Cast

mezzo-soprano

Ida Aldrian

Birthplace:
Bruck an der Mur, Austria

Studies:
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Leopold Spitzer and Karlheinz Hanser; studies for Stage Performance (Opera and Musical Drama), Art Song and Oratorio with KS Marjana Lipovšek with honors; member of International Opera Studio of the Hamburg State Opera (2012/13–2013/14)

Master class:
With Ann Murray, Bernarda Fink, Reri Grist, Peter Kooij, Andrew Watts, Thomas Hampson, Wicus Slabbert, Alan Titus, Brigitte Fassbaender, et al.

Prizes:
Dr.-Wilhelm-Oberdörffer-Preis of Stiftung zur Förderung der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (2014), prize winner of the jury ranking at international singing competition „Stella Maris“ (2014)

Relation to the State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since the season 2019/20

Important parts:
Wellgunde (Das Rheingold and Götterdämmerung), Siegrune and Rossweiße (Die Walküre), Blumenmädchen and Stimme aus der Höhe (Parsifal ), 2. Maid (Daphne), Feodor (Boris Godunov), Maddalena (Rigoletto), Hansel (Hansel and Gretel), Isabella (L'Italiana in Algeri), Adalgisa (Norma), Idamante (Idomeneo), Third Lady (The Magic Flute), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Penelope (Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria), Mercedes (Carmen), Tisbe (La Cenerentola), Laura (Luisa Miller), Flora and Annina (La Traviata), Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Meg Page (Falstaff), Dryade (Ariadne auf Naxos), Orlofski (Die Fledermaus), et al.

Stages:
Elbphilharmonie, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Kölner Philharmonie, Wiener Konzerthaus, Musikverein Wien, Staatstheater Nürnberg, Grafenegg Festival, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Barocktage Melk, Styriarte, International Brucknerfest Linz, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, et al.

Cooperation with directors:
Andreas Homoki, Georg Schmiedleitner, Laura Scozzi, Mariame Clément, Verena Stoiber, Peter Konwitschny, Stéphane Braunschweig, David Bösch, et al.

Cooperation with conductors:
Simone Young, Kent Nagano, Martin Haselböck, Marcus Bosch, Yutaka Sado, Pablo Heras-Casado, Christopher Moulds, Cornelius Meister, Fabio Luisi, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Simon Gaudenz, et al.

Find further information about Ida Aldrian here.

Performances

• Schwuppdiwupp - getürmt und umgestupst
• Boris Godunov
• Elektra
• Hänsel und Gretel (Hansel and Gretel)
• Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
• Manon
• 6th Philharmonic Concert
• La Traviata
• 6th chamber concert
• Tonangeber

photo: Christoph Ziegler

Trumpet

Anton Borderieux

Anton Borderieux, 26, born in Lüneburg, studied classical trumpet in Hanover, Hamburg and Basel. His teachers include Prof. Jeroen Berwaerts, Prof. Matthias Höfs and Prof. Klaus Schuhwerk. He supplemented his classical training with jazz studies under Prof. Mathieu Michel at the Basel Jazz School. He has been a member of the Orchestra Academy of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra since the 2018/19 season. In addition to his work with Salaputia Brass, he is a member of the brass ensemble QuintettAvanti and the chamber orchestra ensemble reflektor, with which he performs throughout Germany. He is a national prizewinner in the Jugend Musiziert competition and was a finalist in the 2009 International Yamaha Trumpet Contest.

Performances

• Schwuppdiwupp - getürmt und umgestupst

photo: Michael Haydn

Double bass

Leonard Geiersbach

Leonard Geiersbach, born in Hiddenhausen in East Westphalia in 1996, received his first double bass lessons at the age of six at the Herford Music School. He then took private lessons from Theophile Bonhert. He gained orchestral experience in the National Youth Orchestra of Germany, the Mannheim Philharmonic, the Westphalian Chamber Philharmonic in Gütersloh, the Detmold Chamber Orchestra and the Symphony Orchestra of the Detmold State Theatre. Since October 2016 he has been studying for a bachelor’s degree with Stanislav Anischenko at the Detmold Academy of Music. He also joined the Orchestra Academy of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra starting with the 2019/20 season.

Performances

• Schwuppdiwupp - getürmt und umgestupst

photo: Claudia Höhne

Percussion

Lin Chen

Birthplace:
Nanjing, China

Studies:
Nanjing University of the Arts (Percussion, Bachelor)
Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar (orchestra and solo percussion, diploma)
Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Hamburg (multi-solo percussion, concert exam)

Career stages:
Marimba & Percussion, König der Löwen, Theater im Hafen, Hamburg (seit 2016)

Stages:
Hamburgische Staatsoper, Opera stabile (Hamburg), Laeiszhalle (Hamburg), Elbphilharmonie, Ber-liner Philharmonie, Philharmonie de Paris, Barbican, BOZAR (Brussels), Kölner Philharmonie,
Wiener Konzerthaus, Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar, Weimarhallen, Stadthalle (Neumünster), Abrons Arts Center (New York), Rolf Liebermann Studio (Hamburg), Kampnagel (Hamburg), Re-sonanzraum (Hamburg), Forum der Hochschule für Musik und Theater (Hamburg), Hansa Theater (Hamburg), Monsun Theater (Hamburg), Theater Lüneburg, et al.

Cooperation with orchestras:
Hamburger Philharmoniker, Hamburger Symphoniker, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Hamburger Camerata Staatskapelle Weimar, Lüneburg Theater Orchester, Shanghai Chinese Orchestra,
Neue Philharmonie Hamburg, et al.

Cooperation with conductors:
Kent Nagano, Simone Young, Tan Dun, Muhai Tang, Sir Jeffrey Tate, Thomas Hengelbrock, Syl-vain Cambreling, Alondra de la Parra, et al.

Performances

• Schwuppdiwupp - getürmt und umgestupst
• Blubb blubb – abgetaucht!