natalya Gutman, and Anner Bylsma. After having been a regular teaching assistant at Bowdoin Summer Music Festival and Music Academy of the West, Silvia held the position of Pianist and Coach at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester for six years and will be Accomapanist and Coach at the Lausanne Conservatoire as of September 2010.