Manuel KundigerManuel Kundinger studied organ, church music and music education with Professor Karl Maureen at the Academy of Music in Augsburg (Germany). He completed his studies in organ with Professor Paolo Crivellaro at the University of the Arts in Berlin and completed his master concert exam in November 2009. His preoccupation with the historical performance practice of Bach's organ works led him to master classes with Professor Dr. Ludger Lohmann, Stuttgart and Professor Lorenzo Ghielmi, Milan / Basel.
Simultaneously to his university studies, Manuel Kundinger received professional singing lessons from Kammersängerin Helena Jungwirth (Bavarian State Opera) and later continued his vocal studies with Kammersänger Claes H. Ahnsjö, Munich. Manuel made his debut as a baritone singer with a recital in his hometown Donauwörth in November 2007. His duo partners include the pianist Tomoko Okada, Andreas Ruppert and Stéphane Bölingen. In February 2010 Manuel Kundinger was a prizewinner at the International Singing Competition "Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg“, followed by his first theatre engagement at the National Theatre of Brunswick. |
Michael DavisBorn in London, Michael Davis studied at Oxford University, the Royal College of Music and at English National Opera on the Opera Works course before commencing at WIAV. He won first prize in the 2009/10 Bayreuth Bursary Competition. Opera roles include Marcello La Boheme for OperaUpClose, Masetto Don Giovanni for Longborough Festival Opera, Father Hansel and Gretel, Sir William Crusoe and Jim Cox in Offenbach’s Robinson Crusoe both for 2X2 Opera, Sheriff and Plunkett (cover) Martha for Northampton
Festival Opera and Opera South and title role in Stradella's Il Trespolo Tutore (cover), Simone La finta semplice , Sam Trouble in Tahiti, all for New Chamber Opera, Oxford. Concert performances include Bach’s Magnificat and Mahler’s 8th Symphony, both at the Sage Gateshead, a gala concert for Maesteg and District Male Voice Choir, Bach’s St John Passion for Ealing Abbey Choir, Haydn’s The Seasons for East Grinstead Choral Society and recitals at Waltham Abbey, Reading University, The National Gallery, Lincoln’s Inn and the general meeting of the Wagner Society of Great Britain. Engagements in 2011 include Britten's Cantata Misericordium, Vaughan-William's Epithalamion for Goldsmiths Choral Union and Mendelssohn's Paulus for Bromley Philharmonic Choir. In 2012 he will perform Bach's MAGNIFICAT and BWV 63 with the Bern Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble for Bachwochen Thun. |
Tristan StocksTristan Stocks initially trained as a violinist before developing his ability as a singer, later studying at The Guildhall School of Music under the tutelage of Robert Dean. In 2007 and 2008 he won notable prizes at The John Lill Awards, and in March 2011 he was awarded a Susan Chilcott Scholarship. In 2009 Tristan took part in the Glyndebourne Festival chorus and Glyndebourne on Tour Chorus. Returning to the same company last year, he performed the role of Gunners’ Mate in Billy Budd and sang in the chorus for Don Giovanni, Cosi fan Tutte, and Macbeth. Tristan also understudied the role of Dandini in La Cenerentola in last year’s Glyndebourne Tour. Tristan frequently appears in recitals across London singing in venues including: Wigmore Hall, St John’s Smith Square, and Kings Place. He has worked with a number of ensembles performing nationally and internationally. Tours have taken him to France, Holland, Spain, Italy, Slovenia, the Canary Islands, and Zimbabwe where he sang in a charity concert in aid of children with cancer. Recent solo engagements include: Mendelssohn’s Elijah; Mozart’s Requiem; Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem; and J. S. Bach’s St John Passion. Recent Operatic performances include: Figaro in The Barber of Seville for Opera Brava;Schaunard in La Bohème for Suffolk Opera; Argenio in Handel’s Imeneo at St John’s Smith Square, London, and at the Llantilio Crossenny Festival, Wales, for Baroque Encounter; the roles of Zaretsky and Captain in Eugene Onegin for the rench company Opéra de Baugé; and Lesbo in Agrippina for Cambridge Handel Opera.
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