Laura Kirchgässner - soprano
In the 2022/23 season Laura Kirchgässner performed at the Mecklenburg State Theatre Neustrelitz as "Quecksilber" in Humperdinck's "Sleeping Beauty" and made her debut in Orff's "Carmina Burana" with the Baden-Baden Philharmonic.
Laura Kirchgässner is known as a frequent guest of the Baden-Baden Philharmonic.
In March 2023 she presented song interpretations at the Schumann House in Leipzig, Germany.
During the summer of 2023 she sang with the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg at the concerts of the Elbland Festival Wittenberge, which were broadcast on rbb television and the ARD stream.
In September 2023 she was invited as the soprano for the royal Wettin wedding of Princess Maria Teresita of Saxony at the Dresden Cathedral.
In the 2023/24 season she is singing the role of Giannetta in Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore" at the Darmstadt State Theatre and is performing the Queen of the night with the Baden-Baden Philharmonic.
Laura Kirchgässner began her vocal training at the age of 11; in October 2014, after completing her Abitur with a major in psychology, she began her studies with Prof. Friedemann Röhlig at the University of Music Karlsruhe, Germany.
She completed her studies in the "Master of Music | Arts Singing" in 2022 with a final grade of 1.0 and distinction.
She has performed at various concerts, including with the Baden State Orchestra Karlsruhe, the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg, and multiple times with the Baden-Baden Philharmonic.
MASTERCLASSES
Laura Kirchgässner has received valuable musical inspiration from selected masterclasses with KS Prof. Regina Werner, Margreet Honig, KS Dorothea Röschmann and Prof. Edda Moser.
AWARDS
In 2018 she was recipient of the Bayreuth
scholarship from the Richard Wagner Association and prizewinner of the international competition at the "Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg".
In 2020 the coloratura soprano received the Kulturfonds Baden music award for highly talented young artists.
In 2022 she won a special prize at the competition "Stimmen, Tasten, Talente" in Ortenau and was scholarship holder of the international Lotte Lehmann Academy for Opera and Song.