Madrid, 16 de enero de 2023.- Federico Halpern, presidente de Fundación Jesús Serra, y Paloma O´Shea, presidenta fundadora de la Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía, han suscrito esta mañana un acuerdo de colaboración entre ambas entidades, para la dotación de una beca anual destinada a financiar la formación de un joven músico de gran talento en dicho centro de formación.

Fundación Jesús Serra, de Grupo Catalana Occidente, busca con este acuerdo potenciar su mecenazgo en el ámbito social, cultural y formativo y, con ello, refuerza la misión social de la Escuela Reina Sofía, que apuesta por la equidad y proporciona a todos sus jóvenes músicos matrícula gratuita. Para el curso 2022-2023 la beca ha sido concedida al pianista catalán Alex Arroyo Luis (Vilanova i la Geltrú, 2006), quien ha superado las pruebas de admisión a la Escuela con tan solo 16 años.

El beneficiario de la beca, en el marco de su formación académica y artística en la Escuela, tendrá la oportunidad de participar en numerosos conciertos y en el programa de Lecciones Magistrales impartidas cada curso por profesores de prestigio internacional, invitados por la Escuela.

Fundación Jesús Serra, bajo su premisa de trabajo vinculada al compromiso cívico, contempla este acuerdo como una oportunidad en el fomento de la educación musical y el conocimiento de los jóvenes músicos en la sociedad, dando apoyo al desarrollo de actividades artísticas por toda la geografía española.

Madrid, 11 January 2023.- The Reina Sofía School of Music (Madrid, Spain) will have the German soprano Juliane Banse as Head Professor of the “Alfredo Kraus” Fundación Ramón Areces Voice Chair from the next 2023-2024 academic year, taking over from Professor Susan Bullock CBE. Banse joins the prestigious list of artists who have led this chair: Alfredo Kraus, Teresa Berganza, Tom Krause, Ryland Davies, Francisco Araiza, and her predecessor Susan Bullock CBE.

Juliane Banse has a solid artistic career and, as the education field is concerned, she has been teaching at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf and the University Mozarteum Salzburg since 2020 and regularly gives masterclasses in different countries.

The “Alfredo Kraus” Fundación Ramón Areces Voice Chair was established in the 1994-1995 academic year. Throughout these years, 102 students of 23 nationalities have studied in it, including outstanding artists such as Celso Albelo, Aquiles Machado, Iwona Sobotka, Ismael Jordi, Maria Espada, Davinia Rodríguez, and Tatiana Melnychenko, among others.

Coinciding with this new addition to the teaching faculty of the Reina Sofía School, the period to apply for the voice auditions for the 2023-2024 academic year is now open. All those interested in studying at the School have until 21 February to register.

Registration and information regarding the admission process, here

Madrid, 11 January 2023.- The Reina Sofía School of Music (Madrid, Spain) will have the German soprano Juliane Banse as Head Professor of the “Alfredo Kraus” Fundación Ramón Areces Voice Chair from the next 2023-2024 academic year, taking over from Professor Susan Bullock CBE. Banse joins the prestigious list of artists who have led this chair: Alfredo Kraus, Teresa Berganza, Tom Krause, Ryland Davies, Francisco Araiza, and her predecessor Susan Bullock CBE.

Juliane Banse has a solid artistic career and, as the education field is concerned, she has been teaching at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf and the University Mozarteum Salzburg since 2020 and regularly gives masterclasses in different countries.

The “Alfredo Kraus” Fundación Ramón Areces Voice Chair was established in the 1994-1995 academic year. Throughout these years, 102 students of 23 nationalities have studied in it, including outstanding artists such as Celso Albelo, Aquiles Machado, Iwona Sobotka, Ismael Jordi, Maria Espada, Davinia Rodríguez, and Tatiana Melnychenko, among others.

Coinciding with this new addition to the teaching faculty of the Reina Sofía School, the period to apply for the voice auditions for the 2023-2024 academic year is now open. All those interested in studying at the School have until 21 February to register.

Registration and information regarding the admission process, here

Few artists of her generation are as successful as Juliane Banse in so many different areas of repertoire. Her operatic repertoire ranges from Feldersmarchallin, FigaroGräfin, Fiordiligi, Donna Elvira, Vitellia to Genoveva, Leonore, Tatjana, Arabella, Marschallin and Grete (Schreker’s Der ferne Klang) and Heinz Holliger’s Schneewittchenin.

Born in southern Germany and raised in Zurich, the soprano began her training with Paul Steiner, later with Ruth Rohner at the Zurich Opera, and completed her studies with Brigitte Fassbaender and Daphne Evangelatos in Munich. She was professor at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf from 2016 to 2021, and since the 2020-2021 winter semester, she teaches at the University Mozarteum Salzburg. She also gives masterclasses internationally and participates as a member of the jury in international competitions.

The artist has worked with numerous renowned conductors such as Lorin Maazel, Kent Nagano, Riccardo Chailly, Bernard Haitink, Franz Welser-Möst, Claudio Abbado, and Manfred Honeck. Lieder recitals have always been her passion and have taken her to the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Wigmore Hall in London, Konzerthaus in Vienna, Kölner Philharmonie, Boulez Hall in Berlin and Madrid, among others.

From the 2023-2024 academic year she will take over as Professor of the Alfredo Kraus Fundación Ramón Areces Voice Chair at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid.