CALL FOR AUDITIONS–More information here! Apply by August 25, 2019. Announcing scholarships for the Lied Academy of the International Music Festival Heidelberger Frühling! The Lied Academy was founded in 2011 under the artistic direction of Thomas Hampson, whose graduates include such renowned singers as Nadine Sierra, Benjamin Appl and Elsa Dreisig. The Lied Academy 2020 […]
Read ArticleSpokane-area teachers are invited to attend a free workshop on Friday, March 1 from 3:00-7:00 p.m. to learn new approaches to integrating the humanities, and music in particular, into the classroom. The free workshop on March 1 includes two tickets to Hampson’s March 1concert, “Song of America: Beyond Liberty” – a journey through American history […]
Read ArticleSchubert Week: The World in Song “There is not one Schubert song that cannot teach us something,” Johannes Brahms once declared. Schubert wrote approximately 600 songs over the incredibly short period of a decade and a half—but hardly one tenth of these regularly finds its way onto concert programs around the world. View video from […]
Read ArticleCall for Auditions–More Information here! In cooperation with the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin and the Wigmore Hall in London, the Heidelberger Frühling will present two projects in 2019. Auditions for both projects will take place on Wednesday November 7, 2018 at Wigmore Hall as well as Thursday November 8, 2018 at Barenboim-Said Akademie in […]
Read ArticleThomas Hampson, America’s leading baritone and a champion of the art of classic song — poetry set to music — makes his Cedille Records debut with a program of songs by five composers of the early 20th century associated with the city of Chicago: Ernst Bacon, Florence Price, John Alden Carpenter, Margaret Bonds, and Louis […]
Read ArticleCelebrate American History and Culture this month by sponsoring our new educational initiative: Song of America: Beyond Liberty! Launching this summer in collaboration with the Glimmerglass Festival, Thomas Hampson takes Song of America on the road to audiences, educators, and students nationwide over the next few concert seasons! Across 50 states, as well as Washington D.C. and Puerto […]
Read ArticleFrom April 6 to April 9, 2018, we will again be broadcasting LIVE from the Heidelberg Lied Academy! Tune in to these live-streamed events, directly from Heidelberg, Germany, to explore the music, poetry, and multifaceted stories of German Lieder from anywhere in the world. The following events will be LIVE on: ★ Hampsong Foundation’s Facebook page […]
Read ArticleWe are thrilled to announce the completion of our translation of “Song: Mirror of the World” in collaboration with the German radio station SWR2 in Baden-Baden! With the help of Dr. Bettina Winkler (above, with Thomas Hampson) and Katharina Eickhoff, and over the course of two years, we are finally ready to broadcast „Das Lied […]
Read ArticleNew application deadline: Nov. 1, 2017! The Hampsong Foundation is partnering with the Mondavi Center to support their 2018 Young Artists Competition. This competition offers the $5000 Founders’ Prize in Voice to U.S.-resident vocalists age 18-24. More information here In honor of the Centennial of the birth of American composer Leonard Bernstein, the 2018 competition […]
Read ArticleOn Oct. 1, 2017, Thomas Hampson and Wolfram Rieger were be awarded the Hugo-Wolf-Medaille (Hugo Wolf Medal) in Stuttgart, Germany. This medal honors the duo for their devotion to the Lieder repertoire. The ceremony was broadcast via Livestream.
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