Praised by critics and loved by audiences for her beauty of tone and impeccable artistry, soprano Mojca Erdmann is a rapidly rising star in the international music scene. Of her return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2012, the New York Timeswrote “Mojca Erdmann brought a sweet, beguiling voice and a demure sincerity to Susanna”. Known for her versatility in repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music, the BBC Music Magazine praised her as an “interpreter of major gifts”.

Mojca Erdmann starts off the 2018-19 season with concerts in Copenhagen with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Brett Dean: From Melodious Lay) and in Tokyo with the Bach Collegium of Japan. In October she tours Israel with the IPO under the baton of Maestro Zubin Mehta with Mozart’s Coronation Mass. Further concert engagements take her to Zurich, Munich, Dresden, Bremen, Heilbronn, Hof, Linz and Salzburg with Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, Haydn’s Creationor Brahms’ Requiem, to name but a few highlights. At the renowned Boulezsaal in Berlin Ms. Erdmann sings a recital with Malcolm Martineau, featuring a programme of Lieder by Franz Schubert.

On the opera stage Ms. Erdmann stars in the premiere production of Jörg Widmann’s Babylonat the Berlin State Opera, as well as in Falstaffat The Dallas Opera.

In the 2017/18 season Ms Erdmann made her debut with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, singing Dvorak’s Te Deumand Mahler’s Symphony No 4 under the baton of Andrés Orozco Estrada before heading to Japan singing Berg‘s Lulu Suiteat Tokyo’s NHK Hall. Mojca Erdmann was part of the WDR Rundfunkorchester’s 70th anniversary gala and sang the world premiere of Aribert Reimann’s new work together with the Kuss Quartett in Hanover, Amsterdam and Berlin. On the opera stage the versatile soprano was heard as Claudia in Toshio Hosokawa‘s Stilles Meerat the Staatsoper Hamburg, under the baton of  Kent Nagano. Mojca Erdmann sang in the world premiere of Miroslva Srnka’s new opera South Polealongside Thomas Hampson and Rolando Villazón at the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich as well as Wolfgang Rihm’s Proserpinaat the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.

 

In past seasons Ms. Erdmann was part of the Mozartwoche Salzburg (performing Beat Furrer’s Spazio immergente), the Ultraschall Festival in Berlin (works by Daj Fujikura and Harrison Birwistle), performed the world premiere of Wolfgang Rihm’s Requiem-Strophenwith the Symphonieorchester of the Bayerischen Rundfunks under the baton of Mariss Jansons in Munich’s Herkulessaal and Lucerne´s KKL. She made her debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona singing Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), and at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Zerlina in a new production of Don Giovanniand as Waldvogel in Siegfried. The latter production was released on DVD by Deutsche Grammophon in September 2012. She returned to the Metropolitan Opera the following season for performances as Susanna in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. In 2012, she made her highly acclaimed debut as the titular character in Berg’s Lulu, in a new production conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Berlin. After her Salzburg Festival debut in 2006 as Mozart’s Zaideunder Ivor Bolton, she was invited to return to the festival in 2007 and 2009 to sing Zelmira in Haydn’s Armida.In 2013, Ms Erdmann returned to the festival to perform a series of world premieres in concert with the Scharoun Ensemble. She starred as Sophie in the festival’s new production of Der Rosenkavalierin 2014, conducted by Franz Welser-Möst, and she made her operatic debut at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala as Marzelline in a new production of Beethoven’s Fidelio, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, to open the theatre’s season.

Simon Rattle invited Mojca Erdmann to sing Waldvogel in his new production of Wagner’s Siegfriedin Aix-en-Provence (2008) and at the Salzburg Easter Festival in 2009. In the same year, she had her debut as Sophie in Strauss’ DerRosenkavalierin a new production by Stefan Herheim at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, a role she also sang for the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich. Mojca Erdmann appeared in a new production of Weber’s Der Freischütz, another debut, at Theater an der Wien and made her debut as Zerlina in an all-star gala performance of Don Giovanniin Baden-Baden, where she returned as Despina in a new production of Così fan tuttein 2012. Zerlina was also the vehicle for her debut at Teatro Real Madrid in 2013.

 Mojca Erdmann regularly appears in concerts and recitals throughout Germany, Austria, Denmark, Spain, France, Switzerland, South Korea and Japan. She is a frequent guest at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, the Cologne and Berlin Philharmonic Halls, the Alte Oper Frankfurt, where she was Artist in Residence in 2012-13, the Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna and the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg as well as the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg and the Kissinger Sommer. She has a vast concert repertoire and is frequently working with conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Ivor Bolton, Manfred Honeck, Kent Nagano, Fabio Luisi and Daniel Harding. She appeared with the Berlin Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Nikolaus Harnoncourt invited Ms. Erdmann to the Vienna Musikverein for Schumann’s Paradies und die Peri, to the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orkest for Scenes from Goethe’s Faust, and to the Berlin Philharmonic for Haydn’s Orlando Paladino. In 2009, she appeared as Sorge/Soprano 1 in Schumann’s Scenes from Goethe’s Faustwith the Stockholm Radio Symphony under Daniel Harding, the DSO Berlin conducted by Ingo Metzmacher and with the Orchestra at La Scala di Milan conducted by Pinchas Steinberg in what marked her debut at La Scala.

An unusually versatile performer, Mojca Erdmann is much sought after for her interpretation of contemporary music: She made her debut with the Berlin Staatsoper in the world premiere of Takemitsu – My Way of Life, conducted by Kent Nagano. In 2009, she performed the title role in Wolfgang Rihm’s monodrama Proserpinaand thefollowing year Rihm entrusted her with the lead soprano role in his new opera Dionysos,which saw its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2010, under the baton of Ingo Metzmacher, and was premiered in Germany at the Berlin Staatsoper in 2012. Also in 2012, she premiered Rodion Schchedrin’s Cleopatra and the Snakeat the Salzburg Whitsun Festival, conducted by Valery Gergiev.

Mojca Erdmann can be heard on many recordings, including an acclaimed version of Mahler’s Symphony No 4with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Nott released by Tudor and in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilègeswith the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, released by Sony. In 2011, RCA released a recording of Wolf´s Italian Songbookwhich featured Mojca Erdmann, Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber. In 2009, the soprano signed an exclusive agreement with Deutsche Grammophon, with the first solo recording, Mozart´s Garden, featuring arias by Mozart and his contemporaries, having been released in 2011. She can be heard as Zerlina and Despina respectively on Deutsche Grammophon’s recently released complete recordings of Don Giovanni and Cosi fan tutte, both conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

 Praised by critics and loved by audiences for her beauty of tone and impeccable artistry, soprano Mojca Erdmann is a rapidly rising star in the international music scene. Of her return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2012, the New York Timeswrote “Mojca Erdmann brought a sweet, beguiling voice and a demure sincerity to Susanna”. Known for her versatility in repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music, the BBC Music Magazine praised her as an “interpreter of major gifts”.

Mojca Erdmann begins the 2023/24 season with her role and house debut at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen as Vitellia in a new production of La clemenza di Tito, directed by Jetske Mijnssen. She also takes on the roles of Klara and Therese in a new production of Roman Haubenstock-Ramati’s opera Amerika at the Opernhaus Zürich. A highly sought-after concert singer, Mojca Erdmann opens the season in San Sebastián’s Kursaal with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand,” conducted by Robert Treviño. In the Queen Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp, she sings The Lyric Symphony by Alexander Zemlinsky under the baton of Kevin John Edusei. At Müpa Budapest, she can be heard as soloist The Creation (Haydn), conducted by Adam Fischer. Other highlights of the season include her appearances at the Musikverein Vienna, the Mozart Festival in Augsburg, the Whitsun Festival in Baden-Baden together with the SWR Symphony Orchestra, as well as her recital with Malcolm Martineau.

On the opera stage Ms. Erdmann stars in the premiere production of Jörg Widmann’s Babylon at the Berlin State Opera, as well as in Falstaff at The Dallas Opera.

Last season, Erdmann made her debut as Doña Clara in Alexander Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg at the Ópera de Tenerife. As artist-in-residence at the CSO Ada Ankara Concert Hall, she presented three different programs including works by Mendelssohn, Reimann and Schönberg. Mojca Erdmann also sang Berg’s Seven Early Songs together with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach at the Konservatoriets Koncertsal in Copenhagen and made her debut with Wolfgang Rhim’s Aria/Ariadne “Szenarie” under the musical direction of Gianandrea Noseda at the Opernhaus Zürich.
She sang Jörg Widmann’s Arche at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and performed Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and J.S. Bach’s Ich habe genug at the Kölner Philharmonie. Together with pianist Elena Bashkirova, Mojca Erdmann gave several chamber music recitals in Geneva and Andermatt as well as at the Cité de la musique in Paris. Joined by Malcolm Martineau, she presented a program of works by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms at the Narodni Dom in Maribor.

Highlights of past seasons include her appearances at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and Waldvogel (Siegfried). Zerlina was also the role of her debut at the Teatro Real Madrid in 2013. Much acclaimed was Mojca Erdmann’s debut in the title role in Alban Berg’s opera Lulu in a new production by Andrea Breth and conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Berlin. Lulu advanced to become one of her signature roles, and she sang a new production by William Kentridge at the Amsterdam Opera and Christoph Marthaler’s award-winning production at the Hamburg State Opera. In 2014, the soprano interpreted Marzelline in a new production of Beethoven’s Fidelio as part of La Scala’s season opening, which is traditionally broadcast live worldwide on TV. At the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Mojca Erdmann could be heard as Waldvogel in Siegfried with the Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle. Since her debut at the 2006 Salzburg Festival in the title role of Mozart’s Zaide under Ivor Bolton, Mojca Erdmann has returned to the stage as Zelmira in Haydn’s Armida and as Sophie in a new production of Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, among other roles. In 2013 she also sang a series of world premieres with the Scharoun Ensemble as part of the festival.

An unusually versatile performer, Mojca Erdmann is much sought after for her interpretation of contemporary music: she made her debut with the Berlin Staatsoper in the world premiere of Takemitsu – My Way of Life, conducted by Kent Nagano. In 2009, she performed the title role in Wolfgang Rihm’s monodrama Proserpina and the following year Rihm entrusted her with the lead soprano role in his new opera Dionysos, which saw its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2010 and had its German premiere at the Staatsoper Berlin in 2012. Mojca Erdmann’s interpretations of Toshio Hosokawa’s opera Stilles Meer at the Hamburg State Opera and Widmann’s monumental opera Babylon at the Berlin State Opera also earned unanimous critical acclaim. In 2020, Mojca Erdmann took on one of the two leading roles in Luca Francesconi’s two-person play Quartett, based on Heiner Müller’s play. The German version premiered at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin under the direction of Daniel Barenboim.

The soprano is featured on numerous studio recordings, such as an acclaimed version of Mahler’s Symphony No 4 with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Nott, or Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, released by Sony. In 2011 she released a solo album of arias by Mozart and Mozart’s contemporaries entitled Mozart’s Garden on Deutsche Grammophon. In 2020, Neos released the album Die Schneekönigin, conducted by David Philip Hefti, in which the soprano took the lead role. Together with Daniel Barenboim on piano and Zubin Mehta conducting, Pierre Boulez Hall recorded Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and Crumb’s Ancient Voices in 2021. In 2022 Pentatone presented a new album Hans Sommer Orchestral Songs with Mojca Erdmann in the soloist quartet.

Born in Hamburg, Mojca Erdmann received her first violin lessons at the age of six and sang in the children’s choir of the Hamburg State Opera. After graduating from high school, she studied singing with Hans Sotin at the Cologne University of Music in parallel with violin studies. In 2002, she not only won first prize at the German National Singing Competition, but also the special prize for contemporary music. In 2005 she was awarded the NDR Music Prize by the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the Luitpold Prize by the Kissinger Sommer.

Praised by critics and loved by audiences for her beauty of tone and impeccable artistry, soprano Mojca Erdmann is a rapidly rising star in the international music scene. Of her return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2012, the New York Timeswrote “Mojca Erdmann brought a sweet, beguiling voice and a demure sincerity to Susanna”. Known for her versatility in repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music, the BBC Music Magazine praised her as an “interpreter of major gifts”.

Mojca Erdmann starts off the 2018-19 season with concerts in Copenhagen with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Brett Dean: From Melodious Lay) and in Tokyo with the Bach Collegium of Japan. In October she tours Israel with the IPO under the baton of Maestro Zubin Mehta with Mozart’s Coronation Mass. Further concert engagements take her to Zurich, Munich, Dresden, Bremen, Heilbronn, Hof, Linz and Salzburg with Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, Haydn’s Creationor Brahms’ Requiem, to name but a few highlights. At the renowned Boulezsaal in Berlin Ms. Erdmann sings a recital with Malcolm Martineau, featuring a programme of Lieder by Franz Schubert.

On the opera stage Ms. Erdmann stars in the premiere production of Jörg Widmann’s Babylonat the Berlin State Opera, as well as in Falstaffat The Dallas Opera.

In the 2017/18 season Ms Erdmann made her debut with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, singing Dvorak’s Te Deumand Mahler’s Symphony No 4 under the baton of Andrés Orozco Estrada before heading to Japan singing Berg‘s Lulu Suiteat Tokyo’s NHK Hall. Mojca Erdmann was part of the WDR Rundfunkorchester’s 70th anniversary gala and sang the world premiere of Aribert Reimann’s new work together with the Kuss Quartett in Hanover, Amsterdam and Berlin. On the opera stage the versatile soprano was heard as Claudia in Toshio Hosokawa‘s Stilles Meerat the Staatsoper Hamburg, under the baton of  Kent Nagano. Mojca Erdmann sang in the world premiere of Miroslva Srnka’s new opera South Polealongside Thomas Hampson and Rolando Villazón at the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich as well as Wolfgang Rihm’s Proserpinaat the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.

 

In past seasons Ms. Erdmann was part of the Mozartwoche Salzburg (performing Beat Furrer’s Spazio immergente), the Ultraschall Festival in Berlin (works by Daj Fujikura and Harrison Birwistle), performed the world premiere of Wolfgang Rihm’s Requiem-Strophenwith the Symphonieorchester of the Bayerischen Rundfunks under the baton of Mariss Jansons in Munich’s Herkulessaal and Lucerne´s KKL. She made her debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona singing Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), and at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Zerlina in a new production of Don Giovanniand as Waldvogel in Siegfried. The latter production was released on DVD by Deutsche Grammophon in September 2012. She returned to the Metropolitan Opera the following season for performances as Susanna in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. In 2012, she made her highly acclaimed debut as the titular character in Berg’s Lulu, in a new production conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Berlin. After her Salzburg Festival debut in 2006 as Mozart’s Zaideunder Ivor Bolton, she was invited to return to the festival in 2007 and 2009 to sing Zelmira in Haydn’s Armida.In 2013, Ms Erdmann returned to the festival to perform a series of world premieres in concert with the Scharoun Ensemble. She starred as Sophie in the festival’s new production of Der Rosenkavalierin 2014, conducted by Franz Welser-Möst, and she made her operatic debut at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala as Marzelline in a new production of Beethoven’s Fidelio, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, to open the theatre’s season.

Simon Rattle invited Mojca Erdmann to sing Waldvogel in his new production of Wagner’s Siegfriedin Aix-en-Provence (2008) and at the Salzburg Easter Festival in 2009. In the same year, she had her debut as Sophie in Strauss’ DerRosenkavalierin a new production by Stefan Herheim at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, a role she also sang for the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich. Mojca Erdmann appeared in a new production of Weber’s Der Freischütz, another debut, at Theater an der Wien and made her debut as Zerlina in an all-star gala performance of Don Giovanniin Baden-Baden, where she returned as Despina in a new production of Così fan tuttein 2012. Zerlina was also the vehicle for her debut at Teatro Real Madrid in 2013.

 Mojca Erdmann regularly appears in concerts and recitals throughout Germany, Austria, Denmark, Spain, France, Switzerland, South Korea and Japan. She is a frequent guest at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, the Cologne and Berlin Philharmonic Halls, the Alte Oper Frankfurt, where she was Artist in Residence in 2012-13, the Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna and the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg as well as the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg and the Kissinger Sommer. She has a vast concert repertoire and is frequently working with conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Ivor Bolton, Manfred Honeck, Kent Nagano, Fabio Luisi and Daniel Harding. She appeared with the Berlin Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Nikolaus Harnoncourt invited Ms. Erdmann to the Vienna Musikverein for Schumann’s Paradies und die Peri, to the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orkest for Scenes from Goethe’s Faust, and to the Berlin Philharmonic for Haydn’s Orlando Paladino. In 2009, she appeared as Sorge/Soprano 1 in Schumann’s Scenes from Goethe’s Faustwith the Stockholm Radio Symphony under Daniel Harding, the DSO Berlin conducted by Ingo Metzmacher and with the Orchestra at La Scala di Milan conducted by Pinchas Steinberg in what marked her debut at La Scala.

An unusually versatile performer, Mojca Erdmann is much sought after for her interpretation of contemporary music: She made her debut with the Berlin Staatsoper in the world premiere of Takemitsu – My Way of Life, conducted by Kent Nagano. In 2009, she performed the title role in Wolfgang Rihm’s monodrama Proserpinaand thefollowing year Rihm entrusted her with the lead soprano role in his new opera Dionysos,which saw its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2010, under the baton of Ingo Metzmacher, and was premiered in Germany at the Berlin Staatsoper in 2012. Also in 2012, she premiered Rodion Schchedrin’s Cleopatra and the Snakeat the Salzburg Whitsun Festival, conducted by Valery Gergiev.

Mojca Erdmann can be heard on many recordings, including an acclaimed version of Mahler’s Symphony No 4with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Nott released by Tudor and in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilègeswith the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, released by Sony. In 2011, RCA released a recording of Wolf´s Italian Songbookwhich featured Mojca Erdmann, Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber. In 2009, the soprano signed an exclusive agreement with Deutsche Grammophon, with the first solo recording, Mozart´s Garden, featuring arias by Mozart and his contemporaries, having been released in 2011. She can be heard as Zerlina and Despina respectively on Deutsche Grammophon’s recently released complete recordings of Don Giovanni and Cosi fan tutte, both conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Praised by critics and loved by audiences for her beauty of tone and impeccable artistry, soprano Mojca Erdmann is a rapidly rising star in the international music scene. Of her return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2012, the New York Timeswrote “Mojca Erdmann brought a sweet, beguiling voice and a demure sincerity to Susanna”. Known for her versatility in repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music, the BBC Music Magazine praised her as an “interpreter of major gifts”.

Mojca Erdmann begins the 2023/24 season with her role and house debut at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen as Vitellia in a new production of La clemenza di Tito, directed by Jetske Mijnssen. She also takes on the roles of Klara and Therese in a new production of Roman Haubenstock-Ramati’s opera Amerika at the Opernhaus Zürich. A highly sought-after concert singer, Mojca Erdmann opens the season in San Sebastián’s Kursaal with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand,” conducted by Robert Treviño. In the Queen Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp, she sings The Lyric Symphony by Alexander Zemlinsky under the baton of Kevin John Edusei. At Müpa Budapest, she can be heard as soloist The Creation (Haydn), conducted by Adam Fischer. Other highlights of the season include her appearances at the Musikverein Vienna, the Mozart Festival in Augsburg, the Whitsun Festival in Baden-Baden together with the SWR Symphony Orchestra, as well as her recital with Malcolm Martineau.

On the opera stage Ms. Erdmann stars in the premiere production of Jörg Widmann’s Babylon at the Berlin State Opera, as well as in Falstaff at The Dallas Opera.

Last season, Erdmann made her debut as Doña Clara in Alexander Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg at the Ópera de Tenerife. As artist-in-residence at the CSO Ada Ankara Concert Hall, she presented three different programs including works by Mendelssohn, Reimann and Schönberg. Mojca Erdmann also sang Berg’s Seven Early Songs together with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach at the Konservatoriets Koncertsal in Copenhagen and made her debut with Wolfgang Rhim’s Aria/Ariadne “Szenarie” under the musical direction of Gianandrea Noseda at the Opernhaus Zürich.
She sang Jörg Widmann’s Arche at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and performed Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and J.S. Bach’s Ich habe genug at the Kölner Philharmonie. Together with pianist Elena Bashkirova, Mojca Erdmann gave several chamber music recitals in Geneva and Andermatt as well as at the Cité de la musique in Paris. Joined by Malcolm Martineau, she presented a program of works by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms at the Narodni Dom in Maribor.

Highlights of past seasons include her appearances at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and Waldvogel (Siegfried). Zerlina was also the role of her debut at the Teatro Real Madrid in 2013. Much acclaimed was Mojca Erdmann’s debut in the title role in Alban Berg’s opera Lulu in a new production by Andrea Breth and conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Berlin. Lulu advanced to become one of her signature roles, and she sang a new production by William Kentridge at the Amsterdam Opera and Christoph Marthaler’s award-winning production at the Hamburg State Opera. In 2014, the soprano interpreted Marzelline in a new production of Beethoven’s Fidelio as part of La Scala’s season opening, which is traditionally broadcast live worldwide on TV. At the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Mojca Erdmann could be heard as Waldvogel in Siegfried with the Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle. Since her debut at the 2006 Salzburg Festival in the title role of Mozart’s Zaide under Ivor Bolton, Mojca Erdmann has returned to the stage as Zelmira in Haydn’s Armida and as Sophie in a new production of Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, among other roles. In 2013 she also sang a series of world premieres with the Scharoun Ensemble as part of the festival.

An unusually versatile performer, Mojca Erdmann is much sought after for her interpretation of contemporary music: she made her debut with the Berlin Staatsoper in the world premiere of Takemitsu – My Way of Life, conducted by Kent Nagano. In 2009, she performed the title role in Wolfgang Rihm’s monodrama Proserpina and the following year Rihm entrusted her with the lead soprano role in his new opera Dionysos, which saw its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2010 and had its German premiere at the Staatsoper Berlin in 2012. Mojca Erdmann’s interpretations of Toshio Hosokawa’s opera Stilles Meer at the Hamburg State Opera and Widmann’s monumental opera Babylon at the Berlin State Opera also earned unanimous critical acclaim. In 2020, Mojca Erdmann took on one of the two leading roles in Luca Francesconi’s two-person play Quartett, based on Heiner Müller’s play. The German version premiered at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin under the direction of Daniel Barenboim.

The soprano is featured on numerous studio recordings, such as an acclaimed version of Mahler’s Symphony No 4 with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Nott, or Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, released by Sony. In 2011 she released a solo album of arias by Mozart and Mozart’s contemporaries entitled Mozart’s Garden on Deutsche Grammophon. In 2020, Neos released the album Die Schneekönigin, conducted by David Philip Hefti, in which the soprano took the lead role. Together with Daniel Barenboim on piano and Zubin Mehta conducting, Pierre Boulez Hall recorded Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and Crumb’s Ancient Voices in 2021. In 2022 Pentatone presented a new album Hans Sommer Orchestral Songs with Mojca Erdmann in the soloist quartet.

Born in Hamburg, Mojca Erdmann received her first violin lessons at the age of six and sang in the children’s choir of the Hamburg State Opera. After graduating from high school, she studied singing with Hans Sotin at the Cologne University of Music in parallel with violin studies. In 2002, she not only won first prize at the German National Singing Competition, but also the special prize for contemporary music. In 2005 she was awarded the NDR Music Prize by the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the Luitpold Prize by the Kissinger Sommer.

 Praised by critics and loved by audiences for her beauty of tone and impeccable artistry, soprano Mojca Erdmann is a rapidly rising star in the international music scene. Of her return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2012, the New York Timeswrote “Mojca Erdmann brought a sweet, beguiling voice and a demure sincerity to Susanna”. Known for her versatility in repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music, the BBC Music Magazine praised her as an “interpreter of major gifts”.

Mojca Erdmann begins the 2023/24 season with her role and house debut at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen as Vitellia in a new production of La clemenza di Tito, directed by Jetske Mijnssen. She also takes on the roles of Klara and Therese in a new production of Roman Haubenstock-Ramati’s opera Amerika at the Opernhaus Zürich. A highly sought-after concert singer, Mojca Erdmann opens the season in San Sebastián’s Kursaal with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand”, conducted by Robert Treviño. In the Queen Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp, she sings The Lyric Symphony by Alexander Zemlinsky under the baton of Kevin John Edusei. At Müpa Budapest, she can be heard as soloist The Creation (Haydn), conducted by Adam Fischer. Other highlights of the season include her appearances at the Musikverein Vienna, the Mozart Festival in Augsburg, the Whitsun Festival in Baden-Baden together with the SWR Symphony Orchestra, as well as her recital with Malcolm Martineau.

On the opera stage Ms. Erdmann stars in the premiere production of Jörg Widmann’s Babylon at the Berlin State Opera, as well as in Falstaff at The Dallas Opera.

Last season, Erdmann made her debut as Doña Clara in Alexander Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg at the Ópera de Tenerife. As artist-in-residence at the CSO Ada Ankara Concert Hall, she presented three different programs including works by Mendelssohn, Reimann and Schönberg. Mojca Erdmann also sang Berg’s Seven Early Songs together with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach at the Konservatoriets Koncertsal in Copenhagen and made her debut with Wolfgang Rihm’s Aria/Ariadne “Szenarie” under the musical direction of Gianandrea Noseda at the Opernhaus Zürich.
She sang Jörg Widmann’s Arche at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and performed Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and J.S. Bach’s Ich habe genug at the Kölner Philharmonie. Together with pianist Elena Bashkirova, Mojca Erdmann gave several chamber music recitals in Geneva and Andermatt as well as at the Cité de la musique in Paris. Joined by Malcolm Martineau, she presented a program of works by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms at the Narodni Dom in Maribor.

Highlights of past seasons include her appearances at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and Waldvogel (Siegfried). Zerlina was also the role of her debut at the Teatro Real Madrid in 2013. Much acclaimed was Mojca Erdmann’s debut in the title role in Alban Berg’s opera Lulu in a new production by Andrea Breth and conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Berlin. Lulu advanced to become one of her signature roles, and she sang a new production by William Kentridge at the Amsterdam Opera and Christoph Marthaler’s award-winning production at the Hamburg State Opera. In 2014, the soprano interpreted Marzelline in a new production of Beethoven’s Fidelio as part of La Scala’s season opening, which is traditionally broadcast live worldwide on TV. At the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Mojca Erdmann could be heard as Waldvogel in Siegfried with the Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle. Since her debut at the 2006 Salzburg Festival in the title role of Mozart’s Zaide under Ivor Bolton, Mojca Erdmann has returned to the stage as Zelmira in Haydn’s Armida and as Sophie in a new production of Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, among other roles. In 2013 she also sang a series of world premieres with the Scharoun Ensemble as part of the festival.

An unusually versatile performer, Mojca Erdmann is much sought after for her interpretation of contemporary music: she made her debut with the Berlin Staatsoper in the world premiere of Takemitsu – My Way of Life, conducted by Kent Nagano. In 2009, she performed the title role in Wolfgang Rihm’s monodrama Proserpina and the following year Rihm entrusted her with the lead soprano role in his new opera Dionysos, which saw its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2010 and had its German premiere at the Staatsoper Berlin in 2012. Mojca Erdmann’s interpretations of Toshio Hosokawa’s opera Stilles Meer at the Hamburg State Opera and Widmann’s monumental opera Babylon at the Berlin State Opera also earned unanimous critical acclaim. In 2020, Mojca Erdmann took on one of the two leading roles in Luca Francesconi’s two-person play Quartett, based on Heiner Müller’s play. The German version premiered at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin under the direction of Daniel Barenboim.

The soprano is featured on numerous studio recordings, such as an acclaimed version of Mahler’s Symphony No 4 with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Nott, or Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, released by Sony. In 2011 she released a solo album of arias by Mozart and Mozart’s contemporaries entitled Mozart’s Garden on Deutsche Grammophon. In 2020, Neos released the album Die Schneekönigin, conducted by David Philip Hefti, in which the soprano took the lead role. Together with Daniel Barenboim on piano and Zubin Mehta conducting, Pierre Boulez Hall recorded Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and Crumb’s Ancient Voices in 2021. In 2022 Pentatone presented a new album Hans Sommer Orchestral Songs with Mojca Erdmann in the soloist quartet.

Born in Hamburg, Mojca Erdmann received her first violin lessons at the age of six and sang in the children’s choir of the Hamburg State Opera. After graduating from high school, she studied singing with Hans Sotin at the Cologne University of Music in parallel with violin studies. In 2002, she not only won first prize at the German National Singing Competition, but also the special prize for contemporary music. In 2005 she was awarded the NDR Music Prize by the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the Luitpold Prize by the Kissinger Sommer.

Praised by critics and loved by audiences for her beauty of tone and impeccable artistry, soprano Mojca Erdmann is a rapidly rising star in the international music scene. Of her return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2012, the New York Timeswrote “Mojca Erdmann brought a sweet, beguiling voice and a demure sincerity to Susanna”. Known for her versatility in repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music, the BBC Music Magazine praised her as an “interpreter of major gifts”.

Mojca Erdmann starts off the 2018-19 season with concerts in Copenhagen with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Brett Dean: From Melodious Lay) and in Tokyo with the Bach Collegium of Japan. In October she tours Israel with the IPO under the baton of Maestro Zubin Mehta with Mozart’s Coronation Mass. Further concert engagements take her to Zurich, Munich, Dresden, Bremen, Heilbronn, Hof, Linz and Salzburg with Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, Haydn’s Creationor Brahms’ Requiem, to name but a few highlights. At the renowned Boulezsaal in Berlin Ms. Erdmann sings a recital with Malcolm Martineau, featuring a programme of Lieder by Franz Schubert.

On the opera stage Ms. Erdmann stars in the premiere production of Jörg Widmann’s Babylonat the Berlin State Opera, as well as in Falstaffat The Dallas Opera.

In the 2017/18 season Ms Erdmann made her debut with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, singing Dvorak’s Te Deumand Mahler’s Symphony No 4 under the baton of Andrés Orozco Estrada before heading to Japan singing Berg‘s Lulu Suiteat Tokyo’s NHK Hall. Mojca Erdmann was part of the WDR Rundfunkorchester’s 70th anniversary gala and sang the world premiere of Aribert Reimann’s new work together with the Kuss Quartett in Hanover, Amsterdam and Berlin. On the opera stage the versatile soprano was heard as Claudia in Toshio Hosokawa‘s Stilles Meerat the Staatsoper Hamburg, under the baton of  Kent Nagano. Mojca Erdmann sang in the world premiere of Miroslva Srnka’s new opera South Polealongside Thomas Hampson and Rolando Villazón at the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich as well as Wolfgang Rihm’s Proserpinaat the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.

 

In past seasons Ms. Erdmann was part of the Mozartwoche Salzburg (performing Beat Furrer’s Spazio immergente), the Ultraschall Festival in Berlin (works by Daj Fujikura and Harrison Birwistle), performed the world premiere of Wolfgang Rihm’s Requiem-Strophenwith the Symphonieorchester of the Bayerischen Rundfunks under the baton of Mariss Jansons in Munich’s Herkulessaal and Lucerne´s KKL. She made her debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona singing Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), and at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Zerlina in a new production of Don Giovanniand as Waldvogel in Siegfried. The latter production was released on DVD by Deutsche Grammophon in September 2012. She returned to the Metropolitan Opera the following season for performances as Susanna in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. In 2012, she made her highly acclaimed debut as the titular character in Berg’s Lulu, in a new production conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Berlin. After her Salzburg Festival debut in 2006 as Mozart’s Zaideunder Ivor Bolton, she was invited to return to the festival in 2007 and 2009 to sing Zelmira in Haydn’s Armida.In 2013, Ms Erdmann returned to the festival to perform a series of world premieres in concert with the Scharoun Ensemble. She starred as Sophie in the festival’s new production of Der Rosenkavalierin 2014, conducted by Franz Welser-Möst, and she made her operatic debut at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala as Marzelline in a new production of Beethoven’s Fidelio, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, to open the theatre’s season.

Simon Rattle invited Mojca Erdmann to sing Waldvogel in his new production of Wagner’s Siegfriedin Aix-en-Provence (2008) and at the Salzburg Easter Festival in 2009. In the same year, she had her debut as Sophie in Strauss’ DerRosenkavalierin a new production by Stefan Herheim at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, a role she also sang for the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich. Mojca Erdmann appeared in a new production of Weber’s Der Freischütz, another debut, at Theater an der Wien and made her debut as Zerlina in an all-star gala performance of Don Giovanniin Baden-Baden, where she returned as Despina in a new production of Così fan tuttein 2012. Zerlina was also the vehicle for her debut at Teatro Real Madrid in 2013.

 Mojca Erdmann regularly appears in concerts and recitals throughout Germany, Austria, Denmark, Spain, France, Switzerland, South Korea and Japan. She is a frequent guest at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, the Cologne and Berlin Philharmonic Halls, the Alte Oper Frankfurt, where she was Artist in Residence in 2012-13, the Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna and the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg as well as the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg and the Kissinger Sommer. She has a vast concert repertoire and is frequently working with conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Ivor Bolton, Manfred Honeck, Kent Nagano, Fabio Luisi and Daniel Harding. She appeared with the Berlin Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Nikolaus Harnoncourt invited Ms. Erdmann to the Vienna Musikverein for Schumann’s Paradies und die Peri, to the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orkest for Scenes from Goethe’s Faust, and to the Berlin Philharmonic for Haydn’s Orlando Paladino. In 2009, she appeared as Sorge/Soprano 1 in Schumann’s Scenes from Goethe’s Faustwith the Stockholm Radio Symphony under Daniel Harding, the DSO Berlin conducted by Ingo Metzmacher and with the Orchestra at La Scala di Milan conducted by Pinchas Steinberg in what marked her debut at La Scala.

An unusually versatile performer, Mojca Erdmann is much sought after for her interpretation of contemporary music: She made her debut with the Berlin Staatsoper in the world premiere of Takemitsu – My Way of Life, conducted by Kent Nagano. In 2009, she performed the title role in Wolfgang Rihm’s monodrama Proserpinaand thefollowing year Rihm entrusted her with the lead soprano role in his new opera Dionysos,which saw its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2010, under the baton of Ingo Metzmacher, and was premiered in Germany at the Berlin Staatsoper in 2012. Also in 2012, she premiered Rodion Schchedrin’s Cleopatra and the Snakeat the Salzburg Whitsun Festival, conducted by Valery Gergiev.

Mojca Erdmann can be heard on many recordings, including an acclaimed version of Mahler’s Symphony No 4with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Nott released by Tudor and in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilègeswith the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, released by Sony. In 2011, RCA released a recording of Wolf´s Italian Songbookwhich featured Mojca Erdmann, Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber. In 2009, the soprano signed an exclusive agreement with Deutsche Grammophon, with the first solo recording, Mozart´s Garden, featuring arias by Mozart and his contemporaries, having been released in 2011. She can be heard as Zerlina and Despina respectively on Deutsche Grammophon’s recently released complete recordings of Don Giovanni and Cosi fan tutte, both conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Praised by critics and loved by audiences for her beauty of tone and impeccable artistry, soprano Mojca Erdmann is a rapidly rising star in the international music scene. Of her return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2012, the New York Timeswrote “Mojca Erdmann brought a sweet, beguiling voice and a demure sincerity to Susanna”. Known for her versatility in repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music, the BBC Music Magazine praised her as an “interpreter of major gifts”.

Mojca Erdmann begins the 2023/24 season with her role and house debut at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen as Vitellia in a new production of La clemenza di Tito, directed by Jetske Mijnssen. She also takes on the roles of Klara and Therese in a new production of Roman Haubenstock-Ramati’s opera Amerika at the Opernhaus Zürich. A highly sought-after concert singer, Mojca Erdmann opens the season in San Sebastián’s Kursaal with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand,” conducted by Robert Treviño. In the Queen Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp, she sings The Lyric Symphony by Alexander Zemlinsky under the baton of Kevin John Edusei. At Müpa Budapest, she can be heard as soloist The Creation (Haydn), conducted by Adam Fischer. Other highlights of the season include her appearances at the Musikverein Vienna, the Mozart Festival in Augsburg, the Whitsun Festival in Baden-Baden together with the SWR Symphony Orchestra, as well as her recital with Malcolm Martineau.

On the opera stage Ms. Erdmann stars in the premiere production of Jörg Widmann’s Babylon at the Berlin State Opera, as well as in Falstaff at The Dallas Opera.

Last season, Erdmann made her debut as Doña Clara in Alexander Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg at the Ópera de Tenerife. As artist-in-residence at the CSO Ada Ankara Concert Hall, she presented three different programs including works by Mendelssohn, Reimann and Schönberg. Mojca Erdmann also sang Berg’s Seven Early Songs together with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach at the Konservatoriets Koncertsal in Copenhagen and made her debut with Wolfgang Rhim’s Aria/Ariadne “Szenarie” under the musical direction of Gianandrea Noseda at the Opernhaus Zürich.
She sang Jörg Widmann’s Arche at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and performed Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and J.S. Bach’s Ich habe genug at the Kölner Philharmonie. Together with pianist Elena Bashkirova, Mojca Erdmann gave several chamber music recitals in Geneva and Andermatt as well as at the Cité de la musique in Paris. Joined by Malcolm Martineau, she presented a program of works by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms at the Narodni Dom in Maribor.

Highlights of past seasons include her appearances at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and Waldvogel (Siegfried). Zerlina was also the role of her debut at the Teatro Real Madrid in 2013. Much acclaimed was Mojca Erdmann’s debut in the title role in Alban Berg’s opera Lulu in a new production by Andrea Breth and conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Berlin. Lulu advanced to become one of her signature roles, and she sang a new production by William Kentridge at the Amsterdam Opera and Christoph Marthaler’s award-winning production at the Hamburg State Opera. In 2014, the soprano interpreted Marzelline in a new production of Beethoven’s Fidelio as part of La Scala’s season opening, which is traditionally broadcast live worldwide on TV. At the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Mojca Erdmann could be heard as Waldvogel in Siegfried with the Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle. Since her debut at the 2006 Salzburg Festival in the title role of Mozart’s Zaide under Ivor Bolton, Mojca Erdmann has returned to the stage as Zelmira in Haydn’s Armida and as Sophie in a new production of Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, among other roles. In 2013 she also sang a series of world premieres with the Scharoun Ensemble as part of the festival.

An unusually versatile performer, Mojca Erdmann is much sought after for her interpretation of contemporary music: she made her debut with the Berlin Staatsoper in the world premiere of Takemitsu – My Way of Life, conducted by Kent Nagano. In 2009, she performed the title role in Wolfgang Rihm’s monodrama Proserpina and the following year Rihm entrusted her with the lead soprano role in his new opera Dionysos, which saw its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2010 and had its German premiere at the Staatsoper Berlin in 2012. Mojca Erdmann’s interpretations of Toshio Hosokawa’s opera Stilles Meer at the Hamburg State Opera and Widmann’s monumental opera Babylon at the Berlin State Opera also earned unanimous critical acclaim. In 2020, Mojca Erdmann took on one of the two leading roles in Luca Francesconi’s two-person play Quartett, based on Heiner Müller’s play. The German version premiered at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin under the direction of Daniel Barenboim.

The soprano is featured on numerous studio recordings, such as an acclaimed version of Mahler’s Symphony No 4 with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Nott, or Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, released by Sony. In 2011 she released a solo album of arias by Mozart and Mozart’s contemporaries entitled Mozart’s Garden on Deutsche Grammophon. In 2020, Neos released the album Die Schneekönigin, conducted by David Philip Hefti, in which the soprano took the lead role. Together with Daniel Barenboim on piano and Zubin Mehta conducting, Pierre Boulez Hall recorded Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and Crumb’s Ancient Voices in 2021. In 2022 Pentatone presented a new album Hans Sommer Orchestral Songs with Mojca Erdmann in the soloist quartet.

Born in Hamburg, Mojca Erdmann received her first violin lessons at the age of six and sang in the children’s choir of the Hamburg State Opera. After graduating from high school, she studied singing with Hans Sotin at the Cologne University of Music in parallel with violin studies. In 2002, she not only won first prize at the German National Singing Competition, but also the special prize for contemporary music. In 2005 she was awarded the NDR Music Prize by the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the Luitpold Prize by the Kissinger Sommer.

 Praised by critics and loved by audiences for her beauty of tone and impeccable artistry, soprano Mojca Erdmann is a rapidly rising star in the international music scene. Of her return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2012, the New York Times wrote “Mojca Erdmann brought a sweet, beguiling voice and a demure sincerity to Susanna”. Known for her versatility in repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music, the BBC Music Magazine praised her as an “interpreter of major gifts”.

Mojca Erdmann begins the 2023/24 season with her role and house debut at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen as Vitellia in a new production of La clemenza di Tito, directed by Jetske Mijnssen. She also takes on the roles of Klara and Therese in a new production of Roman Haubenstock-Ramati’s opera Amerika at the Opernhaus Zürich. A highly sought-after concert singer, Mojca Erdmann opens the season in San Sebastián’s Kursaal with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand”, conducted by Robert Treviño. In the Queen Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp, she sings The Lyric Symphony by Alexander Zemlinsky under the baton of Kevin John Edusei. At Müpa Budapest, she can be heard as soloist The Creation (Haydn), conducted by Adam Fischer. Other highlights of the season include her appearances at the Musikverein Vienna, the Mozart Festival in Augsburg, the Whitsun Festival in Baden-Baden together with the SWR Symphony Orchestra, as well as her recital with Malcolm Martineau.

On the opera stage Ms. Erdmann stars in the premiere production of Jörg Widmann’s Babylon at the Berlin State Opera, as well as in Falstaff at The Dallas Opera.

Last season, Erdmann made her debut as Doña Clara in Alexander Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg at the Ópera de Tenerife. As artist-in-residence at the CSO Ada Ankara Concert Hall, she presented three different programs including works by Mendelssohn, Reimann and Schönberg. Mojca Erdmann also sang Berg’s Seven Early Songs together with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach at the Konservatoriets Koncertsal in Copenhagen and made her debut with Wolfgang Rihm’s Aria/Ariadne “Szenarie” under the musical direction of Gianandrea Noseda at the Opernhaus Zürich.
She sang Jörg Widmann’s Arche at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and performed Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and J.S. Bach’s Ich habe genug at the Kölner Philharmonie. Together with pianist Elena Bashkirova, Mojca Erdmann gave several chamber music recitals in Geneva and Andermatt as well as at the Cité de la musique in Paris. Joined by Malcolm Martineau, she presented a program of works by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms at the Narodni Dom in Maribor.

Highlights of past seasons include her appearances at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and Waldvogel (Siegfried). Zerlina was also the role of her debut at the Teatro Real Madrid in 2013. Much acclaimed was Mojca Erdmann’s debut in the title role in Alban Berg’s opera Lulu in a new production by Andrea Breth and conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Berlin. Lulu advanced to become one of her signature roles, and she sang a new production by William Kentridge at the Amsterdam Opera and Christoph Marthaler’s award-winning production at the Hamburg State Opera. In 2014, the soprano interpreted Marzelline in a new production of Beethoven’s Fidelio as part of La Scala’s season opening, which is traditionally broadcast live worldwide on TV. At the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Mojca Erdmann could be heard as Waldvogel in Siegfried with the Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle. Since her debut at the 2006 Salzburg Festival in the title role of Mozart’s Zaide under Ivor Bolton, Mojca Erdmann has returned to the stage as Zelmira in Haydn’s Armida and as Sophie in a new production of Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, among other roles. In 2013 she also sang a series of world premieres with the Scharoun Ensemble as part of the festival.

An unusually versatile performer, Mojca Erdmann is much sought after for her interpretation of contemporary music: she made her debut with the Berlin Staatsoper in the world premiere of Takemitsu – My Way of Life, conducted by Kent Nagano. In 2009, she performed the title role in Wolfgang Rihm’s monodrama Proserpina and the following year Rihm entrusted her with the lead soprano role in his new opera Dionysos, which saw its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2010 and had its German premiere at the Staatsoper Berlin in 2012. Mojca Erdmann’s interpretations of Toshio Hosokawa’s opera Stilles Meer at the Hamburg State Opera and Widmann’s monumental opera Babylon at the Berlin State Opera also earned unanimous critical acclaim. In 2020, Mojca Erdmann took on one of the two leading roles in Luca Francesconi’s two-person play Quartett, based on Heiner Müller’s play. The German version premiered at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin under the direction of Daniel Barenboim.

The soprano is featured on numerous studio recordings, such as an acclaimed version of Mahler’s Symphony No 4 with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Nott, or Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, released by Sony. In 2011 she released a solo album of arias by Mozart and Mozart’s contemporaries entitled Mozart’s Garden on Deutsche Grammophon. In 2020, Neos released the album Die Schneekönigin, conducted by David Philip Hefti, in which the soprano took the lead role. Together with Daniel Barenboim on piano and Zubin Mehta conducting, Pierre Boulez Hall recorded Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and Crumb’s Ancient Voices in 2021. In 2022 Pentatone presented a new album Hans Sommer Orchestral Songs with Mojca Erdmann in the soloist quartet.

Born in Hamburg, Mojca Erdmann received her first violin lessons at the age of six and sang in the children’s choir of the Hamburg State Opera. After graduating from high school, she studied singing with Hans Sotin at the Cologne University of Music in parallel with violin studies. In 2002, she not only won first prize at the German National Singing Competition, but also the special prize for contemporary music. In 2005 she was awarded the NDR Music Prize by the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the Luitpold Prize by the Kissinger Sommer.

Praised by critics and loved by audiences for her beauty of tone and impeccable artistry, soprano Mojca Erdmann is a rapidly rising star in the international music scene. Of her return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2012, the New York Timeswrote “Mojca Erdmann brought a sweet, beguiling voice and a demure sincerity to Susanna”. Known for her versatility in repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music, the BBC Music Magazine praised her as an “interpreter of major gifts”.

Mojca Erdmann starts off the 2018-19 season with concerts in Copenhagen with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Brett Dean: From Melodious Lay) and in Tokyo with the Bach Collegium of Japan. In October she tours Israel with the IPO under the baton of Maestro Zubin Mehta with Mozart’s Coronation Mass. Further concert engagements take her to Zurich, Munich, Dresden, Bremen, Heilbronn, Hof, Linz and Salzburg with Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, Haydn’s Creationor Brahms’ Requiem, to name but a few highlights. At the renowned Boulezsaal in Berlin Ms. Erdmann sings a recital with Malcolm Martineau, featuring a programme of Lieder by Franz Schubert.

On the opera stage Ms. Erdmann stars in the premiere production of Jörg Widmann’s Babylonat the Berlin State Opera, as well as in Falstaffat The Dallas Opera.

In the 2017/18 season Ms Erdmann made her debut with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, singing Dvorak’s Te Deumand Mahler’s Symphony No 4 under the baton of Andrés Orozco Estrada before heading to Japan singing Berg‘s Lulu Suiteat Tokyo’s NHK Hall. Mojca Erdmann was part of the WDR Rundfunkorchester’s 70th anniversary gala and sang the world premiere of Aribert Reimann’s new work together with the Kuss Quartett in Hanover, Amsterdam and Berlin. On the opera stage the versatile soprano was heard as Claudia in Toshio Hosokawa‘s Stilles Meerat the Staatsoper Hamburg, under the baton of  Kent Nagano. Mojca Erdmann sang in the world premiere of Miroslva Srnka’s new opera South Polealongside Thomas Hampson and Rolando Villazón at the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich as well as Wolfgang Rihm’s Proserpinaat the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.

 

In past seasons Ms. Erdmann was part of the Mozartwoche Salzburg (performing Beat Furrer’s Spazio immergente), the Ultraschall Festival in Berlin (works by Daj Fujikura and Harrison Birwistle), performed the world premiere of Wolfgang Rihm’s Requiem-Strophenwith the Symphonieorchester of the Bayerischen Rundfunks under the baton of Mariss Jansons in Munich’s Herkulessaal and Lucerne´s KKL. She made her debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona singing Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), and at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Zerlina in a new production of Don Giovanniand as Waldvogel in Siegfried. The latter production was released on DVD by Deutsche Grammophon in September 2012. She returned to the Metropolitan Opera the following season for performances as Susanna in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. In 2012, she made her highly acclaimed debut as the titular character in Berg’s Lulu, in a new production conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Berlin. After her Salzburg Festival debut in 2006 as Mozart’s Zaideunder Ivor Bolton, she was invited to return to the festival in 2007 and 2009 to sing Zelmira in Haydn’s Armida.In 2013, Ms Erdmann returned to the festival to perform a series of world premieres in concert with the Scharoun Ensemble. She starred as Sophie in the festival’s new production of Der Rosenkavalierin 2014, conducted by Franz Welser-Möst, and she made her operatic debut at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala as Marzelline in a new production of Beethoven’s Fidelio, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, to open the theatre’s season.

Simon Rattle invited Mojca Erdmann to sing Waldvogel in his new production of Wagner’s Siegfriedin Aix-en-Provence (2008) and at the Salzburg Easter Festival in 2009. In the same year, she had her debut as Sophie in Strauss’ DerRosenkavalierin a new production by Stefan Herheim at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, a role she also sang for the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich. Mojca Erdmann appeared in a new production of Weber’s Der Freischütz, another debut, at Theater an der Wien and made her debut as Zerlina in an all-star gala performance of Don Giovanniin Baden-Baden, where she returned as Despina in a new production of Così fan tuttein 2012. Zerlina was also the vehicle for her debut at Teatro Real Madrid in 2013.

 Mojca Erdmann regularly appears in concerts and recitals throughout Germany, Austria, Denmark, Spain, France, Switzerland, South Korea and Japan. She is a frequent guest at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, the Cologne and Berlin Philharmonic Halls, the Alte Oper Frankfurt, where she was Artist in Residence in 2012-13, the Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna and the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg as well as the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg and the Kissinger Sommer. She has a vast concert repertoire and is frequently working with conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Ivor Bolton, Manfred Honeck, Kent Nagano, Fabio Luisi and Daniel Harding. She appeared with the Berlin Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Nikolaus Harnoncourt invited Ms. Erdmann to the Vienna Musikverein for Schumann’s Paradies und die Peri, to the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orkest for Scenes from Goethe’s Faust, and to the Berlin Philharmonic for Haydn’s Orlando Paladino. In 2009, she appeared as Sorge/Soprano 1 in Schumann’s Scenes from Goethe’s Faustwith the Stockholm Radio Symphony under Daniel Harding, the DSO Berlin conducted by Ingo Metzmacher and with the Orchestra at La Scala di Milan conducted by Pinchas Steinberg in what marked her debut at La Scala.

An unusually versatile performer, Mojca Erdmann is much sought after for her interpretation of contemporary music: She made her debut with the Berlin Staatsoper in the world premiere of Takemitsu – My Way of Life, conducted by Kent Nagano. In 2009, she performed the title role in Wolfgang Rihm’s monodrama Proserpinaand thefollowing year Rihm entrusted her with the lead soprano role in his new opera Dionysos,which saw its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2010, under the baton of Ingo Metzmacher, and was premiered in Germany at the Berlin Staatsoper in 2012. Also in 2012, she premiered Rodion Schchedrin’s Cleopatra and the Snakeat the Salzburg Whitsun Festival, conducted by Valery Gergiev.

Mojca Erdmann can be heard on many recordings, including an acclaimed version of Mahler’s Symphony No 4with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Nott released by Tudor and in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilègeswith the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, released by Sony. In 2011, RCA released a recording of Wolf´s Italian Songbookwhich featured Mojca Erdmann, Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber. In 2009, the soprano signed an exclusive agreement with Deutsche Grammophon, with the first solo recording, Mozart´s Garden, featuring arias by Mozart and his contemporaries, having been released in 2011. She can be heard as Zerlina and Despina respectively on Deutsche Grammophon’s recently released complete recordings of Don Giovanni and Cosi fan tutte, both conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Praised by critics and loved by audiences for her beauty of tone and impeccable artistry, soprano Mojca Erdmann is a rapidly rising star in the international music scene. Of her return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2012, the New York Timeswrote “Mojca Erdmann brought a sweet, beguiling voice and a demure sincerity to Susanna”. Known for her versatility in repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music, the BBC Music Magazine praised her as an “interpreter of major gifts”.

Mojca Erdmann begins the 2023/24 season with her role and house debut at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen as Vitellia in a new production of La clemenza di Tito, directed by Jetske Mijnssen. She also takes on the roles of Klara and Therese in a new production of Roman Haubenstock-Ramati’s opera Amerika at the Opernhaus Zürich. A highly sought-after concert singer, Mojca Erdmann opens the season in San Sebastián’s Kursaal with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand,” conducted by Robert Treviño. In the Queen Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp, she sings The Lyric Symphony by Alexander Zemlinsky under the baton of Kevin John Edusei. At Müpa Budapest, she can be heard as soloist The Creation (Haydn), conducted by Adam Fischer. Other highlights of the season include her appearances at the Musikverein Vienna, the Mozart Festival in Augsburg, the Whitsun Festival in Baden-Baden together with the SWR Symphony Orchestra, as well as her recital with Malcolm Martineau.

On the opera stage Ms. Erdmann stars in the premiere production of Jörg Widmann’s Babylon at the Berlin State Opera, as well as in Falstaff at The Dallas Opera.

Last season, Erdmann made her debut as Doña Clara in Alexander Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg at the Ópera de Tenerife. As artist-in-residence at the CSO Ada Ankara Concert Hall, she presented three different programs including works by Mendelssohn, Reimann and Schönberg. Mojca Erdmann also sang Berg’s Seven Early Songs together with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach at the Konservatoriets Koncertsal in Copenhagen and made her debut with Wolfgang Rhim’s Aria/Ariadne “Szenarie” under the musical direction of Gianandrea Noseda at the Opernhaus Zürich.
She sang Jörg Widmann’s Arche at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and performed Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and J.S. Bach’s Ich habe genug at the Kölner Philharmonie. Together with pianist Elena Bashkirova, Mojca Erdmann gave several chamber music recitals in Geneva and Andermatt as well as at the Cité de la musique in Paris. Joined by Malcolm Martineau, she presented a program of works by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms at the Narodni Dom in Maribor.

Highlights of past seasons include her appearances at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and Waldvogel (Siegfried). Zerlina was also the role of her debut at the Teatro Real Madrid in 2013. Much acclaimed was Mojca Erdmann’s debut in the title role in Alban Berg’s opera Lulu in a new production by Andrea Breth and conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Berlin. Lulu advanced to become one of her signature roles, and she sang a new production by William Kentridge at the Amsterdam Opera and Christoph Marthaler’s award-winning production at the Hamburg State Opera. In 2014, the soprano interpreted Marzelline in a new production of Beethoven’s Fidelio as part of La Scala’s season opening, which is traditionally broadcast live worldwide on TV. At the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Mojca Erdmann could be heard as Waldvogel in Siegfried with the Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle. Since her debut at the 2006 Salzburg Festival in the title role of Mozart’s Zaide under Ivor Bolton, Mojca Erdmann has returned to the stage as Zelmira in Haydn’s Armida and as Sophie in a new production of Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, among other roles. In 2013 she also sang a series of world premieres with the Scharoun Ensemble as part of the festival.

An unusually versatile performer, Mojca Erdmann is much sought after for her interpretation of contemporary music: she made her debut with the Berlin Staatsoper in the world premiere of Takemitsu – My Way of Life, conducted by Kent Nagano. In 2009, she performed the title role in Wolfgang Rihm’s monodrama Proserpina and the following year Rihm entrusted her with the lead soprano role in his new opera Dionysos, which saw its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2010 and had its German premiere at the Staatsoper Berlin in 2012. Mojca Erdmann’s interpretations of Toshio Hosokawa’s opera Stilles Meer at the Hamburg State Opera and Widmann’s monumental opera Babylon at the Berlin State Opera also earned unanimous critical acclaim. In 2020, Mojca Erdmann took on one of the two leading roles in Luca Francesconi’s two-person play Quartett, based on Heiner Müller’s play. The German version premiered at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin under the direction of Daniel Barenboim.

The soprano is featured on numerous studio recordings, such as an acclaimed version of Mahler’s Symphony No 4 with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Nott, or Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, released by Sony. In 2011 she released a solo album of arias by Mozart and Mozart’s contemporaries entitled Mozart’s Garden on Deutsche Grammophon. In 2020, Neos released the album Die Schneekönigin, conducted by David Philip Hefti, in which the soprano took the lead role. Together with Daniel Barenboim on piano and Zubin Mehta conducting, Pierre Boulez Hall recorded Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and Crumb’s Ancient Voices in 2021. In 2022 Pentatone presented a new album Hans Sommer Orchestral Songs with Mojca Erdmann in the soloist quartet.

Born in Hamburg, Mojca Erdmann received her first violin lessons at the age of six and sang in the children’s choir of the Hamburg State Opera. After graduating from high school, she studied singing with Hans Sotin at the Cologne University of Music in parallel with violin studies. In 2002, she not only won first prize at the German National Singing Competition, but also the special prize for contemporary music. In 2005 she was awarded the NDR Music Prize by the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the Luitpold Prize by the Kissinger Sommer.

 Praised by critics and loved by audiences for her beauty of tone and impeccable artistry, soprano Mojca Erdmann is a rapidly rising star in the international music scene. Of her return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2012, the New York Timeswrote “Mojca Erdmann brought a sweet, beguiling voice and a demure sincerity to Susanna”. Known for her versatility in repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music, the BBC Music Magazine praised her as an “interpreter of major gifts”.

Mojca Erdmann begins the 2023/24 season with her role and house debut at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen as Vitellia in a new production of La clemenza di Tito, directed by Jetske Mijnssen. She also takes on the roles of Klara and Therese in a new production of Roman Haubenstock-Ramati’s opera Amerika at the Opernhaus Zürich. A highly sought-after concert singer, Mojca Erdmann opens the season in San Sebastián’s Kursaal with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand”, conducted by Robert Treviño. In the Queen Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp, she sings The Lyric Symphony by Alexander Zemlinsky under the baton of Kevin John Edusei. At Müpa Budapest, she can be heard as soloist The Creation (Haydn), conducted by Adam Fischer. Other highlights of the season include her appearances at the Musikverein Vienna, the Mozart Festival in Augsburg, the Whitsun Festival in Baden-Baden together with the SWR Symphony Orchestra, as well as her recital with Malcolm Martineau.

On the opera stage Ms. Erdmann stars in the premiere production of Jörg Widmann’s Babylon at the Berlin State Opera, as well as in Falstaff at The Dallas Opera.

Last season, Erdmann made her debut as Doña Clara in Alexander Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg at the Ópera de Tenerife. As artist-in-residence at the CSO Ada Ankara Concert Hall, she presented three different programs including works by Mendelssohn, Reimann and Schönberg. Mojca Erdmann also sang Berg’s Seven Early Songs together with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach at the Konservatoriets Koncertsal in Copenhagen and made her debut with Wolfgang Rihm’s Aria/Ariadne “Szenarie” under the musical direction of Gianandrea Noseda at the Opernhaus Zürich.
She sang Jörg Widmann’s Arche at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and performed Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and J.S. Bach’s Ich habe genug at the Kölner Philharmonie. Together with pianist Elena Bashkirova, Mojca Erdmann gave several chamber music recitals in Geneva and Andermatt as well as at the Cité de la musique in Paris. Joined by Malcolm Martineau, she presented a program of works by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms at the Narodni Dom in Maribor.

Highlights of past seasons include her appearances at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and Waldvogel (Siegfried). Zerlina was also the role of her debut at the Teatro Real Madrid in 2013. Much acclaimed was Mojca Erdmann’s debut in the title role in Alban Berg’s opera Lulu in a new production by Andrea Breth and conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Berlin. Lulu advanced to become one of her signature roles, and she sang a new production by William Kentridge at the Amsterdam Opera and Christoph Marthaler’s award-winning production at the Hamburg State Opera. In 2014, the soprano interpreted Marzelline in a new production of Beethoven’s Fidelio as part of La Scala’s season opening, which is traditionally broadcast live worldwide on TV. At the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Mojca Erdmann could be heard as Waldvogel in Siegfried with the Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle. Since her debut at the 2006 Salzburg Festival in the title role of Mozart’s Zaide under Ivor Bolton, Mojca Erdmann has returned to the stage as Zelmira in Haydn’s Armida and as Sophie in a new production of Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, among other roles. In 2013 she also sang a series of world premieres with the Scharoun Ensemble as part of the festival.

An unusually versatile performer, Mojca Erdmann is much sought after for her interpretation of contemporary music: she made her debut with the Berlin Staatsoper in the world premiere of Takemitsu – My Way of Life, conducted by Kent Nagano. In 2009, she performed the title role in Wolfgang Rihm’s monodrama Proserpina and the following year Rihm entrusted her with the lead soprano role in his new opera Dionysos, which saw its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2010 and had its German premiere at the Staatsoper Berlin in 2012. Mojca Erdmann’s interpretations of Toshio Hosokawa’s opera Stilles Meer at the Hamburg State Opera and Widmann’s monumental opera Babylon at the Berlin State Opera also earned unanimous critical acclaim. In 2020, Mojca Erdmann took on one of the two leading roles in Luca Francesconi’s two-person play Quartett, based on Heiner Müller’s play. The German version premiered at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin under the direction of Daniel Barenboim.

The soprano is featured on numerous studio recordings, such as an acclaimed version of Mahler’s Symphony No 4 with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Nott, or Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, released by Sony. In 2011 she released a solo album of arias by Mozart and Mozart’s contemporaries entitled Mozart’s Garden on Deutsche Grammophon. In 2020, Neos released the album Die Schneekönigin, conducted by David Philip Hefti, in which the soprano took the lead role. Together with Daniel Barenboim on piano and Zubin Mehta conducting, Pierre Boulez Hall recorded Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and Crumb’s Ancient Voices in 2021. In 2022 Pentatone presented a new album Hans Sommer Orchestral Songs with Mojca Erdmann in the soloist quartet.

Born in Hamburg, Mojca Erdmann received her first violin lessons at the age of six and sang in the children’s choir of the Hamburg State Opera. After graduating from high school, she studied singing with Hans Sotin at the Cologne University of Music in parallel with violin studies. In 2002, she not only won first prize at the German National Singing Competition, but also the special prize for contemporary music. In 2005 she was awarded the NDR Music Prize by the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the Luitpold Prize by the Kissinger Sommer.

Praised by critics and loved by audiences for her beauty of tone and impeccable artistry, soprano Mojca Erdmann is a rapidly rising star in the international music scene. Of her return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2012, the New York Timeswrote “Mojca Erdmann brought a sweet, beguiling voice and a demure sincerity to Susanna”. Known for her versatility in repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music, the BBC Music Magazine praised her as an “interpreter of major gifts”.

Mojca Erdmann starts off the 2018-19 season with concerts in Copenhagen with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Brett Dean: From Melodious Lay) and in Tokyo with the Bach Collegium of Japan. In October she tours Israel with the IPO under the baton of Maestro Zubin Mehta with Mozart’s Coronation Mass. Further concert engagements take her to Zurich, Munich, Dresden, Bremen, Heilbronn, Hof, Linz and Salzburg with Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, Haydn’s Creationor Brahms’ Requiem, to name but a few highlights. At the renowned Boulezsaal in Berlin Ms. Erdmann sings a recital with Malcolm Martineau, featuring a programme of Lieder by Franz Schubert.

On the opera stage Ms. Erdmann stars in the premiere production of Jörg Widmann’s Babylonat the Berlin State Opera, as well as in Falstaffat The Dallas Opera.

In the 2017/18 season Ms Erdmann made her debut with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, singing Dvorak’s Te Deumand Mahler’s Symphony No 4 under the baton of Andrés Orozco Estrada before heading to Japan singing Berg‘s Lulu Suiteat Tokyo’s NHK Hall. Mojca Erdmann was part of the WDR Rundfunkorchester’s 70th anniversary gala and sang the world premiere of Aribert Reimann’s new work together with the Kuss Quartett in Hanover, Amsterdam and Berlin. On the opera stage the versatile soprano was heard as Claudia in Toshio Hosokawa‘s Stilles Meerat the Staatsoper Hamburg, under the baton of  Kent Nagano. Mojca Erdmann sang in the world premiere of Miroslva Srnka’s new opera South Polealongside Thomas Hampson and Rolando Villazón at the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich as well as Wolfgang Rihm’s Proserpinaat the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.

 

In past seasons Ms. Erdmann was part of the Mozartwoche Salzburg (performing Beat Furrer’s Spazio immergente), the Ultraschall Festival in Berlin (works by Daj Fujikura and Harrison Birwistle), performed the world premiere of Wolfgang Rihm’s Requiem-Strophenwith the Symphonieorchester of the Bayerischen Rundfunks under the baton of Mariss Jansons in Munich’s Herkulessaal and Lucerne´s KKL. She made her debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona singing Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), and at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Zerlina in a new production of Don Giovanniand as Waldvogel in Siegfried. The latter production was released on DVD by Deutsche Grammophon in September 2012. She returned to the Metropolitan Opera the following season for performances as Susanna in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. In 2012, she made her highly acclaimed debut as the titular character in Berg’s Lulu, in a new production conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Berlin. After her Salzburg Festival debut in 2006 as Mozart’s Zaideunder Ivor Bolton, she was invited to return to the festival in 2007 and 2009 to sing Zelmira in Haydn’s Armida.In 2013, Ms Erdmann returned to the festival to perform a series of world premieres in concert with the Scharoun Ensemble. She starred as Sophie in the festival’s new production of Der Rosenkavalierin 2014, conducted by Franz Welser-Möst, and she made her operatic debut at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala as Marzelline in a new production of Beethoven’s Fidelio, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, to open the theatre’s season.

Simon Rattle invited Mojca Erdmann to sing Waldvogel in his new production of Wagner’s Siegfriedin Aix-en-Provence (2008) and at the Salzburg Easter Festival in 2009. In the same year, she had her debut as Sophie in Strauss’ DerRosenkavalierin a new production by Stefan Herheim at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, a role she also sang for the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich. Mojca Erdmann appeared in a new production of Weber’s Der Freischütz, another debut, at Theater an der Wien and made her debut as Zerlina in an all-star gala performance of Don Giovanniin Baden-Baden, where she returned as Despina in a new production of Così fan tuttein 2012. Zerlina was also the vehicle for her debut at Teatro Real Madrid in 2013.

 Mojca Erdmann regularly appears in concerts and recitals throughout Germany, Austria, Denmark, Spain, France, Switzerland, South Korea and Japan. She is a frequent guest at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, the Cologne and Berlin Philharmonic Halls, the Alte Oper Frankfurt, where she was Artist in Residence in 2012-13, the Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna and the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg as well as the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg and the Kissinger Sommer. She has a vast concert repertoire and is frequently working with conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Ivor Bolton, Manfred Honeck, Kent Nagano, Fabio Luisi and Daniel Harding. She appeared with the Berlin Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Nikolaus Harnoncourt invited Ms. Erdmann to the Vienna Musikverein for Schumann’s Paradies und die Peri, to the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orkest for Scenes from Goethe’s Faust, and to the Berlin Philharmonic for Haydn’s Orlando Paladino. In 2009, she appeared as Sorge/Soprano 1 in Schumann’s Scenes from Goethe’s Faustwith the Stockholm Radio Symphony under Daniel Harding, the DSO Berlin conducted by Ingo Metzmacher and with the Orchestra at La Scala di Milan conducted by Pinchas Steinberg in what marked her debut at La Scala.

An unusually versatile performer, Mojca Erdmann is much sought after for her interpretation of contemporary music: She made her debut with the Berlin Staatsoper in the world premiere of Takemitsu – My Way of Life, conducted by Kent Nagano. In 2009, she performed the title role in Wolfgang Rihm’s monodrama Proserpinaand thefollowing year Rihm entrusted her with the lead soprano role in his new opera Dionysos,which saw its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2010, under the baton of Ingo Metzmacher, and was premiered in Germany at the Berlin Staatsoper in 2012. Also in 2012, she premiered Rodion Schchedrin’s Cleopatra and the Snakeat the Salzburg Whitsun Festival, conducted by Valery Gergiev.

Mojca Erdmann can be heard on many recordings, including an acclaimed version of Mahler’s Symphony No 4with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Nott released by Tudor and in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilègeswith the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, released by Sony. In 2011, RCA released a recording of Wolf´s Italian Songbookwhich featured Mojca Erdmann, Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber. In 2009, the soprano signed an exclusive agreement with Deutsche Grammophon, with the first solo recording, Mozart´s Garden, featuring arias by Mozart and his contemporaries, having been released in 2011. She can be heard as Zerlina and Despina respectively on Deutsche Grammophon’s recently released complete recordings of Don Giovanni and Cosi fan tutte, both conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Praised by critics and loved by audiences for her beauty of tone and impeccable artistry, soprano Mojca Erdmann is a rapidly rising star in the international music scene. Of her return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2012, the New York Timeswrote “Mojca Erdmann brought a sweet, beguiling voice and a demure sincerity to Susanna”. Known for her versatility in repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music, the BBC Music Magazine praised her as an “interpreter of major gifts”.

Mojca Erdmann begins the 2023/24 season with her role and house debut at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen as Vitellia in a new production of La clemenza di Tito, directed by Jetske Mijnssen. She also takes on the roles of Klara and Therese in a new production of Roman Haubenstock-Ramati’s opera Amerika at the Opernhaus Zürich. A highly sought-after concert singer, Mojca Erdmann opens the season in San Sebastián’s Kursaal with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand,” conducted by Robert Treviño. In the Queen Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp, she sings The Lyric Symphony by Alexander Zemlinsky under the baton of Kevin John Edusei. At Müpa Budapest, she can be heard as soloist The Creation (Haydn), conducted by Adam Fischer. Other highlights of the season include her appearances at the Musikverein Vienna, the Mozart Festival in Augsburg, the Whitsun Festival in Baden-Baden together with the SWR Symphony Orchestra, as well as her recital with Malcolm Martineau.

On the opera stage Ms. Erdmann stars in the premiere production of Jörg Widmann’s Babylon at the Berlin State Opera, as well as in Falstaff at The Dallas Opera.

Last season, Erdmann made her debut as Doña Clara in Alexander Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg at the Ópera de Tenerife. As artist-in-residence at the CSO Ada Ankara Concert Hall, she presented three different programs including works by Mendelssohn, Reimann and Schönberg. Mojca Erdmann also sang Berg’s Seven Early Songs together with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach at the Konservatoriets Koncertsal in Copenhagen and made her debut with Wolfgang Rhim’s Aria/Ariadne “Szenarie” under the musical direction of Gianandrea Noseda at the Opernhaus Zürich.
She sang Jörg Widmann’s Arche at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and performed Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and J.S. Bach’s Ich habe genug at the Kölner Philharmonie. Together with pianist Elena Bashkirova, Mojca Erdmann gave several chamber music recitals in Geneva and Andermatt as well as at the Cité de la musique in Paris. Joined by Malcolm Martineau, she presented a program of works by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms at the Narodni Dom in Maribor.

Highlights of past seasons include her appearances at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and Waldvogel (Siegfried). Zerlina was also the role of her debut at the Teatro Real Madrid in 2013. Much acclaimed was Mojca Erdmann’s debut in the title role in Alban Berg’s opera Lulu in a new production by Andrea Breth and conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Berlin. Lulu advanced to become one of her signature roles, and she sang a new production by William Kentridge at the Amsterdam Opera and Christoph Marthaler’s award-winning production at the Hamburg State Opera. In 2014, the soprano interpreted Marzelline in a new production of Beethoven’s Fidelio as part of La Scala’s season opening, which is traditionally broadcast live worldwide on TV. At the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Mojca Erdmann could be heard as Waldvogel in Siegfried with the Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle. Since her debut at the 2006 Salzburg Festival in the title role of Mozart’s Zaide under Ivor Bolton, Mojca Erdmann has returned to the stage as Zelmira in Haydn’s Armida and as Sophie in a new production of Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, among other roles. In 2013 she also sang a series of world premieres with the Scharoun Ensemble as part of the festival.

An unusually versatile performer, Mojca Erdmann is much sought after for her interpretation of contemporary music: she made her debut with the Berlin Staatsoper in the world premiere of Takemitsu – My Way of Life, conducted by Kent Nagano. In 2009, she performed the title role in Wolfgang Rihm’s monodrama Proserpina and the following year Rihm entrusted her with the lead soprano role in his new opera Dionysos, which saw its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2010 and had its German premiere at the Staatsoper Berlin in 2012. Mojca Erdmann’s interpretations of Toshio Hosokawa’s opera Stilles Meer at the Hamburg State Opera and Widmann’s monumental opera Babylon at the Berlin State Opera also earned unanimous critical acclaim. In 2020, Mojca Erdmann took on one of the two leading roles in Luca Francesconi’s two-person play Quartett, based on Heiner Müller’s play. The German version premiered at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin under the direction of Daniel Barenboim.

The soprano is featured on numerous studio recordings, such as an acclaimed version of Mahler’s Symphony No 4 with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Nott, or Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, released by Sony. In 2011 she released a solo album of arias by Mozart and Mozart’s contemporaries entitled Mozart’s Garden on Deutsche Grammophon. In 2020, Neos released the album Die Schneekönigin, conducted by David Philip Hefti, in which the soprano took the lead role. Together with Daniel Barenboim on piano and Zubin Mehta conducting, Pierre Boulez Hall recorded Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and Crumb’s Ancient Voices in 2021. In 2022 Pentatone presented a new album Hans Sommer Orchestral Songs with Mojca Erdmann in the soloist quartet.

Born in Hamburg, Mojca Erdmann received her first violin lessons at the age of six and sang in the children’s choir of the Hamburg State Opera. After graduating from high school, she studied singing with Hans Sotin at the Cologne University of Music in parallel with violin studies. In 2002, she not only won first prize at the German National Singing Competition, but also the special prize for contemporary music. In 2005 she was awarded the NDR Music Prize by the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the Luitpold Prize by the Kissinger Sommer.

Praised by critics and loved by audiences for her beauty of tone and impeccable artistry, soprano Mojca Erdmann is a rapidly rising star in the international music scene. Of her return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2012, the New York Timeswrote “Mojca Erdmann brought a sweet, beguiling voice and a demure sincerity to Susanna”. Known for her versatility in repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music, the BBC Music Magazine praised her as an “interpreter of major gifts”.

Mojca Erdmann begins the 2023/24 season with her role and house debut at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen as Vitellia in a new production of La clemenza di Tito, directed by Jetske Mijnssen. She also takes on the roles of Klara and Therese in a new production of Roman Haubenstock-Ramati’s opera Amerika at the Opernhaus Zürich. A highly sought-after concert singer, Mojca Erdmann opens the season in San Sebastián’s Kursaal with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand,” conducted by Robert Treviño. In the Queen Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp, she sings The Lyric Symphony by Alexander Zemlinsky under the baton of Kevin John Edusei. At Müpa Budapest, she can be heard as soloist The Creation (Haydn), conducted by Adam Fischer. Other highlights of the season include her appearances at the Musikverein Vienna, the Mozart Festival in Augsburg, the Whitsun Festival in Baden-Baden together with the SWR Symphony Orchestra, as well as her recital with Malcolm Martineau.

On the opera stage Ms. Erdmann stars in the premiere production of Jörg Widmann’s Babylon at the Berlin State Opera, as well as in Falstaff at The Dallas Opera.

Last season, Erdmann made her debut as Doña Clara in Alexander Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg at the Ópera de Tenerife. As artist-in-residence at the CSO Ada Ankara Concert Hall, she presented three different programs including works by Mendelssohn, Reimann and Schönberg. Mojca Erdmann also sang Berg’s Seven Early Songs together with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach at the Konservatoriets Koncertsal in Copenhagen and made her debut with Wolfgang Rhim’s Aria/Ariadne “Szenarie” under the musical direction of Gianandrea Noseda at the Opernhaus Zürich.
She sang Jörg Widmann’s Arche at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and performed Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and J.S. Bach’s Ich habe genug at the Kölner Philharmonie. Together with pianist Elena Bashkirova, Mojca Erdmann gave several chamber music recitals in Geneva and Andermatt as well as at the Cité de la musique in Paris. Joined by Malcolm Martineau, she presented a program of works by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms at the Narodni Dom in Maribor.

Highlights of past seasons include her appearances at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and Waldvogel (Siegfried). Zerlina was also the role of her debut at the Teatro Real Madrid in 2013. Much acclaimed was Mojca Erdmann’s debut in the title role in Alban Berg’s opera Lulu in a new production by Andrea Breth and conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Berlin. Lulu advanced to become one of her signature roles, and she sang a new production by William Kentridge at the Amsterdam Opera and Christoph Marthaler’s award-winning production at the Hamburg State Opera. In 2014, the soprano interpreted Marzelline in a new production of Beethoven’s Fidelio as part of La Scala’s season opening, which is traditionally broadcast live worldwide on TV. At the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Mojca Erdmann could be heard as Waldvogel in Siegfried with the Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle. Since her debut at the 2006 Salzburg Festival in the title role of Mozart’s Zaide under Ivor Bolton, Mojca Erdmann has returned to the stage as Zelmira in Haydn’s Armida and as Sophie in a new production of Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, among other roles. In 2013 she also sang a series of world premieres with the Scharoun Ensemble as part of the festival.

An unusually versatile performer, Mojca Erdmann is much sought after for her interpretation of contemporary music: she made her debut with the Berlin Staatsoper in the world premiere of Takemitsu – My Way of Life, conducted by Kent Nagano. In 2009, she performed the title role in Wolfgang Rihm’s monodrama Proserpina and the following year Rihm entrusted her with the lead soprano role in his new opera Dionysos, which saw its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2010 and had its German premiere at the Staatsoper Berlin in 2012. Mojca Erdmann’s interpretations of Toshio Hosokawa’s opera Stilles Meer at the Hamburg State Opera and Widmann’s monumental opera Babylon at the Berlin State Opera also earned unanimous critical acclaim. In 2020, Mojca Erdmann took on one of the two leading roles in Luca Francesconi’s two-person play Quartett, based on Heiner Müller’s play. The German version premiered at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin under the direction of Daniel Barenboim.

The soprano is featured on numerous studio recordings, such as an acclaimed version of Mahler’s Symphony No 4 with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Nott, or Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, released by Sony. In 2011 she released a solo album of arias by Mozart and Mozart’s contemporaries entitled Mozart’s Garden on Deutsche Grammophon. In 2020, Neos released the album Die Schneekönigin, conducted by David Philip Hefti, in which the soprano took the lead role. Together with Daniel Barenboim on piano and Zubin Mehta conducting, Pierre Boulez Hall recorded Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and Crumb’s Ancient Voices in 2021. In 2022 Pentatone presented a new album Hans Sommer Orchestral Songs with Mojca Erdmann in the soloist quartet.

Born in Hamburg, Mojca Erdmann received her first violin lessons at the age of six and sang in the children’s choir of the Hamburg State Opera. After graduating from high school, she studied singing with Hans Sotin at the Cologne University of Music in parallel with violin studies. In 2002, she not only won first prize at the German National Singing Competition, but also the special prize for contemporary music. In 2005 she was awarded the NDR Music Prize by the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the Luitpold Prize by the Kissinger Sommer.

Praised by critics and loved by audiences for her beauty of tone and impeccable artistry, soprano Mojca Erdmann is a rapidly rising star in the international music scene. Of her return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2012, the New York Timeswrote “Mojca Erdmann brought a sweet, beguiling voice and a demure sincerity to Susanna”. Known for her versatility in repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music, the BBC Music Magazine praised her as an “interpreter of major gifts”.

Mojca Erdmann starts off the 2018-19 season with concerts in Copenhagen with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Brett Dean: From Melodious Lay) and in Tokyo with the Bach Collegium of Japan. In October she tours Israel with the IPO under the baton of Maestro Zubin Mehta with Mozart’s Coronation Mass. Further concert engagements take her to Zurich, Munich, Dresden, Bremen, Heilbronn, Hof, Linz and Salzburg with Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, Haydn’s Creationor Brahms’ Requiem, to name but a few highlights. At the renowned Boulezsaal in Berlin Ms. Erdmann sings a recital with Malcolm Martineau, featuring a programme of Lieder by Franz Schubert.

On the opera stage Ms. Erdmann stars in the premiere production of Jörg Widmann’s Babylonat the Berlin State Opera, as well as in Falstaffat The Dallas Opera.

In the 2017/18 season Ms Erdmann made her debut with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, singing Dvorak’s Te Deumand Mahler’s Symphony No 4 under the baton of Andrés Orozco Estrada before heading to Japan singing Berg‘s Lulu Suiteat Tokyo’s NHK Hall. Mojca Erdmann was part of the WDR Rundfunkorchester’s 70th anniversary gala and sang the world premiere of Aribert Reimann’s new work together with the Kuss Quartett in Hanover, Amsterdam and Berlin. On the opera stage the versatile soprano was heard as Claudia in Toshio Hosokawa‘s Stilles Meerat the Staatsoper Hamburg, under the baton of  Kent Nagano. Mojca Erdmann sang in the world premiere of Miroslva Srnka’s new opera South Polealongside Thomas Hampson and Rolando Villazón at the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich as well as Wolfgang Rihm’s Proserpinaat the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.

 

In past seasons Ms. Erdmann was part of the Mozartwoche Salzburg (performing Beat Furrer’s Spazio immergente), the Ultraschall Festival in Berlin (works by Daj Fujikura and Harrison Birwistle), performed the world premiere of Wolfgang Rihm’s Requiem-Strophenwith the Symphonieorchester of the Bayerischen Rundfunks under the baton of Mariss Jansons in Munich’s Herkulessaal and Lucerne´s KKL. She made her debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona singing Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), and at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Zerlina in a new production of Don Giovanniand as Waldvogel in Siegfried. The latter production was released on DVD by Deutsche Grammophon in September 2012. She returned to the Metropolitan Opera the following season for performances as Susanna in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. In 2012, she made her highly acclaimed debut as the titular character in Berg’s Lulu, in a new production conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Berlin. After her Salzburg Festival debut in 2006 as Mozart’s Zaideunder Ivor Bolton, she was invited to return to the festival in 2007 and 2009 to sing Zelmira in Haydn’s Armida.In 2013, Ms Erdmann returned to the festival to perform a series of world premieres in concert with the Scharoun Ensemble. She starred as Sophie in the festival’s new production of Der Rosenkavalierin 2014, conducted by Franz Welser-Möst, and she made her operatic debut at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala as Marzelline in a new production of Beethoven’s Fidelio, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, to open the theatre’s season.

Simon Rattle invited Mojca Erdmann to sing Waldvogel in his new production of Wagner’s Siegfriedin Aix-en-Provence (2008) and at the Salzburg Easter Festival in 2009. In the same year, she had her debut as Sophie in Strauss’ DerRosenkavalierin a new production by Stefan Herheim at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, a role she also sang for the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich. Mojca Erdmann appeared in a new production of Weber’s Der Freischütz, another debut, at Theater an der Wien and made her debut as Zerlina in an all-star gala performance of Don Giovanniin Baden-Baden, where she returned as Despina in a new production of Così fan tuttein 2012. Zerlina was also the vehicle for her debut at Teatro Real Madrid in 2013.

 Mojca Erdmann regularly appears in concerts and recitals throughout Germany, Austria, Denmark, Spain, France, Switzerland, South Korea and Japan. She is a frequent guest at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, the Cologne and Berlin Philharmonic Halls, the Alte Oper Frankfurt, where she was Artist in Residence in 2012-13, the Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna and the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg as well as the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg and the Kissinger Sommer. She has a vast concert repertoire and is frequently working with conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Ivor Bolton, Manfred Honeck, Kent Nagano, Fabio Luisi and Daniel Harding. She appeared with the Berlin Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Nikolaus Harnoncourt invited Ms. Erdmann to the Vienna Musikverein for Schumann’s Paradies und die Peri, to the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orkest for Scenes from Goethe’s Faust, and to the Berlin Philharmonic for Haydn’s Orlando Paladino. In 2009, she appeared as Sorge/Soprano 1 in Schumann’s Scenes from Goethe’s Faustwith the Stockholm Radio Symphony under Daniel Harding, the DSO Berlin conducted by Ingo Metzmacher and with the Orchestra at La Scala di Milan conducted by Pinchas Steinberg in what marked her debut at La Scala.

An unusually versatile performer, Mojca Erdmann is much sought after for her interpretation of contemporary music: She made her debut with the Berlin Staatsoper in the world premiere of Takemitsu – My Way of Life, conducted by Kent Nagano. In 2009, she performed the title role in Wolfgang Rihm’s monodrama Proserpinaand thefollowing year Rihm entrusted her with the lead soprano role in his new opera Dionysos,which saw its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2010, under the baton of Ingo Metzmacher, and was premiered in Germany at the Berlin Staatsoper in 2012. Also in 2012, she premiered Rodion Schchedrin’s Cleopatra and the Snakeat the Salzburg Whitsun Festival, conducted by Valery Gergiev.

Mojca Erdmann can be heard on many recordings, including an acclaimed version of Mahler’s Symphony No 4with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Nott released by Tudor and in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilègeswith the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, released by Sony. In 2011, RCA released a recording of Wolf´s Italian Songbookwhich featured Mojca Erdmann, Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber. In 2009, the soprano signed an exclusive agreement with Deutsche Grammophon, with the first solo recording, Mozart´s Garden, featuring arias by Mozart and his contemporaries, having been released in 2011. She can be heard as Zerlina and Despina respectively on Deutsche Grammophon’s recently released complete recordings of Don Giovanni and Cosi fan tutte, both conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Praised by critics and loved by audiences for her beauty of tone and impeccable artistry, soprano Mojca Erdmann is a rapidly rising star in the international music scene. Of her return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2012, the New York Timeswrote “Mojca Erdmann brought a sweet, beguiling voice and a demure sincerity to Susanna”. Known for her versatility in repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music, the BBC Music Magazine praised her as an “interpreter of major gifts”.

Mojca Erdmann begins the 2023/24 season with her role and house debut at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen as Vitellia in a new production of La clemenza di Tito, directed by Jetske Mijnssen. She also takes on the roles of Klara and Therese in a new production of Roman Haubenstock-Ramati’s opera Amerika at the Opernhaus Zürich. A highly sought-after concert singer, Mojca Erdmann opens the season in San Sebastián’s Kursaal with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand,” conducted by Robert Treviño. In the Queen Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp, she sings The Lyric Symphony by Alexander Zemlinsky under the baton of Kevin John Edusei. At Müpa Budapest, she can be heard as soloist The Creation (Haydn), conducted by Adam Fischer. Other highlights of the season include her appearances at the Musikverein Vienna, the Mozart Festival in Augsburg, the Whitsun Festival in Baden-Baden together with the SWR Symphony Orchestra, as well as her recital with Malcolm Martineau.

On the opera stage Ms. Erdmann stars in the premiere production of Jörg Widmann’s Babylon at the Berlin State Opera, as well as in Falstaff at The Dallas Opera.

Last season, Erdmann made her debut as Doña Clara in Alexander Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg at the Ópera de Tenerife. As artist-in-residence at the CSO Ada Ankara Concert Hall, she presented three different programs including works by Mendelssohn, Reimann and Schönberg. Mojca Erdmann also sang Berg’s Seven Early Songs together with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach at the Konservatoriets Koncertsal in Copenhagen and made her debut with Wolfgang Rhim’s Aria/Ariadne “Szenarie” under the musical direction of Gianandrea Noseda at the Opernhaus Zürich.
She sang Jörg Widmann’s Arche at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and performed Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and J.S. Bach’s Ich habe genug at the Kölner Philharmonie. Together with pianist Elena Bashkirova, Mojca Erdmann gave several chamber music recitals in Geneva and Andermatt as well as at the Cité de la musique in Paris. Joined by Malcolm Martineau, she presented a program of works by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms at the Narodni Dom in Maribor.

Highlights of past seasons include her appearances at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and Waldvogel (Siegfried). Zerlina was also the role of her debut at the Teatro Real Madrid in 2013. Much acclaimed was Mojca Erdmann’s debut in the title role in Alban Berg’s opera Lulu in a new production by Andrea Breth and conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Berlin. Lulu advanced to become one of her signature roles, and she sang a new production by William Kentridge at the Amsterdam Opera and Christoph Marthaler’s award-winning production at the Hamburg State Opera. In 2014, the soprano interpreted Marzelline in a new production of Beethoven’s Fidelio as part of La Scala’s season opening, which is traditionally broadcast live worldwide on TV. At the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Mojca Erdmann could be heard as Waldvogel in Siegfried with the Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle. Since her debut at the 2006 Salzburg Festival in the title role of Mozart’s Zaide under Ivor Bolton, Mojca Erdmann has returned to the stage as Zelmira in Haydn’s Armida and as Sophie in a new production of Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, among other roles. In 2013 she also sang a series of world premieres with the Scharoun Ensemble as part of the festival.

An unusually versatile performer, Mojca Erdmann is much sought after for her interpretation of contemporary music: she made her debut with the Berlin Staatsoper in the world premiere of Takemitsu – My Way of Life, conducted by Kent Nagano. In 2009, she performed the title role in Wolfgang Rihm’s monodrama Proserpina and the following year Rihm entrusted her with the lead soprano role in his new opera Dionysos, which saw its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2010 and had its German premiere at the Staatsoper Berlin in 2012. Mojca Erdmann’s interpretations of Toshio Hosokawa’s opera Stilles Meer at the Hamburg State Opera and Widmann’s monumental opera Babylon at the Berlin State Opera also earned unanimous critical acclaim. In 2020, Mojca Erdmann took on one of the two leading roles in Luca Francesconi’s two-person play Quartett, based on Heiner Müller’s play. The German version premiered at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin under the direction of Daniel Barenboim.

The soprano is featured on numerous studio recordings, such as an acclaimed version of Mahler’s Symphony No 4 with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Nott, or Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, released by Sony. In 2011 she released a solo album of arias by Mozart and Mozart’s contemporaries entitled Mozart’s Garden on Deutsche Grammophon. In 2020, Neos released the album Die Schneekönigin, conducted by David Philip Hefti, in which the soprano took the lead role. Together with Daniel Barenboim on piano and Zubin Mehta conducting, Pierre Boulez Hall recorded Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and Crumb’s Ancient Voices in 2021. In 2022 Pentatone presented a new album Hans Sommer Orchestral Songs with Mojca Erdmann in the soloist quartet.

Born in Hamburg, Mojca Erdmann received her first violin lessons at the age of six and sang in the children’s choir of the Hamburg State Opera. After graduating from high school, she studied singing with Hans Sotin at the Cologne University of Music in parallel with violin studies. In 2002, she not only won first prize at the German National Singing Competition, but also the special prize for contemporary music. In 2005 she was awarded the NDR Music Prize by the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the Luitpold Prize by the Kissinger Sommer.

Praised by critics and loved by audiences for her beauty of tone and impeccable artistry, soprano Mojca Erdmann is a rapidly rising star in the international music scene. Of her return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2012, the New York Timeswrote “Mojca Erdmann brought a sweet, beguiling voice and a demure sincerity to Susanna”. Known for her versatility in repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music, the BBC Music Magazine praised her as an “interpreter of major gifts”.

Mojca Erdmann begins the 2023/24 season with her role and house debut at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen as Vitellia in a new production of La clemenza di Tito, directed by Jetske Mijnssen. She also takes on the roles of Klara and Therese in a new production of Roman Haubenstock-Ramati’s opera Amerika at the Opernhaus Zürich. A highly sought-after concert singer, Mojca Erdmann opens the season in San Sebastián’s Kursaal with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand”, conducted by Robert Treviño. In the Queen Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp, she sings The Lyric Symphony by Alexander Zemlinsky under the baton of Kevin John Edusei. At Müpa Budapest, she can be heard as soloist The Creation (Haydn), conducted by Adam Fischer. Other highlights of the season include her appearances at the Musikverein Vienna, the Mozart Festival in Augsburg, the Whitsun Festival in Baden-Baden together with the SWR Symphony Orchestra, as well as her recital with Malcolm Martineau.

On the opera stage Ms. Erdmann stars in the premiere production of Jörg Widmann’s Babylon at the Berlin State Opera, as well as in Falstaff at The Dallas Opera.

Last season, Erdmann made her debut as Doña Clara in Alexander Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg at the Ópera de Tenerife. As artist-in-residence at the CSO Ada Ankara Concert Hall, she presented three different programs including works by Mendelssohn, Reimann and Schönberg. Mojca Erdmann also sang Berg’s Seven Early Songs together with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach at the Konservatoriets Koncertsal in Copenhagen and made her debut with Wolfgang Rihm’s Aria/Ariadne “Szenarie” under the musical direction of Gianandrea Noseda at the Opernhaus Zürich.
She sang Jörg Widmann’s Arche at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and performed Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and J.S. Bach’s Ich habe genug at the Kölner Philharmonie. Together with pianist Elena Bashkirova, Mojca Erdmann gave several chamber music recitals in Geneva and Andermatt as well as at the Cité de la musique in Paris. Joined by Malcolm Martineau, she presented a program of works by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms at the Narodni Dom in Maribor.

Highlights of past seasons include her appearances at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and Waldvogel (Siegfried). Zerlina was also the role of her debut at the Teatro Real Madrid in 2013. Much acclaimed was Mojca Erdmann’s debut in the title role in Alban Berg’s opera Lulu in a new production by Andrea Breth and conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Berlin. Lulu advanced to become one of her signature roles, and she sang a new production by William Kentridge at the Amsterdam Opera and Christoph Marthaler’s award-winning production at the Hamburg State Opera. In 2014, the soprano interpreted Marzelline in a new production of Beethoven’s Fidelio as part of La Scala’s season opening, which is traditionally broadcast live worldwide on TV. At the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Mojca Erdmann could be heard as Waldvogel in Siegfried with the Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle. Since her debut at the 2006 Salzburg Festival in the title role of Mozart’s Zaide under Ivor Bolton, Mojca Erdmann has returned to the stage as Zelmira in Haydn’s Armida and as Sophie in a new production of Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, among other roles. In 2013 she also sang a series of world premieres with the Scharoun Ensemble as part of the festival.

An unusually versatile performer, Mojca Erdmann is much sought after for her interpretation of contemporary music: she made her debut with the Berlin Staatsoper in the world premiere of Takemitsu – My Way of Life, conducted by Kent Nagano. In 2009, she performed the title role in Wolfgang Rihm’s monodrama Proserpina and the following year Rihm entrusted her with the lead soprano role in his new opera Dionysos, which saw its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2010 and had its German premiere at the Staatsoper Berlin in 2012. Mojca Erdmann’s interpretations of Toshio Hosokawa’s opera Stilles Meer at the Hamburg State Opera and Widmann’s monumental opera Babylon at the Berlin State Opera also earned unanimous critical acclaim. In 2020, Mojca Erdmann took on one of the two leading roles in Luca Francesconi’s two-person play Quartett, based on Heiner Müller’s play. The German version premiered at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin under the direction of Daniel Barenboim.

The soprano is featured on numerous studio recordings, such as an acclaimed version of Mahler’s Symphony No 4 with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Nott, or Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, released by Sony. In 2011 she released a solo album of arias by Mozart and Mozart’s contemporaries entitled Mozart’s Garden on Deutsche Grammophon. In 2020, Neos released the album Die Schneekönigin, conducted by David Philip Hefti, in which the soprano took the lead role. Together with Daniel Barenboim on piano and Zubin Mehta conducting, Pierre Boulez Hall recorded Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and Crumb’s Ancient Voices in 2021. In 2022 Pentatone presented a new album Hans Sommer Orchestral Songs with Mojca Erdmann in the soloist quartet.

Born in Hamburg, Mojca Erdmann received her first violin lessons at the age of six and sang in the children’s choir of the Hamburg State Opera. After graduating from high school, she studied singing with Hans Sotin at the Cologne University of Music in parallel with violin studies. In 2002, she not only won first prize at the German National Singing Competition, but also the special prize for contemporary music. In 2005 she was awarded the NDR Music Prize by the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the Luitpold Prize by the Kissinger Sommer.

Praised by critics and loved by audiences for her beauty of tone and impeccable artistry, soprano Mojca Erdmann is a rapidly rising star in the international music scene. Of her return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2012, the New York Timeswrote “Mojca Erdmann brought a sweet, beguiling voice and a demure sincerity to Susanna”. Known for her versatility in repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music, the BBC Music Magazine praised her as an “interpreter of major gifts”.

Mojca Erdmann starts off the 2018-19 season with concerts in Copenhagen with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Brett Dean: From Melodious Lay) and in Tokyo with the Bach Collegium of Japan. In October she tours Israel with the IPO under the baton of Maestro Zubin Mehta with Mozart’s Coronation Mass. Further concert engagements take her to Zurich, Munich, Dresden, Bremen, Heilbronn, Hof, Linz and Salzburg with Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, Haydn’s Creationor Brahms’ Requiem, to name but a few highlights. At the renowned Boulezsaal in Berlin Ms. Erdmann sings a recital with Malcolm Martineau, featuring a programme of Lieder by Franz Schubert.

On the opera stage Ms. Erdmann stars in the premiere production of Jörg Widmann’s Babylonat the Berlin State Opera, as well as in Falstaffat The Dallas Opera.

In the 2017/18 season Ms Erdmann made her debut with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, singing Dvorak’s Te Deumand Mahler’s Symphony No 4 under the baton of Andrés Orozco Estrada before heading to Japan singing Berg‘s Lulu Suiteat Tokyo’s NHK Hall. Mojca Erdmann was part of the WDR Rundfunkorchester’s 70th anniversary gala and sang the world premiere of Aribert Reimann’s new work together with the Kuss Quartett in Hanover, Amsterdam and Berlin. On the opera stage the versatile soprano was heard as Claudia in Toshio Hosokawa‘s Stilles Meerat the Staatsoper Hamburg, under the baton of  Kent Nagano. Mojca Erdmann sang in the world premiere of Miroslva Srnka’s new opera South Polealongside Thomas Hampson and Rolando Villazón at the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich as well as Wolfgang Rihm’s Proserpinaat the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.

 

In past seasons Ms. Erdmann was part of the Mozartwoche Salzburg (performing Beat Furrer’s Spazio immergente), the Ultraschall Festival in Berlin (works by Daj Fujikura and Harrison Birwistle), performed the world premiere of Wolfgang Rihm’s Requiem-Strophenwith the Symphonieorchester of the Bayerischen Rundfunks under the baton of Mariss Jansons in Munich’s Herkulessaal and Lucerne´s KKL. She made her debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona singing Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), and at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Zerlina in a new production of Don Giovanniand as Waldvogel in Siegfried. The latter production was released on DVD by Deutsche Grammophon in September 2012. She returned to the Metropolitan Opera the following season for performances as Susanna in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. In 2012, she made her highly acclaimed debut as the titular character in Berg’s Lulu, in a new production conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Berlin. After her Salzburg Festival debut in 2006 as Mozart’s Zaideunder Ivor Bolton, she was invited to return to the festival in 2007 and 2009 to sing Zelmira in Haydn’s Armida.In 2013, Ms Erdmann returned to the festival to perform a series of world premieres in concert with the Scharoun Ensemble. She starred as Sophie in the festival’s new production of Der Rosenkavalierin 2014, conducted by Franz Welser-Möst, and she made her operatic debut at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala as Marzelline in a new production of Beethoven’s Fidelio, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, to open the theatre’s season.

Simon Rattle invited Mojca Erdmann to sing Waldvogel in his new production of Wagner’s Siegfriedin Aix-en-Provence (2008) and at the Salzburg Easter Festival in 2009. In the same year, she had her debut as Sophie in Strauss’ DerRosenkavalierin a new production by Stefan Herheim at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, a role she also sang for the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich. Mojca Erdmann appeared in a new production of Weber’s Der Freischütz, another debut, at Theater an der Wien and made her debut as Zerlina in an all-star gala performance of Don Giovanniin Baden-Baden, where she returned as Despina in a new production of Così fan tuttein 2012. Zerlina was also the vehicle for her debut at Teatro Real Madrid in 2013.

 Mojca Erdmann regularly appears in concerts and recitals throughout Germany, Austria, Denmark, Spain, France, Switzerland, South Korea and Japan. She is a frequent guest at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, the Cologne and Berlin Philharmonic Halls, the Alte Oper Frankfurt, where she was Artist in Residence in 2012-13, the Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna and the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg as well as the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg and the Kissinger Sommer. She has a vast concert repertoire and is frequently working with conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Ivor Bolton, Manfred Honeck, Kent Nagano, Fabio Luisi and Daniel Harding. She appeared with the Berlin Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Nikolaus Harnoncourt invited Ms. Erdmann to the Vienna Musikverein for Schumann’s Paradies und die Peri, to the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orkest for Scenes from Goethe’s Faust, and to the Berlin Philharmonic for Haydn’s Orlando Paladino. In 2009, she appeared as Sorge/Soprano 1 in Schumann’s Scenes from Goethe’s Faustwith the Stockholm Radio Symphony under Daniel Harding, the DSO Berlin conducted by Ingo Metzmacher and with the Orchestra at La Scala di Milan conducted by Pinchas Steinberg in what marked her debut at La Scala.

An unusually versatile performer, Mojca Erdmann is much sought after for her interpretation of contemporary music: She made her debut with the Berlin Staatsoper in the world premiere of Takemitsu – My Way of Life, conducted by Kent Nagano. In 2009, she performed the title role in Wolfgang Rihm’s monodrama Proserpinaand thefollowing year Rihm entrusted her with the lead soprano role in his new opera Dionysos,which saw its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2010, under the baton of Ingo Metzmacher, and was premiered in Germany at the Berlin Staatsoper in 2012. Also in 2012, she premiered Rodion Schchedrin’s Cleopatra and the Snakeat the Salzburg Whitsun Festival, conducted by Valery Gergiev.

Mojca Erdmann can be heard on many recordings, including an acclaimed version of Mahler’s Symphony No 4with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Nott released by Tudor and in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilègeswith the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, released by Sony. In 2011, RCA released a recording of Wolf´s Italian Songbookwhich featured Mojca Erdmann, Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber. In 2009, the soprano signed an exclusive agreement with Deutsche Grammophon, with the first solo recording, Mozart´s Garden, featuring arias by Mozart and his contemporaries, having been released in 2011. She can be heard as Zerlina and Despina respectively on Deutsche Grammophon’s recently released complete recordings of Don Giovanni and Cosi fan tutte, both conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Praised by critics and loved by audiences for her beauty of tone and impeccable artistry, soprano Mojca Erdmann is a rapidly rising star in the international music scene. Of her return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2012, the New York Timeswrote “Mojca Erdmann brought a sweet, beguiling voice and a demure sincerity to Susanna”. Known for her versatility in repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music, the BBC Music Magazine praised her as an “interpreter of major gifts”.

Mojca Erdmann begins the 2023/24 season with her role and house debut at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen as Vitellia in a new production of La clemenza di Tito, directed by Jetske Mijnssen. She also takes on the roles of Klara and Therese in a new production of Roman Haubenstock-Ramati’s opera Amerika at the Opernhaus Zürich. A highly sought-after concert singer, Mojca Erdmann opens the season in San Sebastián’s Kursaal with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand,” conducted by Robert Treviño. In the Queen Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp, she sings The Lyric Symphony by Alexander Zemlinsky under the baton of Kevin John Edusei. At Müpa Budapest, she can be heard as soloist The Creation (Haydn), conducted by Adam Fischer. Other highlights of the season include her appearances at the Musikverein Vienna, the Mozart Festival in Augsburg, the Whitsun Festival in Baden-Baden together with the SWR Symphony Orchestra, as well as her recital with Malcolm Martineau.

On the opera stage Ms. Erdmann stars in the premiere production of Jörg Widmann’s Babylon at the Berlin State Opera, as well as in Falstaff at The Dallas Opera.

Last season, Erdmann made her debut as Doña Clara in Alexander Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg at the Ópera de Tenerife. As artist-in-residence at the CSO Ada Ankara Concert Hall, she presented three different programs including works by Mendelssohn, Reimann and Schönberg. Mojca Erdmann also sang Berg’s Seven Early Songs together with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach at the Konservatoriets Koncertsal in Copenhagen and made her debut with Wolfgang Rhim’s Aria/Ariadne “Szenarie” under the musical direction of Gianandrea Noseda at the Opernhaus Zürich.
She sang Jörg Widmann’s Arche at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and performed Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and J.S. Bach’s Ich habe genug at the Kölner Philharmonie. Together with pianist Elena Bashkirova, Mojca Erdmann gave several chamber music recitals in Geneva and Andermatt as well as at the Cité de la musique in Paris. Joined by Malcolm Martineau, she presented a program of works by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms at the Narodni Dom in Maribor.

Highlights of past seasons include her appearances at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and Waldvogel (Siegfried). Zerlina was also the role of her debut at the Teatro Real Madrid in 2013. Much acclaimed was Mojca Erdmann’s debut in the title role in Alban Berg’s opera Lulu in a new production by Andrea Breth and conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Berlin. Lulu advanced to become one of her signature roles, and she sang a new production by William Kentridge at the Amsterdam Opera and Christoph Marthaler’s award-winning production at the Hamburg State Opera. In 2014, the soprano interpreted Marzelline in a new production of Beethoven’s Fidelio as part of La Scala’s season opening, which is traditionally broadcast live worldwide on TV. At the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Mojca Erdmann could be heard as Waldvogel in Siegfried with the Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle. Since her debut at the 2006 Salzburg Festival in the title role of Mozart’s Zaide under Ivor Bolton, Mojca Erdmann has returned to the stage as Zelmira in Haydn’s Armida and as Sophie in a new production of Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, among other roles. In 2013 she also sang a series of world premieres with the Scharoun Ensemble as part of the festival.

An unusually versatile performer, Mojca Erdmann is much sought after for her interpretation of contemporary music: she made her debut with the Berlin Staatsoper in the world premiere of Takemitsu – My Way of Life, conducted by Kent Nagano. In 2009, she performed the title role in Wolfgang Rihm’s monodrama Proserpina and the following year Rihm entrusted her with the lead soprano role in his new opera Dionysos, which saw its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2010 and had its German premiere at the Staatsoper Berlin in 2012. Mojca Erdmann’s interpretations of Toshio Hosokawa’s opera Stilles Meer at the Hamburg State Opera and Widmann’s monumental opera Babylon at the Berlin State Opera also earned unanimous critical acclaim. In 2020, Mojca Erdmann took on one of the two leading roles in Luca Francesconi’s two-person play Quartett, based on Heiner Müller’s play. The German version premiered at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin under the direction of Daniel Barenboim.

The soprano is featured on numerous studio recordings, such as an acclaimed version of Mahler’s Symphony No 4 with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Nott, or Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, released by Sony. In 2011 she released a solo album of arias by Mozart and Mozart’s contemporaries entitled Mozart’s Garden on Deutsche Grammophon. In 2020, Neos released the album Die Schneekönigin, conducted by David Philip Hefti, in which the soprano took the lead role. Together with Daniel Barenboim on piano and Zubin Mehta conducting, Pierre Boulez Hall recorded Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and Crumb’s Ancient Voices in 2021. In 2022 Pentatone presented a new album Hans Sommer Orchestral Songs with Mojca Erdmann in the soloist quartet.

Born in Hamburg, Mojca Erdmann received her first violin lessons at the age of six and sang in the children’s choir of the Hamburg State Opera. After graduating from high school, she studied singing with Hans Sotin at the Cologne University of Music in parallel with violin studies. In 2002, she not only won first prize at the German National Singing Competition, but also the special prize for contemporary music. In 2005 she was awarded the NDR Music Prize by the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the Luitpold Prize by the Kissinger Sommer.

 Praised by critics and loved by audiences for her beauty of tone and impeccable artistry, soprano Mojca Erdmann is a rapidly rising star in the international music scene. Of her return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2012, the New York Times wrote “Mojca Erdmann brought a sweet, beguiling voice and a demure sincerity to Susanna”. Known for her versatility in repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music, the BBC Music Magazine praised her as an “interpreter of major gifts”.

Mojca Erdmann begins the 2023/24 season with her role and house debut at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen as Vitellia in a new production of La clemenza di Tito, directed by Jetske Mijnssen. She also takes on the roles of Klara and Therese in a new production of Roman Haubenstock-Ramati’s opera Amerika at the Opernhaus Zürich. A highly sought-after concert singer, Mojca Erdmann opens the season in San Sebastián’s Kursaal with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand”, conducted by Robert Treviño. In the Queen Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp, she sings The Lyric Symphony by Alexander Zemlinsky under the baton of Kevin John Edusei. At Müpa Budapest, she can be heard as soloist The Creation (Haydn), conducted by Adam Fischer. Other highlights of the season include her appearances at the Musikverein Vienna, the Mozart Festival in Augsburg, the Whitsun Festival in Baden-Baden together with the SWR Symphony Orchestra, as well as her recital with Malcolm Martineau.

On the opera stage Ms. Erdmann stars in the premiere production of Jörg Widmann’s Babylon at the Berlin State Opera, as well as in Falstaff at The Dallas Opera.

Last season, Erdmann made her debut as Doña Clara in Alexander Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg at the Ópera de Tenerife. As artist-in-residence at the CSO Ada Ankara Concert Hall, she presented three different programs including works by Mendelssohn, Reimann and Schönberg. Mojca Erdmann also sang Berg’s Seven Early Songs together with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach at the Konservatoriets Koncertsal in Copenhagen and made her debut with Wolfgang Rihm’s Aria/Ariadne “Szenarie” under the musical direction of Gianandrea Noseda at the Opernhaus Zürich.
She sang Jörg Widmann’s Arche at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and performed Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and J.S. Bach’s Ich habe genug at the Kölner Philharmonie. Together with pianist Elena Bashkirova, Mojca Erdmann gave several chamber music recitals in Geneva and Andermatt as well as at the Cité de la musique in Paris. Joined by Malcolm Martineau, she presented a program of works by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms at the Narodni Dom in Maribor.

Highlights of past seasons include her appearances at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and Waldvogel (Siegfried). Zerlina was also the role of her debut at the Teatro Real Madrid in 2013. Much acclaimed was Mojca Erdmann’s debut in the title role in Alban Berg’s opera Lulu in a new production by Andrea Breth and conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Berlin. Lulu advanced to become one of her signature roles, and she sang a new production by William Kentridge at the Amsterdam Opera and Christoph Marthaler’s award-winning production at the Hamburg State Opera. In 2014, the soprano interpreted Marzelline in a new production of Beethoven’s Fidelio as part of La Scala’s season opening, which is traditionally broadcast live worldwide on TV. At the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Mojca Erdmann could be heard as Waldvogel in Siegfried with the Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle. Since her debut at the 2006 Salzburg Festival in the title role of Mozart’s Zaide under Ivor Bolton, Mojca Erdmann has returned to the stage as Zelmira in Haydn’s Armida and as Sophie in a new production of Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, among other roles. In 2013 she also sang a series of world premieres with the Scharoun Ensemble as part of the festival.

An unusually versatile performer, Mojca Erdmann is much sought after for her interpretation of contemporary music: she made her debut with the Berlin Staatsoper in the world premiere of Takemitsu – My Way of Life, conducted by Kent Nagano. In 2009, she performed the title role in Wolfgang Rihm’s monodrama Proserpina and the following year Rihm entrusted her with the lead soprano role in his new opera Dionysos, which saw its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2010 and had its German premiere at the Staatsoper Berlin in 2012. Mojca Erdmann’s interpretations of Toshio Hosokawa’s opera Stilles Meer at the Hamburg State Opera and Widmann’s monumental opera Babylon at the Berlin State Opera also earned unanimous critical acclaim. In 2020, Mojca Erdmann took on one of the two leading roles in Luca Francesconi’s two-person play Quartett, based on Heiner Müller’s play. The German version premiered at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin under the direction of Daniel Barenboim.

The soprano is featured on numerous studio recordings, such as an acclaimed version of Mahler’s Symphony No 4 with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Nott, or Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, released by Sony. In 2011 she released a solo album of arias by Mozart and Mozart’s contemporaries entitled Mozart’s Garden on Deutsche Grammophon. In 2020, Neos released the album Die Schneekönigin, conducted by David Philip Hefti, in which the soprano took the lead role. Together with Daniel Barenboim on piano and Zubin Mehta conducting, Pierre Boulez Hall recorded Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and Crumb’s Ancient Voices in 2021. In 2022 Pentatone presented a new album Hans Sommer Orchestral Songs with Mojca Erdmann in the soloist quartet.

Born in Hamburg, Mojca Erdmann received her first violin lessons at the age of six and sang in the children’s choir of the Hamburg State Opera. After graduating from high school, she studied singing with Hans Sotin at the Cologne University of Music in parallel with violin studies. In 2002, she not only won first prize at the German National Singing Competition, but also the special prize for contemporary music. In 2005 she was awarded the NDR Music Prize by the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the Luitpold Prize by the Kissinger Sommer.

Praised by critics and loved by audiences for her beauty of tone and impeccable artistry, soprano Mojca Erdmann is a rapidly rising star in the international music scene. Of her return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2012, the New York Timeswrote “Mojca Erdmann brought a sweet, beguiling voice and a demure sincerity to Susanna”. Known for her versatility in repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music, the BBC Music Magazine praised her as an “interpreter of major gifts”.

Mojca Erdmann starts off the 2018-19 season with concerts in Copenhagen with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Brett Dean: From Melodious Lay) and in Tokyo with the Bach Collegium of Japan. In October she tours Israel with the IPO under the baton of Maestro Zubin Mehta with Mozart’s Coronation Mass. Further concert engagements take her to Zurich, Munich, Dresden, Bremen, Heilbronn, Hof, Linz and Salzburg with Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, Haydn’s Creationor Brahms’ Requiem, to name but a few highlights. At the renowned Boulezsaal in Berlin Ms. Erdmann sings a recital with Malcolm Martineau, featuring a programme of Lieder by Franz Schubert.

On the opera stage Ms. Erdmann stars in the premiere production of Jörg Widmann’s Babylonat the Berlin State Opera, as well as in Falstaffat The Dallas Opera.

In the 2017/18 season Ms Erdmann made her debut with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, singing Dvorak’s Te Deumand Mahler’s Symphony No 4 under the baton of Andrés Orozco Estrada before heading to Japan singing Berg‘s Lulu Suiteat Tokyo’s NHK Hall. Mojca Erdmann was part of the WDR Rundfunkorchester’s 70th anniversary gala and sang the world premiere of Aribert Reimann’s new work together with the Kuss Quartett in Hanover, Amsterdam and Berlin. On the opera stage the versatile soprano was heard as Claudia in Toshio Hosokawa‘s Stilles Meerat the Staatsoper Hamburg, under the baton of  Kent Nagano. Mojca Erdmann sang in the world premiere of Miroslva Srnka’s new opera South Polealongside Thomas Hampson and Rolando Villazón at the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich as well as Wolfgang Rihm’s Proserpinaat the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.

 

In past seasons Ms. Erdmann was part of the Mozartwoche Salzburg (performing Beat Furrer’s Spazio immergente), the Ultraschall Festival in Berlin (works by Daj Fujikura and Harrison Birwistle), performed the world premiere of Wolfgang Rihm’s Requiem-Strophenwith the Symphonieorchester of the Bayerischen Rundfunks under the baton of Mariss Jansons in Munich’s Herkulessaal and Lucerne´s KKL. She made her debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona singing Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), and at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Zerlina in a new production of Don Giovanniand as Waldvogel in Siegfried. The latter production was released on DVD by Deutsche Grammophon in September 2012. She returned to the Metropolitan Opera the following season for performances as Susanna in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. In 2012, she made her highly acclaimed debut as the titular character in Berg’s Lulu, in a new production conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Berlin. After her Salzburg Festival debut in 2006 as Mozart’s Zaideunder Ivor Bolton, she was invited to return to the festival in 2007 and 2009 to sing Zelmira in Haydn’s Armida.In 2013, Ms Erdmann returned to the festival to perform a series of world premieres in concert with the Scharoun Ensemble. She starred as Sophie in the festival’s new production of Der Rosenkavalierin 2014, conducted by Franz Welser-Möst, and she made her operatic debut at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala as Marzelline in a new production of Beethoven’s Fidelio, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, to open the theatre’s season.

Simon Rattle invited Mojca Erdmann to sing Waldvogel in his new production of Wagner’s Siegfriedin Aix-en-Provence (2008) and at the Salzburg Easter Festival in 2009. In the same year, she had her debut as Sophie in Strauss’ DerRosenkavalierin a new production by Stefan Herheim at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, a role she also sang for the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich. Mojca Erdmann appeared in a new production of Weber’s Der Freischütz, another debut, at Theater an der Wien and made her debut as Zerlina in an all-star gala performance of Don Giovanniin Baden-Baden, where she returned as Despina in a new production of Così fan tuttein 2012. Zerlina was also the vehicle for her debut at Teatro Real Madrid in 2013.

 Mojca Erdmann regularly appears in concerts and recitals throughout Germany, Austria, Denmark, Spain, France, Switzerland, South Korea and Japan. She is a frequent guest at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, the Cologne and Berlin Philharmonic Halls, the Alte Oper Frankfurt, where she was Artist in Residence in 2012-13, the Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna and the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg as well as the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg and the Kissinger Sommer. She has a vast concert repertoire and is frequently working with conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Ivor Bolton, Manfred Honeck, Kent Nagano, Fabio Luisi and Daniel Harding. She appeared with the Berlin Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Nikolaus Harnoncourt invited Ms. Erdmann to the Vienna Musikverein for Schumann’s Paradies und die Peri, to the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orkest for Scenes from Goethe’s Faust, and to the Berlin Philharmonic for Haydn’s Orlando Paladino. In 2009, she appeared as Sorge/Soprano 1 in Schumann’s Scenes from Goethe’s Faustwith the Stockholm Radio Symphony under Daniel Harding, the DSO Berlin conducted by Ingo Metzmacher and with the Orchestra at La Scala di Milan conducted by Pinchas Steinberg in what marked her debut at La Scala.

An unusually versatile performer, Mojca Erdmann is much sought after for her interpretation of contemporary music: She made her debut with the Berlin Staatsoper in the world premiere of Takemitsu – My Way of Life, conducted by Kent Nagano. In 2009, she performed the title role in Wolfgang Rihm’s monodrama Proserpinaand thefollowing year Rihm entrusted her with the lead soprano role in his new opera Dionysos,which saw its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2010, under the baton of Ingo Metzmacher, and was premiered in Germany at the Berlin Staatsoper in 2012. Also in 2012, she premiered Rodion Schchedrin’s Cleopatra and the Snakeat the Salzburg Whitsun Festival, conducted by Valery Gergiev.

Mojca Erdmann can be heard on many recordings, including an acclaimed version of Mahler’s Symphony No 4with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Nott released by Tudor and in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilègeswith the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, released by Sony. In 2011, RCA released a recording of Wolf´s Italian Songbookwhich featured Mojca Erdmann, Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber. In 2009, the soprano signed an exclusive agreement with Deutsche Grammophon, with the first solo recording, Mozart´s Garden, featuring arias by Mozart and his contemporaries, having been released in 2011. She can be heard as Zerlina and Despina respectively on Deutsche Grammophon’s recently released complete recordings of Don Giovanni and Cosi fan tutte, both conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Praised by critics and loved by audiences for her beauty of tone and impeccable artistry, soprano Mojca Erdmann is a rapidly rising star in the international music scene. Of her return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2012, the New York Timeswrote “Mojca Erdmann brought a sweet, beguiling voice and a demure sincerity to Susanna”. Known for her versatility in repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music, the BBC Music Magazine praised her as an “interpreter of major gifts”.

Mojca Erdmann begins the 2023/24 season with her role and house debut at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen as Vitellia in a new production of La clemenza di Tito, directed by Jetske Mijnssen. She also takes on the roles of Klara and Therese in a new production of Roman Haubenstock-Ramati’s opera Amerika at the Opernhaus Zürich. A highly sought-after concert singer, Mojca Erdmann opens the season in San Sebastián’s Kursaal with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand,” conducted by Robert Treviño. In the Queen Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp, she sings The Lyric Symphony by Alexander Zemlinsky under the baton of Kevin John Edusei. At Müpa Budapest, she can be heard as soloist The Creation (Haydn), conducted by Adam Fischer. Other highlights of the season include her appearances at the Musikverein Vienna, the Mozart Festival in Augsburg, the Whitsun Festival in Baden-Baden together with the SWR Symphony Orchestra, as well as her recital with Malcolm Martineau.

On the opera stage Ms. Erdmann stars in the premiere production of Jörg Widmann’s Babylon at the Berlin State Opera, as well as in Falstaff at The Dallas Opera.

Last season, Erdmann made her debut as Doña Clara in Alexander Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg at the Ópera de Tenerife. As artist-in-residence at the CSO Ada Ankara Concert Hall, she presented three different programs including works by Mendelssohn, Reimann and Schönberg. Mojca Erdmann also sang Berg’s Seven Early Songs together with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach at the Konservatoriets Koncertsal in Copenhagen and made her debut with Wolfgang Rhim’s Aria/Ariadne “Szenarie” under the musical direction of Gianandrea Noseda at the Opernhaus Zürich.
She sang Jörg Widmann’s Arche at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and performed Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and J.S. Bach’s Ich habe genug at the Kölner Philharmonie. Together with pianist Elena Bashkirova, Mojca Erdmann gave several chamber music recitals in Geneva and Andermatt as well as at the Cité de la musique in Paris. Joined by Malcolm Martineau, she presented a program of works by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms at the Narodni Dom in Maribor.

Highlights of past seasons include her appearances at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and Waldvogel (Siegfried). Zerlina was also the role of her debut at the Teatro Real Madrid in 2013. Much acclaimed was Mojca Erdmann’s debut in the title role in Alban Berg’s opera Lulu in a new production by Andrea Breth and conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Berlin. Lulu advanced to become one of her signature roles, and she sang a new production by William Kentridge at the Amsterdam Opera and Christoph Marthaler’s award-winning production at the Hamburg State Opera. In 2014, the soprano interpreted Marzelline in a new production of Beethoven’s Fidelio as part of La Scala’s season opening, which is traditionally broadcast live worldwide on TV. At the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Mojca Erdmann could be heard as Waldvogel in Siegfried with the Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle. Since her debut at the 2006 Salzburg Festival in the title role of Mozart’s Zaide under Ivor Bolton, Mojca Erdmann has returned to the stage as Zelmira in Haydn’s Armida and as Sophie in a new production of Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, among other roles. In 2013 she also sang a series of world premieres with the Scharoun Ensemble as part of the festival.

An unusually versatile performer, Mojca Erdmann is much sought after for her interpretation of contemporary music: she made her debut with the Berlin Staatsoper in the world premiere of Takemitsu – My Way of Life, conducted by Kent Nagano. In 2009, she performed the title role in Wolfgang Rihm’s monodrama Proserpina and the following year Rihm entrusted her with the lead soprano role in his new opera Dionysos, which saw its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2010 and had its German premiere at the Staatsoper Berlin in 2012. Mojca Erdmann’s interpretations of Toshio Hosokawa’s opera Stilles Meer at the Hamburg State Opera and Widmann’s monumental opera Babylon at the Berlin State Opera also earned unanimous critical acclaim. In 2020, Mojca Erdmann took on one of the two leading roles in Luca Francesconi’s two-person play Quartett, based on Heiner Müller’s play. The German version premiered at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin under the direction of Daniel Barenboim.

The soprano is featured on numerous studio recordings, such as an acclaimed version of Mahler’s Symphony No 4 with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Nott, or Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, released by Sony. In 2011 she released a solo album of arias by Mozart and Mozart’s contemporaries entitled Mozart’s Garden on Deutsche Grammophon. In 2020, Neos released the album Die Schneekönigin, conducted by David Philip Hefti, in which the soprano took the lead role. Together with Daniel Barenboim on piano and Zubin Mehta conducting, Pierre Boulez Hall recorded Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and Crumb’s Ancient Voices in 2021. In 2022 Pentatone presented a new album Hans Sommer Orchestral Songs with Mojca Erdmann in the soloist quartet.

Born in Hamburg, Mojca Erdmann received her first violin lessons at the age of six and sang in the children’s choir of the Hamburg State Opera. After graduating from high school, she studied singing with Hans Sotin at the Cologne University of Music in parallel with violin studies. In 2002, she not only won first prize at the German National Singing Competition, but also the special prize for contemporary music. In 2005 she was awarded the NDR Music Prize by the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the Luitpold Prize by the Kissinger Sommer.

 Praised by critics and loved by audiences for her beauty of tone and impeccable artistry, soprano Mojca Erdmann is a rapidly rising star in the international music scene. Of her return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2012, the New York Timeswrote “Mojca Erdmann brought a sweet, beguiling voice and a demure sincerity to Susanna”. Known for her versatility in repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music, the BBC Music Magazine praised her as an “interpreter of major gifts”.

Mojca Erdmann begins the 2023/24 season with her role and house debut at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen as Vitellia in a new production of La clemenza di Tito, directed by Jetske Mijnssen. She also takes on the roles of Klara and Therese in a new production of Roman Haubenstock-Ramati’s opera Amerika at the Opernhaus Zürich. A highly sought-after concert singer, Mojca Erdmann opens the season in San Sebastián’s Kursaal with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand”, conducted by Robert Treviño. In the Queen Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp, she sings The Lyric Symphony by Alexander Zemlinsky under the baton of Kevin John Edusei. At Müpa Budapest, she can be heard as soloist The Creation (Haydn), conducted by Adam Fischer. Other highlights of the season include her appearances at the Musikverein Vienna, the Mozart Festival in Augsburg, the Whitsun Festival in Baden-Baden together with the SWR Symphony Orchestra, as well as her recital with Malcolm Martineau.

On the opera stage Ms. Erdmann stars in the premiere production of Jörg Widmann’s Babylon at the Berlin State Opera, as well as in Falstaff at The Dallas Opera.

Last season, Erdmann made her debut as Doña Clara in Alexander Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg at the Ópera de Tenerife. As artist-in-residence at the CSO Ada Ankara Concert Hall, she presented three different programs including works by Mendelssohn, Reimann and Schönberg. Mojca Erdmann also sang Berg’s Seven Early Songs together with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach at the Konservatoriets Koncertsal in Copenhagen and made her debut with Wolfgang Rihm’s Aria/Ariadne “Szenarie” under the musical direction of Gianandrea Noseda at the Opernhaus Zürich.
She sang Jörg Widmann’s Arche at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and performed Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and J.S. Bach’s Ich habe genug at the Kölner Philharmonie. Together with pianist Elena Bashkirova, Mojca Erdmann gave several chamber music recitals in Geneva and Andermatt as well as at the Cité de la musique in Paris. Joined by Malcolm Martineau, she presented a program of works by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms at the Narodni Dom in Maribor.

Highlights of past seasons include her appearances at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and Waldvogel (Siegfried). Zerlina was also the role of her debut at the Teatro Real Madrid in 2013. Much acclaimed was Mojca Erdmann’s debut in the title role in Alban Berg’s opera Lulu in a new production by Andrea Breth and conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Berlin. Lulu advanced to become one of her signature roles, and she sang a new production by William Kentridge at the Amsterdam Opera and Christoph Marthaler’s award-winning production at the Hamburg State Opera. In 2014, the soprano interpreted Marzelline in a new production of Beethoven’s Fidelio as part of La Scala’s season opening, which is traditionally broadcast live worldwide on TV. At the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Mojca Erdmann could be heard as Waldvogel in Siegfried with the Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle. Since her debut at the 2006 Salzburg Festival in the title role of Mozart’s Zaide under Ivor Bolton, Mojca Erdmann has returned to the stage as Zelmira in Haydn’s Armida and as Sophie in a new production of Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, among other roles. In 2013 she also sang a series of world premieres with the Scharoun Ensemble as part of the festival.

An unusually versatile performer, Mojca Erdmann is much sought after for her interpretation of contemporary music: she made her debut with the Berlin Staatsoper in the world premiere of Takemitsu – My Way of Life, conducted by Kent Nagano. In 2009, she performed the title role in Wolfgang Rihm’s monodrama Proserpina and the following year Rihm entrusted her with the lead soprano role in his new opera Dionysos, which saw its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2010 and had its German premiere at the Staatsoper Berlin in 2012. Mojca Erdmann’s interpretations of Toshio Hosokawa’s opera Stilles Meer at the Hamburg State Opera and Widmann’s monumental opera Babylon at the Berlin State Opera also earned unanimous critical acclaim. In 2020, Mojca Erdmann took on one of the two leading roles in Luca Francesconi’s two-person play Quartett, based on Heiner Müller’s play. The German version premiered at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin under the direction of Daniel Barenboim.

The soprano is featured on numerous studio recordings, such as an acclaimed version of Mahler’s Symphony No 4 with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Nott, or Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, released by Sony. In 2011 she released a solo album of arias by Mozart and Mozart’s contemporaries entitled Mozart’s Garden on Deutsche Grammophon. In 2020, Neos released the album Die Schneekönigin, conducted by David Philip Hefti, in which the soprano took the lead role. Together with Daniel Barenboim on piano and Zubin Mehta conducting, Pierre Boulez Hall recorded Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and Crumb’s Ancient Voices in 2021. In 2022 Pentatone presented a new album Hans Sommer Orchestral Songs with Mojca Erdmann in the soloist quartet.

Born in Hamburg, Mojca Erdmann received her first violin lessons at the age of six and sang in the children’s choir of the Hamburg State Opera. After graduating from high school, she studied singing with Hans Sotin at the Cologne University of Music in parallel with violin studies. In 2002, she not only won first prize at the German National Singing Competition, but also the special prize for contemporary music. In 2005 she was awarded the NDR Music Prize by the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the Luitpold Prize by the Kissinger Sommer.

Praised by critics and loved by audiences for her beauty of tone and impeccable artistry, soprano Mojca Erdmann is a rapidly rising star in the international music scene. Of her return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2012, the New York Timeswrote “Mojca Erdmann brought a sweet, beguiling voice and a demure sincerity to Susanna”. Known for her versatility in repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music, the BBC Music Magazine praised her as an “interpreter of major gifts”.

Mojca Erdmann starts off the 2018-19 season with concerts in Copenhagen with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Brett Dean: From Melodious Lay) and in Tokyo with the Bach Collegium of Japan. In October she tours Israel with the IPO under the baton of Maestro Zubin Mehta with Mozart’s Coronation Mass. Further concert engagements take her to Zurich, Munich, Dresden, Bremen, Heilbronn, Hof, Linz and Salzburg with Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, Haydn’s Creationor Brahms’ Requiem, to name but a few highlights. At the renowned Boulezsaal in Berlin Ms. Erdmann sings a recital with Malcolm Martineau, featuring a programme of Lieder by Franz Schubert.

On the opera stage Ms. Erdmann stars in the premiere production of Jörg Widmann’s Babylonat the Berlin State Opera, as well as in Falstaffat The Dallas Opera.

In the 2017/18 season Ms Erdmann made her debut with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, singing Dvorak’s Te Deumand Mahler’s Symphony No 4 under the baton of Andrés Orozco Estrada before heading to Japan singing Berg‘s Lulu Suiteat Tokyo’s NHK Hall. Mojca Erdmann was part of the WDR Rundfunkorchester’s 70th anniversary gala and sang the world premiere of Aribert Reimann’s new work together with the Kuss Quartett in Hanover, Amsterdam and Berlin. On the opera stage the versatile soprano was heard as Claudia in Toshio Hosokawa‘s Stilles Meerat the Staatsoper Hamburg, under the baton of  Kent Nagano. Mojca Erdmann sang in the world premiere of Miroslva Srnka’s new opera South Polealongside Thomas Hampson and Rolando Villazón at the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich as well as Wolfgang Rihm’s Proserpinaat the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.

 

In past seasons Ms. Erdmann was part of the Mozartwoche Salzburg (performing Beat Furrer’s Spazio immergente), the Ultraschall Festival in Berlin (works by Daj Fujikura and Harrison Birwistle), performed the world premiere of Wolfgang Rihm’s Requiem-Strophenwith the Symphonieorchester of the Bayerischen Rundfunks under the baton of Mariss Jansons in Munich’s Herkulessaal and Lucerne´s KKL. She made her debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona singing Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), and at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Zerlina in a new production of Don Giovanniand as Waldvogel in Siegfried. The latter production was released on DVD by Deutsche Grammophon in September 2012. She returned to the Metropolitan Opera the following season for performances as Susanna in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. In 2012, she made her highly acclaimed debut as the titular character in Berg’s Lulu, in a new production conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Berlin. After her Salzburg Festival debut in 2006 as Mozart’s Zaideunder Ivor Bolton, she was invited to return to the festival in 2007 and 2009 to sing Zelmira in Haydn’s Armida.In 2013, Ms Erdmann returned to the festival to perform a series of world premieres in concert with the Scharoun Ensemble. She starred as Sophie in the festival’s new production of Der Rosenkavalierin 2014, conducted by Franz Welser-Möst, and she made her operatic debut at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala as Marzelline in a new production of Beethoven’s Fidelio, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, to open the theatre’s season.

Simon Rattle invited Mojca Erdmann to sing Waldvogel in his new production of Wagner’s Siegfriedin Aix-en-Provence (2008) and at the Salzburg Easter Festival in 2009. In the same year, she had her debut as Sophie in Strauss’ DerRosenkavalierin a new production by Stefan Herheim at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, a role she also sang for the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich. Mojca Erdmann appeared in a new production of Weber’s Der Freischütz, another debut, at Theater an der Wien and made her debut as Zerlina in an all-star gala performance of Don Giovanniin Baden-Baden, where she returned as Despina in a new production of Così fan tuttein 2012. Zerlina was also the vehicle for her debut at Teatro Real Madrid in 2013.

 Mojca Erdmann regularly appears in concerts and recitals throughout Germany, Austria, Denmark, Spain, France, Switzerland, South Korea and Japan. She is a frequent guest at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, the Cologne and Berlin Philharmonic Halls, the Alte Oper Frankfurt, where she was Artist in Residence in 2012-13, the Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna and the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg as well as the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg and the Kissinger Sommer. She has a vast concert repertoire and is frequently working with conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Ivor Bolton, Manfred Honeck, Kent Nagano, Fabio Luisi and Daniel Harding. She appeared with the Berlin Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Nikolaus Harnoncourt invited Ms. Erdmann to the Vienna Musikverein for Schumann’s Paradies und die Peri, to the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orkest for Scenes from Goethe’s Faust, and to the Berlin Philharmonic for Haydn’s Orlando Paladino. In 2009, she appeared as Sorge/Soprano 1 in Schumann’s Scenes from Goethe’s Faustwith the Stockholm Radio Symphony under Daniel Harding, the DSO Berlin conducted by Ingo Metzmacher and with the Orchestra at La Scala di Milan conducted by Pinchas Steinberg in what marked her debut at La Scala.

An unusually versatile performer, Mojca Erdmann is much sought after for her interpretation of contemporary music: She made her debut with the Berlin Staatsoper in the world premiere of Takemitsu – My Way of Life, conducted by Kent Nagano. In 2009, she performed the title role in Wolfgang Rihm’s monodrama Proserpinaand thefollowing year Rihm entrusted her with the lead soprano role in his new opera Dionysos,which saw its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2010, under the baton of Ingo Metzmacher, and was premiered in Germany at the Berlin Staatsoper in 2012. Also in 2012, she premiered Rodion Schchedrin’s Cleopatra and the Snakeat the Salzburg Whitsun Festival, conducted by Valery Gergiev.

Mojca Erdmann can be heard on many recordings, including an acclaimed version of Mahler’s Symphony No 4with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Nott released by Tudor and in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilègeswith the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, released by Sony. In 2011, RCA released a recording of Wolf´s Italian Songbookwhich featured Mojca Erdmann, Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber. In 2009, the soprano signed an exclusive agreement with Deutsche Grammophon, with the first solo recording, Mozart´s Garden, featuring arias by Mozart and his contemporaries, having been released in 2011. She can be heard as Zerlina and Despina respectively on Deutsche Grammophon’s recently released complete recordings of Don Giovanni and Cosi fan tutte, both conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Praised by critics and loved by audiences for her beauty of tone and impeccable artistry, soprano Mojca Erdmann is a rapidly rising star in the international music scene. Of her return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2012, the New York Timeswrote “Mojca Erdmann brought a sweet, beguiling voice and a demure sincerity to Susanna”. Known for her versatility in repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music, the BBC Music Magazine praised her as an “interpreter of major gifts”.

Mojca Erdmann begins the 2023/24 season with her role and house debut at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen as Vitellia in a new production of La clemenza di Tito, directed by Jetske Mijnssen. She also takes on the roles of Klara and Therese in a new production of Roman Haubenstock-Ramati’s opera Amerika at the Opernhaus Zürich. A highly sought-after concert singer, Mojca Erdmann opens the season in San Sebastián’s Kursaal with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand,” conducted by Robert Treviño. In the Queen Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp, she sings The Lyric Symphony by Alexander Zemlinsky under the baton of Kevin John Edusei. At Müpa Budapest, she can be heard as soloist The Creation (Haydn), conducted by Adam Fischer. Other highlights of the season include her appearances at the Musikverein Vienna, the Mozart Festival in Augsburg, the Whitsun Festival in Baden-Baden together with the SWR Symphony Orchestra, as well as her recital with Malcolm Martineau.

On the opera stage Ms. Erdmann stars in the premiere production of Jörg Widmann’s Babylon at the Berlin State Opera, as well as in Falstaff at The Dallas Opera.

Last season, Erdmann made her debut as Doña Clara in Alexander Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg at the Ópera de Tenerife. As artist-in-residence at the CSO Ada Ankara Concert Hall, she presented three different programs including works by Mendelssohn, Reimann and Schönberg. Mojca Erdmann also sang Berg’s Seven Early Songs together with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach at the Konservatoriets Koncertsal in Copenhagen and made her debut with Wolfgang Rhim’s Aria/Ariadne “Szenarie” under the musical direction of Gianandrea Noseda at the Opernhaus Zürich.
She sang Jörg Widmann’s Arche at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and performed Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and J.S. Bach’s Ich habe genug at the Kölner Philharmonie. Together with pianist Elena Bashkirova, Mojca Erdmann gave several chamber music recitals in Geneva and Andermatt as well as at the Cité de la musique in Paris. Joined by Malcolm Martineau, she presented a program of works by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms at the Narodni Dom in Maribor.

Highlights of past seasons include her appearances at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and Waldvogel (Siegfried). Zerlina was also the role of her debut at the Teatro Real Madrid in 2013. Much acclaimed was Mojca Erdmann’s debut in the title role in Alban Berg’s opera Lulu in a new production by Andrea Breth and conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Berlin. Lulu advanced to become one of her signature roles, and she sang a new production by William Kentridge at the Amsterdam Opera and Christoph Marthaler’s award-winning production at the Hamburg State Opera. In 2014, the soprano interpreted Marzelline in a new production of Beethoven’s Fidelio as part of La Scala’s season opening, which is traditionally broadcast live worldwide on TV. At the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Mojca Erdmann could be heard as Waldvogel in Siegfried with the Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle. Since her debut at the 2006 Salzburg Festival in the title role of Mozart’s Zaide under Ivor Bolton, Mojca Erdmann has returned to the stage as Zelmira in Haydn’s Armida and as Sophie in a new production of Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, among other roles. In 2013 she also sang a series of world premieres with the Scharoun Ensemble as part of the festival.

An unusually versatile performer, Mojca Erdmann is much sought after for her interpretation of contemporary music: she made her debut with the Berlin Staatsoper in the world premiere of Takemitsu – My Way of Life, conducted by Kent Nagano. In 2009, she performed the title role in Wolfgang Rihm’s monodrama Proserpina and the following year Rihm entrusted her with the lead soprano role in his new opera Dionysos, which saw its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2010 and had its German premiere at the Staatsoper Berlin in 2012. Mojca Erdmann’s interpretations of Toshio Hosokawa’s opera Stilles Meer at the Hamburg State Opera and Widmann’s monumental opera Babylon at the Berlin State Opera also earned unanimous critical acclaim. In 2020, Mojca Erdmann took on one of the two leading roles in Luca Francesconi’s two-person play Quartett, based on Heiner Müller’s play. The German version premiered at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin under the direction of Daniel Barenboim.

The soprano is featured on numerous studio recordings, such as an acclaimed version of Mahler’s Symphony No 4 with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Nott, or Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, released by Sony. In 2011 she released a solo album of arias by Mozart and Mozart’s contemporaries entitled Mozart’s Garden on Deutsche Grammophon. In 2020, Neos released the album Die Schneekönigin, conducted by David Philip Hefti, in which the soprano took the lead role. Together with Daniel Barenboim on piano and Zubin Mehta conducting, Pierre Boulez Hall recorded Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and Crumb’s Ancient Voices in 2021. In 2022 Pentatone presented a new album Hans Sommer Orchestral Songs with Mojca Erdmann in the soloist quartet.

Born in Hamburg, Mojca Erdmann received her first violin lessons at the age of six and sang in the children’s choir of the Hamburg State Opera. After graduating from high school, she studied singing with Hans Sotin at the Cologne University of Music in parallel with violin studies. In 2002, she not only won first prize at the German National Singing Competition, but also the special prize for contemporary music. In 2005 she was awarded the NDR Music Prize by the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the Luitpold Prize by the Kissinger Sommer.

Praised by critics and loved by audiences for her beauty of tone and impeccable artistry, soprano Mojca Erdmann is a rapidly rising star in the international music scene. Of her return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2012, the New York Timeswrote “Mojca Erdmann brought a sweet, beguiling voice and a demure sincerity to Susanna”. Known for her versatility in repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music, the BBC Music Magazine praised her as an “interpreter of major gifts”.

Mojca Erdmann begins the 2023/24 season with her role and house debut at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen as Vitellia in a new production of La clemenza di Tito, directed by Jetske Mijnssen. She also takes on the roles of Klara and Therese in a new production of Roman Haubenstock-Ramati’s opera Amerika at the Opernhaus Zürich. A highly sought-after concert singer, Mojca Erdmann opens the season in San Sebastián’s Kursaal with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand,” conducted by Robert Treviño. In the Queen Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp, she sings The Lyric Symphony by Alexander Zemlinsky under the baton of Kevin John Edusei. At Müpa Budapest, she can be heard as soloist The Creation (Haydn), conducted by Adam Fischer. Other highlights of the season include her appearances at the Musikverein Vienna, the Mozart Festival in Augsburg, the Whitsun Festival in Baden-Baden together with the SWR Symphony Orchestra, as well as her recital with Malcolm Martineau.

On the opera stage Ms. Erdmann stars in the premiere production of Jörg Widmann’s Babylon at the Berlin State Opera, as well as in Falstaff at The Dallas Opera.

Last season, Erdmann made her debut as Doña Clara in Alexander Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg at the Ópera de Tenerife. As artist-in-residence at the CSO Ada Ankara Concert Hall, she presented three different programs including works by Mendelssohn, Reimann and Schönberg. Mojca Erdmann also sang Berg’s Seven Early Songs together with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach at the Konservatoriets Koncertsal in Copenhagen and made her debut with Wolfgang Rhim’s Aria/Ariadne “Szenarie” under the musical direction of Gianandrea Noseda at the Opernhaus Zürich.
She sang Jörg Widmann’s Arche at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and performed Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and J.S. Bach’s Ich habe genug at the Kölner Philharmonie. Together with pianist Elena Bashkirova, Mojca Erdmann gave several chamber music recitals in Geneva and Andermatt as well as at the Cité de la musique in Paris. Joined by Malcolm Martineau, she presented a program of works by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms at the Narodni Dom in Maribor.

Highlights of past seasons include her appearances at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and Waldvogel (Siegfried). Zerlina was also the role of her debut at the Teatro Real Madrid in 2013. Much acclaimed was Mojca Erdmann’s debut in the title role in Alban Berg’s opera Lulu in a new production by Andrea Breth and conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Berlin. Lulu advanced to become one of her signature roles, and she sang a new production by William Kentridge at the Amsterdam Opera and Christoph Marthaler’s award-winning production at the Hamburg State Opera. In 2014, the soprano interpreted Marzelline in a new production of Beethoven’s Fidelio as part of La Scala’s season opening, which is traditionally broadcast live worldwide on TV. At the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Mojca Erdmann could be heard as Waldvogel in Siegfried with the Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle. Since her debut at the 2006 Salzburg Festival in the title role of Mozart’s Zaide under Ivor Bolton, Mojca Erdmann has returned to the stage as Zelmira in Haydn’s Armida and as Sophie in a new production of Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, among other roles. In 2013 she also sang a series of world premieres with the Scharoun Ensemble as part of the festival.

An unusually versatile performer, Mojca Erdmann is much sought after for her interpretation of contemporary music: she made her debut with the Berlin Staatsoper in the world premiere of Takemitsu – My Way of Life, conducted by Kent Nagano. In 2009, she performed the title role in Wolfgang Rihm’s monodrama Proserpina and the following year Rihm entrusted her with the lead soprano role in his new opera Dionysos, which saw its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2010 and had its German premiere at the Staatsoper Berlin in 2012. Mojca Erdmann’s interpretations of Toshio Hosokawa’s opera Stilles Meer at the Hamburg State Opera and Widmann’s monumental opera Babylon at the Berlin State Opera also earned unanimous critical acclaim. In 2020, Mojca Erdmann took on one of the two leading roles in Luca Francesconi’s two-person play Quartett, based on Heiner Müller’s play. The German version premiered at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin under the direction of Daniel Barenboim.

The soprano is featured on numerous studio recordings, such as an acclaimed version of Mahler’s Symphony No 4 with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Nott, or Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, released by Sony. In 2011 she released a solo album of arias by Mozart and Mozart’s contemporaries entitled Mozart’s Garden on Deutsche Grammophon. In 2020, Neos released the album Die Schneekönigin, conducted by David Philip Hefti, in which the soprano took the lead role. Together with Daniel Barenboim on piano and Zubin Mehta conducting, Pierre Boulez Hall recorded Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and Crumb’s Ancient Voices in 2021. In 2022 Pentatone presented a new album Hans Sommer Orchestral Songs with Mojca Erdmann in the soloist quartet.

Born in Hamburg, Mojca Erdmann received her first violin lessons at the age of six and sang in the children’s choir of the Hamburg State Opera. After graduating from high school, she studied singing with Hans Sotin at the Cologne University of Music in parallel with violin studies. In 2002, she not only won first prize at the German National Singing Competition, but also the special prize for contemporary music. In 2005 she was awarded the NDR Music Prize by the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the Luitpold Prize by the Kissinger Sommer.