Courtsinger Hillevi Martinpelto leads Master Class 2022

Birgit Nilsson Master Class August 7-11

Birgit Nilsson Concerthall,  Kulturhuset Ravinen – Båstad, Sweden 

In connection with the Birgit Nilsson Days 2022 a Birgit Nilsson Master Class for singers will be held on 7 – 11 August with the Swedish Court singer Hillevi Martinpelto in collaboration with pianist Elisabeth Boström and assisting pianist Jacob Lidåkra. The tuition will focus on opera arias and romances and end with a closing concert at the Birgit Nilsson Concerthall, Kulturhuset Ravinen, on 11 August. 

Location: Birgit Nilsson Concerthall in Culture House Ravinen, Kattviksvägen 231, 269 91 Båstad.

Audience: August 8 – 10

Master Class Concert August 11 May be live streamed. 

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“I am really looking forward to meeting young singers at this year’s masterclass during Birgit Nilsson’s Days!
It is a great honor and I am passionate about sharing the experiences that a long career as an opera singer has given me ”. Hillevi Martinpelto

Soprano Hillevi Martinpelto debuted at the Royal Opera in Stockholm as Cio Cio San in Madame Butterfly and has since performed on most of the world’s leading opera and concert hall stages, for example in Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Dresden, Leipzig, Salzburg, Vienna, Milan, Florence, Rome, Amsterdam, Brussels, Edinburgh, London (where she participated in 8 Proms at the Royal Albert Hall), Glyndebourne, New York, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Tokyo and Hong Kong. She has worked with conductors such as Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Colin Davis, René Jacobs, Zubin Mehta, Esa Pekka Salonen, Sir Charles Mackkerras, Donald Runnicles, Ivor Bolton, Vladimir Jurowski, Sylvain Cambreling to name a few.

FIND on Google Maps Birgit Nilsson Concerthall in Culture House Ravinen, Kattviksvägen 231, 269 91 Båstad.

The event is a collaboration between the Birgit Nilsson Society and Birgit Nilsson Museum