About me
Barbara Camille Tanze
Born in Munich in 1982
Started classical singing in 1995
Abitur (end of German high school) in 2001
Winner of the Friedl-Wald-Foundation's scholarship in Basel in 2004
Diploma in vocal performance and pedagogy at the Conservatoire de Lausanne in 2006
Finalist of the international singing competition Festspielstadt Passau 2011
My teachers and mentors were and are
Max Penger, Pfaffenhofen (D)
Jeanette Beck, Lebanon PA (USA)
Hanna Farinelli, München (D)
Erika Bill, Lausanne (CH)
Damir Koren, Ljubljana (SLO)
Alessandro Svab, Santa Croce (IT)
Alexander Brown, Studeno (SLO)
other mentors and professors include
Pierre-Andre Gamba, Genf (Drama)
Magali Schwartz, Genf (Opera and stage expression)
Alain Louafi, Genf (Body language)
Armand Deladoëy, Lausanne (Drama)
Marc Mayoraz, Lausanne (Drama)
Alain Garichot, Lausanne (Interpretation)
Breda Zakotnik, Salzburg und Slovenj Gradec (Interpretation of Lied)
Waltraud Schlingplässer-Gruber, Hamburg (Drama and Interpretation)
Giuseppe Botta, Triest (Singing technique)
Nataša Kerševan, Ljubljana (Vocal Coach)
On stage I have been starring
- As Marguerite in »Reves de chanteurs«, a self-written operatic play by students of the opera studio »Gioco Vocale« in Geneva (2003)
- As Belinda in Purcell's »Dido and Aeneas«l in Geneva (2004)
- As Gretel in Humperdinck's »Hänsel und Gretel« in Geneva (2005)
- As Susanna in Mozart's »Le nozze di Figaro« at the »Festival Morja« in Santa Croce/ Trieste (2008)
- As Violetta Valery in Verdi's "La Traviata" at the Slovenian National Opera (2011)
- and in uncountable other concerts, recitals and performances in Germany, Italy, the USA, Switzerland, Slovenia and Croatia
My motto is »YOU NEVER STOP LEARNING« and I am always ready for new, exciting, funny, unconventional or any other projects! Contact me!
