Andrè Schuen Explained

Andrè Schuen (born 1984 in La Val, South Tyrol) is an Italian baritone in opera, concert and lied. After education at the Mozarteum University Salzburg, he has been an ensemble member of the Graz Opera.

Life

Education

Andrè Schuen comes from a musical family of Ladin origins.[1] His sisters Elisabeth and Marlene Schuen are members of the pop trio Ganes, which is closely linked to their local culture.[2] He studied solo singing with and lied and oratorio with Wolfgang Holzmair at the Mozarteum University Salzburg.[3] He also attended a number of master classes, including with Sir Thomas Allen, Brigitte Fassbaender, Marjana Lipovsek and Olaf Bär.[4] In 2009, Schuen was a prize winner at the Internationale Sommerakademie Mozarteum Salzburg[5] and won first prize in the Walter and Charlotte Hamel Foundation singing competition.[6] In 2010 he graduated with distinction and was awarded the Hanna Ludwig Prize and the Lilli Lehmann Medal.[7]

Opera

Schuen appeared for the first time at the Salzburg Festival in 2006,[8] he performed the role of the footman in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Haus für Mozart in January 2008 and finally appeared in the title role of Le nozze di Figaro at the Mozarteum.[9] In 2009 he appeared at the Salzburg Festival in Al gran sole carico d'amore by Luigi Nono, and in 2010 he was accepted into the festival's Young Singers Project.[10] At the Salzburg Easter Festival he took on smaller roles in Salome (2011)[11] and Carmen (2012),[12] both conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, at the Summer Festival 2011 he appeared in Macbeth, staged by Peter Stein and conducted by Riccardo Muti,[13] performed and sang in concert in Stravinsky's Rossignol under Ivor Bolton.[14]

From September 2010 to June 2014, Schuen was an ensemble member of the Graz Opera,[15] where he was successful in the opera roles of Jeletzky, Masetto, Belcore, Ford, Heerrufer, and as Papageno.[16]

In the 2011/12 season he appeared as Don Alvaro in Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims at the Flemish Opera in Antwerp and Ghent.[17] Schuen sang the title role in Don Giovanni at the Opéra National de Montpellier in June 2013 and Guglielmo in Così fan tutte in December of the same year. In 2015 he made his debut as Ping in Puccini's Turandot at the Bregenz Festival.[18]

From the 2015/16 to 2017/18 season, Schuen was an artist in the "Junge Wilde" series at the Konzerthaus Dortmund.[19] [20]

In 2023, Schuen appeared as Wolfram in Wagner's Tannhäuser at Berlin State Opera[21] and as Count Almaviva in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro at Salzburg Festival.

Oratorio

Schuen is a sought-after oratorio singer.In addition to numerous masses and cantatas, he has sung the bass parts in Bach's Christmas Oratorio, St. John Passion and Mass in B minor, Haydn's Creation, Handel's Messiah, Mozart's Requiem, in Brahms' German Requiem, and the Christ in Bach's St. Matthew Passion and the baritone solos in Fauré's Requiem with the Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle in Madrid and Barcelona.[22]

Concerto

In the season 2022/2023, he performed in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 under Andris Nelsons at Gewandhaus, Leipzig and in Mahler's Symphony No. 8 under Riccardo Chailly at La Scala, Milan.

Lieder

In the lied area he works with the pianist Daniel Heide.His repertoire includes Schubert's Winterreise[23] and Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen.[24] In 2009 he premiered 's song cycle ... Bald ist mir nimmer kalt for voice and drums.[25] In 2014 he made his debut with recitals at London's Wigmore Hall.[26]

Recordings

Schuen has been the exclusive recording artist for Deutsche Grammophon since 2021.[27] [28]

Awards

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Goldmann . A.J. . The Baritone Andrè Schuen Performs at the Salzburg Festival . . 14 July 2023 . 20 December 2023 . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220124601/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/14/arts/music/salzburg-festival-andre-schuen-figaro.html . live .
  2. Web site: Die Schuens: Ladinisches Volkslied . BR-KLASSIK . de . 20 December 2023 . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220144046/https://www.br-klassik.de/video/andre-schuen-ganes-ladinisch-u21-vernetzt-100.html . live .
  3. Web site: Andrè Schuen . Salzburger Festspiele . 31 July 2023 . de . 20 December 2023 . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220125047/https://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at/a/andre-schuen . live .
  4. Web site: Biography . www.deutschegrammophon.com . 27 March 2023 . 20 December 2023 . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220125047/https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/artists/andre-schuen/biography . live .
  5. Web site: Preisträger und Förderungen 2009 . Hamel Stiftung . 16 November 2020 . de . 20 December 2023 . 3 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230603211526/https://hamel-stiftung.de/preistraeger-und-foerderungen-2009/ . live .
  6. Web site: Andrè Schuen . Challenge Records International . 20 December 2023 . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220130411/https://www.challengerecords.com/artist/1429028577/Andr%C3%A8%20Schuen . live .
  7. Web site: Schubert . Stefan . Donnerstagskonzert des Mozarteumorchesters . MeinBezirk.at . 9 February 2016 . de . 20 December 2023.
  8. Web site: Andrè Schuen: Konzerte, Artikel, Rezensionen & Termine . concerti.de . de . 20 December 2023 . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220131041/https://www.concerti.de/kuenstler/andre-schuen/ . live .
  9. Web site: Andrè Schuen, Bassbariton . oe1.orf.at . de . 20 December 2023 . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220131250/https://oe1.orf.at/artikel/219187/Andre-Schuen-Bassbariton . live .
  10. Web site: Schuen Andrè . Bayerische Staatsoper . de . 20 December 2023 . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220131703/https://www.staatsoper.de/biographien/schuen-andre . live .
  11. Web site: Simon Rattle conducts "Salome", Berliner Philharmoniker, March 28 2011, Berlin, Germany . Operabase . 28 March 2011 . 20 December 2023 . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220131952/https://www.operabase.com/productions/simon-rattle-conducts-salome-155336/en . live .
  12. Web site: Laurson . Jens F. . Notes from the 2012 Salzburg Festival – 8 – Seen and Heard International . Seen and Heard International . 6 February 2014 . 20 December 2023 . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220132210/https://seenandheard-international.com/2012/08/notes-from-the-2012-salzburg-festival-8/ . live .
  13. News: Büning . Eleonore . Verdis "Macbeth" in Salzburg: Heulen? Uns war eher zum Lachen zumute . . 5 August 2011 . de . 20 December 2023 . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220132911/https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/buehne-und-konzert/festspiele/verdis-macbeth-in-salzburg-heulen-uns-war-eher-zum-lachen-zumute-11113392.html . live .
  14. Web site: Salzburger Festspiele 2011: Le Rossignol / Iolante / Online Musik Magazin . Online Musik Magazin . 1 September 2011 . de . 20 December 2023 . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220145009/http://www.omm.de/veranstaltungen/festspiele2011/SALZBURG-2011-iolante.html . live .
  15. Web site: Andrè Schuen, Bariton . KSG . 20 December 2023 . de . 20 December 2023 . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220133422/https://www.ks-gasteig.de/index.php/de/ksg-andre-schuen . live .
  16. Web site: André Schuen . ADAC Reisen für Musikfreunde . 23 February 2022 . de . 20 December 2023 . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220134029/https://www.adac-musikreisen.de/kuenstler/andre-schuen . live .
  17. Web site: The Classical Music Network . ConcertoNet.com . fr . 20 December 2023 . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220134029/https://www.concertonet.com/scripts/review.php?ID_review=8089 . live .
  18. Web site: Dieser Prinz kann sogar komponieren! . . 22 July 2015 . de . 20 December 2023 . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220134514/https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/bregenzer-festspiel-auftakt-mit-turandot-dieser-prinz-kann-100.html . live .
  19. Web site: Das Schönste auf der Welt . Konzerthaus Dortmund . de . 20 December 2023 . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220142200/https://www.konzerthaus-dortmund.de/de/mediathek/andre-schuen-2023/ . live .
  20. Web site: KONZERTHAUS DORTMUND . DAS OPERNMAGAZIN . 2015-04-19 . de . 2023-12-20 . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220170542/https://opernmagazin.de/sieben-auf-einen-streich-das-konzerthaus-dortmund-gibt-sieben-junge-wilde-fuer-die-vierte-staffel-seiner-erfolgsreihe-ab-201516-bekannt/ . live .
  21. Web site: Tannhäuser . Staatskapelle Berlin . de . 23 December 2023 . 23 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231223050029/https://www.staatskapelle-berlin.de/de/veranstaltungen/tannhaeuser.20/?spielzeit=2022-2023 . live .
  22. Web site: Schuen CV, Sudetendeutsche Akademie . 20 December 2023 . 31 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230331045554/https://www.sudetendeutsche-akademie.eu/Schuen2.pdf . live .
  23. Web site: Weiß . Michael Bastian . André Schuen singt Schuberts 'Winterreise' . Abendzeitung München . 4 February 2020 . de . 20 December 2023 . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220135928/https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/kultur/musik/andre-schuen-singt-schuberts-winterreise-art-487200 . live .
  24. Web site: Stefan . Ender . Liederabende gehen immer, beweist Andrè Schuen im Musikverein . . 18 December 2023 . de . 20 December 2023 . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220142403/https://www.derstandard.de/consent/tcf/story/3000000200197/liederabende-gehen-immer-beweist-andre-schuen-im-musikverein . live .
  25. Web site: Diskografie . Herbert Grassl . 20 December 2023 . 2 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240102205205/https://herbert-grassl.at/diskografie/ . live .
  26. Web site: Andrè Schuen baritone; Daniel Heide piano . Wigmore Hall . 20 December 2023 . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220142159/https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202403071930 . live .
  27. Web site: Biografie . www.deutschegrammophon.com . 27 March 2023 . de . 20 December 2023 . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220142941/https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/de/kuenstler/andre-schuen/biografie . live .
  28. Web site: Schuen . www.deutschegrammophon.com . de . 20 December 2023 . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220142932/https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/de/kuenstler/andre-schuen . live .
  29. Web site: Andrè Schuen und Daniel Heide: Schubert Wanderer . swr.online . 17 October 2018 . de . 20 December 2023 . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220185615/https://www.swr.de/swr2/musik-klassik/franz-schubert-andre-schuen-daniel-heide-avi-music,musicreview-swr-840.html . live .
  30. Web site: Klassische Ausgeglichenheit . . 7 April 2021 . de . 20 December 2023 . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220174351/https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/anspiel-liederalbum-von-andre-schuen-klassische-100.html . live .
  31. Web site: Burianek . Stephan . Leidenschaftlicher Barde . Opern•News . de . 20 December 2023 . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220202719/https://opern.news/news/beitrag/364 . live .
  32. Web site: Sternburg . Judith von . Andrè Schuen und Daniel Heide in der Frankfurter Oper: Funkelnde Welt . . 20 December 2023 . de . 20 December 2023 . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220152413/http://www.fr.de/kultur/musik/andre-schuen-und-daniel-heide-in-der-frankfurter-oper-funkelnde-welt-92739176.html . live .
  33. Web site: Opernwerkstatt . radiokulturhaus.orf.at . de . 2023-12-20 . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220164452/https://radiokulturhaus.orf.at/artikel/394853/Opernwerkstatt . live .
  34. Web site: Preisträger . Österreichischer Musiktheaterpreis . 2022-06-21 . de . 2023-12-20 . 28 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230928060354/https://www.musiktheaterpreis.at/preistraeger/ . live .

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