Sarah Aristidou, or Sarah Mzali-Aristidou[1] (born 1991[2]) is a French operatic soprano who has performed internationally. She is interested in contemporary music and has appeared in world premieres. Composers such as Aribert Reimann and Jörg Widmann have written music for her.
Sarah Aristidou | |
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| Born | 1991 (age 32–33) Paris, France |
| Other names | Sarah Mzali-Aristidou |
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| Occupation | Operatic soprano |
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| Website | www |
Life and career
editBorn in Paris, Aristidou began her musical training as a member of the Maîtrise de Radio France. She studied musicology at the Sorbonne and graduated in music theory at the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Paris in 2011. Beginning in 2010, she studied singing at the Universität der Künste Berlin, and from 2014 at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich.[3] She received her master's degree at the Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding.[4]
Aristidou appeared in world premieres of contemporary music by composers such as Wolfgang Rihm, Jörg Widmann and Manfred Trojahn.[5] Aribert Reimann composed Cinq Fragments français de Rainer Maria Rilke especially for her voice, and she premiered it in 2015 at the Liederwerkstatt of the Kissinger Sommer festival.[1][6]
She has worked with conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Trevor Pinnock and Simon Rattle, and with orchestras including the Berliner Philharmoniker, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and the Gürzenich Orchestra. She was a member of the international opera studio of the Berlin State Opera from 2017 to 2019. In the 2020/21 season, she appeared at the State Opera as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos, and performed at the Heidelberger Frühling and the Salzburg Festival.[7][8]
Recordings
editAristidou's debut CD appeared in 2021, titled Æther, with works by Edgar Varèse, Francis Poulenc, Leo Delibes, Ambroise Thomas, Jörg Widmann, Claude Debussy, Igor Strawinsky, Thomas Adès, George Frideric Handel and Udo Zimmermann, with pianist Daniel Barenboim, flutist Emmanuel Pahud, guitarist Christian Rivet, the Chor der Klangverwaltung and Orchester des Wandels conducted by Thomas Guggeis.[9][10] Widmann's Labyrinth V was written for the singer, and the wordless piece contains "ululations, sobs, jazz inflections and wild laughter", according to a reviewer from Gramophone.[11][12]
Her second album Enigma has been released in 2023, with works by Andreas Tsiartas, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Franz Schubert, Olivier Messiaen, Hugo Wolf, Maurice Ravel, and Jörg Widmann.[13]
Other recordings
edit- Larcher, Thomas; Aristidou, Sarah; Weilerstein, Alisa; Pilsan, Aaron; Juhart, Luka; Schuldt, Clemens; Schuen, Andrè; Heide, Daniel; Münchner Kammerorchester (2023), The living mountain, München: ECM Records, OCLC 1413289906
Aristidou also released an EP in 2021, title S'Agapo, with Cypriot folksongs arranged by Kaan Bulak and remixed by DJs Ricardo Villalobos and Ale Hop.[14]
Videos
edit- Larcher, Thomas; Gösweiner, Friederike; Boder, Michael; Markovics, Karl; Breisach, Felix; Aristidou, Sarah; Vermeulen, Olivia; Tritschler, Robin; Schuen, Andrè; Peri, Giulia; Ensemble Modern; Schola Heidelberg (2020), Das Jagdgewehr = The hunting gun (in German), Berlin: C Major Entertainment GmbH, OCLC 1226371356
Awards
edit- 2021 Luitpold Prize[15]
- 2022 Belmont Prize[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Ahnert, Thomas (8 July 2015). "Die "LiederWerkstatt" des Kissinger Sommers ist immer für Überraschungen gut". nmz (in German). Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Belmont-Preis für Sopranistin Sarah Aristidou". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). 28 June 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Sarah Aristidou". Gärtnerplatztheater. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Sarah Aristidou". Heidelberger Frühling 2021 (in German). 28 August 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Manfred Trojahn – Les dentelles de Montmirail". Euterpe Management (in German). 27 February 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Cinq fragments français de Rainer Maria Rilke". Schott Music (in German). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Sarah Aristidou". Berlin State Opera (in German). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Sarah Aristidou". Salzburger Festspiele. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ Jech, Bettina (9 November 2021). "Sweet Spot mit Sopranistin Sarah Aristidou: Höchste Töne, eisige Temperaturen und das fünfte Element" (in German). BR. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ Kesting, Jürgen (3 February 2022). "Moderner Gesang: Atmen, Kichern, Lippenplopps". FAZ.NET (in German). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ Ashley, Tim. "Sarah Aristidou: Æther". Gramophone. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ Verlaine, Paul; Mitusov, Stepan Nikolaevič; Sauer, Martin; Aristidou, Sarah; Barenboim, Daniel; Rivet, Christian; Pahud, Emmanuel; Guggeis, Thomas; Varèse, Edgard; Stravinsky, Igor (2021), Æther Sarah Aristidou, (Sopran), [Brussels]: Alpha, OCLC 1398658745
- ^ Aristidou, Sarah; Gerzenberg, Daniel; Widmann, Jörg (2023), Enigma (in no linguistic content), London: Alpha Productions, OCLC 1412478557
- ^ "S'Agapo, by Sarah Aristidou & Kaan Bulak, Ricardo Villalobos, Ale Hop". Feral Note. 28 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ "Sarah Aristidou". HarrisonParrott. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
Further reading
edit- Tholl, Egbert (16 June 2016). "Alltägliche Fluchten". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- Kriechbaum, Reinhard (16 August 2021). "Opernkritik – "Neither": Und es ist doch Musiktheater pur". Wiener Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- Palmer, Reinhard (10 December 2023). "Andechs: So-Jin Kim und Sarah Aristidou brillieren im Florian-Stadl". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- Tošić, Ljubiša. ""Grand Macabre" als abgesagter Weltuntergang an der Staatsoper". Der Standard (in Austrian German). Retrieved 29 December 2023.