Evelyn Schoerkhuber , sopran
EMPLOYMENT
– Member of the Vocal Arts Faculty at Richard Wagner Conservatory, Vienna (2013-Present)
– Managing Partner of MEA Music Education Abroad (2019-Present)
– Member of the Vocal Arts Faculty of the Vienna Summer Music Festival (2017-Present)
– Artistic director of the Austria Summer Music Festival (2018-Present)
-Curator of the KlangRede –Music and Literature Festival of the Jeunesse Austria (since 2022)
– Managing director of the regional Jeunesse office Weyer, Upper Austria (since 2022)
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
– Voice Teacher at the Joe Zawinul Music School, Gumpoldskirchen AUT (2014-2016)
– Freelance Operasinger (2004-Present)
– Stage Musician and Actress at the Burgtheater Wien (2000-2004)
– Soloist Contract at the Kammeroper Wien (1998-2000)
– PR- and Marketing Representative at Estee Lauder Cosmetics (2004-2006)
– Marketing Representative at the newspaper Der Standard , Vienna (1995-1997)
EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND CURRENT PROJECTS
– Masterclasses for Vocal Arts (in Europe, China, Iran, Asia, USA, Portugal (online), Russia (online) 2014-Present)
-Elvira de Hidalgo (teacher of Maria Callas) to pass on traditions (Garcia-technique, the real Belcanto)
– Lectures about Belcanto, Garcia, German Lied, Wiener Klassik, German Diction (2014-Present)
– SPE Stilistic- Phrasing-Expression through Opera History (together with Daniel Sarge) (2016, 2017)
– The STRONG FIVE –Audition Training
Competition Preparation (2nd prize winner Yanyan Wang of Grandi Voci, audience prize winner ForoozRazavi of Magda Oliveri Competition, 1st prize winner Ara Karapetian of Vie nna Classic Dream, Evgeniya Majevskaya 2nd prize winner of Vienna Classic Dream, “2nd prize winner of Prima la Musica ThereseTroya, 2nd prize winner of Prima la Musica Celina Hubmann, finalist of Belvedere Competition EriYanagisawa, Academia prize of Scala di Milano Forooz Razavi, 1st prize Verdi Competition Forooz Razavi,2nd prize Ali Magomedov St Petersburg Music Competition)
Preparation for University and Conservatory entrance exams with the Young Opera Program (2014-Present) (Celina Hubmann Mozarteum, Eri Yanagisawa MUK, Therese Troyer MDW, Maritina Tampakopoulos Julliard Young Artist Program of the MET, Daniel Valero MUK, Forooz Razavi Academia Teatro a la Scala di Milano and many more)
– Role Coaching with singers, who are already singing in an Opera house or Festivals.
– Competition Judge for the Vladimir Jurowsky Competition 2014, Vienna Summer Music Festival
Competition 2018 and at the Vienna Classic Competition of Wiener Konzerthaus 2018, 2019, 2020,
Jeunesse Singer Songwriter Competition 2022, Austria Summer Music Festival Competition, Host of the
International Osaka Competition in Austria for the First Round at the ASMF 2019 and 2022
– Kinder Universität Oberösterreich (Children’s University Upper Austria) (2019)
– Participant of the ThinkAustria Expert Initiative, a Thinktank directly residing under the Austrian
Chancellor –From which international examples and innovations can we learn for the Austrian education
system (Board: Antonella Mei-Pochtler, Wendy Kopp CEO of Teach for All, Andreas Schleicher Director for
Education (OECD), Xavier Prats-Monne General Director for Culture and Education of the European
Commission) (2018-Present)
– Member of the EVTA (European Voice Teacher Association) (2014-Present)
– Member of the ACPAF (Austrian-Chinese Profund Art Festival for Youth Music and Cultural Exchange
and Performance) (2015-Present)
– Board Member of SPVA (The Society for Performance and Visual Arts9
– Board Member of Partners for the Arts Abroad
– Music Education Abroad –how to prepare for a music study in Austria
EDUCATION
– Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst (MDW) Wien, Austria (1999-2000)
– Konservatorium der Stadt Wien Privatuniversität (MUK), Austria (1995-2003)
– Universidad de Alcala, Spain (2010)
Professors
Glenys Linos, Royal Academy of Music, London
Claudia Visca, MDW
James E. Pearson, Vienna State Opera (2002-Present)
Daniel Sarge, Vienna State Opera (2013-Present)
KS Hilde Zadek (2004-2005)
Prof. Giancarlo del Monaco, Universidad Alcala, Stage Performance (2010)
Prof. Sebastian Vittucci MUK
KS Eliane Coelho, Vienna State Opera, MUK
Prof. Svanhvit Egilsdottir, MDW (1999-2000)
Prof. Lucia Meschwitz, MUK Opera- and Operetta Department (1996-1998)
PRIZES, MASTER CLASSES AND SCHOLARSHIPS
– OE-Ticket Marketing Prize for Lied im Brick- Communicate with History 2014
– Third Prize of the TIM, Tournoir International de Musique in Paris 2012
– Scholarship from the Cultural Ministry of Spain for a post-graduate master program in Stage Performance at Universidad Alcala 2010
– Scholarship-prize at the Hilde Zadek Competition for studying with KS Hilde Zadek 2004
– Scholarship from the Magistrat of Vienna for a Vocal program at MUK 1995-2003
– Scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and Education Austria for a Chambermusic Program at MDW (1999-2000)
– Masterclass with KS Christa Ludwig (Austria) 2001
– Masterclass with Hugo de Ana (Spain) 2009
– Masterclass with KS Thomas Hampson (Germany) 2001
– Masterclass and Teacher training with David Jones (NY, USA) 2015
ACTING
Stage Music, Viridiana, Academie Theater (Austria) 2000
Stage Music, Der Färber und sein Zwillingsbruder , Burgtheater Wien 2000-2003
Engländerin, Das weite Land, Burgtheater Wien 2000-2003
Preziosa, Cyrano de Bergerac, Burgtheater Wien 2000-2003
COOPERATIONS
Conductors and Stage Directors with whom Evelyn has worked include: Johanna Doderer, Helmuth
Lohner, Karl Heinz Hackl, Dimitri Gotscheff, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Leonard Prinsloo, Marco Catena,
Giancalo del Monaco, Hugo de Ana, Winfried Bauernfeind, Thomas Mitmann, Karin Bayer, Paola Viano,
Ernst Theiss, Jorge Rubio, Reinhard Edlinger, Alexander Drcar, Martin Sieghart, Andres Orozco-Estrada,
Florian Samfir, Othmar Klein, Enrico Calesso, Rudolf Bibl, Wolfgang Sobotka, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Franz
Welser-Möst
TEACHING REFERENCES
Class Concert Evelyn Schoerkhuber 2014
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=z3UpPWdPllk
https://www.jeunesse.at/standorte/weyer