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Klara Ek
“A soprano with a clear, classical, crystalline sound.” (The Washington Post)
Biography
Klara Ek has a voice of remarkable clarity and beauty - qualities recognised by many of the world's leading conductors and orchestras. Recent notable debuts include Washington's National Symphony Orchestra under Helmuth Rilling, the London Symphony Orchestra under Bernard Haitink, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig under Christopher Hogwood, the NHK Symphony and Philharmonia orchestras under Vladimir Ashkenazy, and Berliner Philharmoniker under Ton Koopman. Future plans include Messiah with the Minnesota Orchestra under Osmo Vänskä and her debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in performances of The Creation under Bernard Haitink.
On stage her roles have included Susanna for Royal Danish Opera, Pamina for Staatstheater Stuttgart, Ilia with Danish National Opera under Tobias Ringborg, Echo at Grand Théâtre de Genève under Jeffrey Tate, and Erste Dame at La Monnaie under René Jacobs. This season she makes her role debuts as Arminda (La finta giardiniera) with the Academy of Ancient Music under Richard Egarr and as Romilda (Xerxes) with Den Ny Opera.
Sample discography
Reviews
" Klara Ek's blazing, impetuous Berenice is worth every one of those five stars on its own" (The Guardian, 2010)
“Klara Ek, a soprano with a clear, classical, crystalline sound.” (The Washington Post, May 2009)
“The great discovery of the evening was the young Swede, Klara Ek, with her expressive, polished style.” (Classique News, January 2009)
“Klara Ek's voice proved a thing of expansive beauty. Her remarkable clarity throughout the taxing coloratura gymnastics of ‘Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion’ was breathtaking, as were the purity and directness of her gentle I know that my redeemer liveth.” (Pioneer Press, December 2008)
“Her light, gleaming, but never acidic soprano makes her a name to watch.” (Financial Times, January 2007)
“Klara Ek brought a brilliance and éclat to the extravagant showpiece.” (Sunday Express)
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