Ingrid Figur (born 1934) is a German soprano and singing teacher.
Career
editBorn in Berlin, Figur studied in her hometown, first German studies, then music at school to become a teacher, finally followed by her singing studies.[citation needed] She then began a career, both in the repertoire of the lied and the oratorio, in and outside Germany.[citation needed]
Since 1974, she has been teaching singing at the Berlin University of the Arts, and as a professor from 1980 to 1999.[1] Figur trained many of the singers known today at national and international level. Among her students are in particular Claudia Barainsky, Merav Barnea,[2] Stella Doufexis, Ursula Hesse,[3] Andrea Long, Sebastian Noack, Gundula Hintz , Christine Schäfer, Mojca Erdmann, Stefanie Kunschke and Tim Severloh.[4]
Particularly noteworthy is her long collaboration and membership to the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart, as well as the Berlin nichi-doku Liederkreis (Deutsch-japanische Sommerakademie für Gesang und Liedbegleitung).[citation needed] In addition, she gives numerous master classes in Germany and other countries.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Professoren der Darstellenden Kunst an der Hochschule der Künste und der Universität der Künste 1975" (pdf). udk-berlin.de (in German).
- ^ "Die Künstlerinnen". lesegeries.org (in German).
- ^ Ursula Hesse
- ^ Tim Severloh
