- Bernarda Fink
Bernarda Fink (born
August 29 ,1955 ) is an Argentinianmezzo-soprano . Born inBuenos Aires toSlovenia n parents, Bernarda Fink studied at the "Instituto Superior de Arte delTeatro Colón " in Buenos Aires. She won First Prize at the Nuevas Voces Líricas competition in 1985 and moved to Europe. She lives in the southernAustria n province ofCarinthia and is married to the Austrian Ambassador toSlovenia , Valentin Inzko.Bernarda Fink has sung with leading orchestras including the Philharmonics of Vienna and London, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Radio-France Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, English Baroque Players, I Solisti Veneti, les Musiciens du Louvre, and Musica Antiqua Köln and has performed under the baton of conductors such as
René Jacobs ,Philippe Herreweghe ,John Eliot Gardiner ,Nikolaus Harnoncourt ,Trevor Pinnock ,Neville Marriner ,Marc Minkowski ,Roger Norrington ,Mariss Jansons ,Valery Gergiev ,Colin Davis andRiccardo Muti .She has performed at the opera houses of Geneva, Prague, Montpellier, Salzburg, Barcelona, Innsbruck, Rennes. Buenos Aires, Amsterdam, she has sung at the Salzburg, Vienna, Prague, Tokyo, Montreux, BBC Proms festivals, as well as the Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Vienna Konzerthaus and Sydney Opera House.
She has recorded for
Harmonia Mundi andHyperion Records .External links
* [http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Fink-Bernarda.htm Biography]
* [http://harmoniamundi.com/espana/artistes_fiche.php?artist_id=431 Biographical entry on Harmonia Mundi site]
* [http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/artist_page.asp?name=fink Biographical entry on Hyperion site]opera-singer-stub
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