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Welcome to the fourth concert of the 117th season of the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto’s Music in the Afternoon. This season we proudly present some of the most sought-after musicians on the world stage as well as younger performers who will surely be in that position before too long.
Dutch mezzo-soprano Christianne Stotijn studied violin until 2000, after which she pursued an intensive vocal course at the Amsterdam Conservatory. She has won numerous awards including the prestigious ECHO Rising Stars Award, the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award, and the Nederlands Muziekprijs, and was selected as BBC New Generation Artist in 2007.
A passionate interpreter of art songs, Christianne Stotijn performs regularly in the world’s leading concert venues, including Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, and Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw. Christianne Stotijn has worked with conductors including Claudio Abbado, Gustavo Dudamel, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Charles Dutoit, Andris Nelsons, and with Bernard Haitink at the BBC Proms, the Lucerne Festival, and with the Chicago and Boston Symphony Orchestras. She now also appears regularly on opera stages in Paris, Netherlands, Brussels, and at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden.
Christianne Stotijn's discography to date includes music by Schubert, Berg, Wolf, Mahler, and Tchaikovsky. Her recording of Tchaikovsky songs, with JUNO-award winning pianist Julius Drake, received the BBC Music Magazine Award for voice.
This will be the Toronto debut for Christianne Stotijn.
Featured Program
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Sun has set (Rathaus), Op. 73, No. 4, plus others
• Dmitri Shostakovich - Six Poems of Marina Tsvetayeva (Suite for Voice and Piano), Op. 143
• Erich Korngold – Four Shakespeare Songs
• Richard Strauss – Selection of Songs