SOLOGESANG

The Austrian lyric soprano Angela Mitterhofer was born in Lower Austria in 1982.
Very early she discovered her passion for music and started developing her talent. She began playing piano and recorder at the age of 5 and took ballet classes as well as early musical education classes. From the age of 8 she has constantly been a member of choirs and ensembles such as Capricciata" (winner of choir competition Austria in 1998), Vienna Symphonics Library Choir (2005 to 2012), "Kammerchor Wien" ("Goldener Saal Musikverein Wien" in 2012) where she would gain experience in a number of musical genres.

Angela Mitterhofer is not confining herself to classical music only, she has widened her musical education and is singing in several jazz,pop and rock bands such as "The Roaring Sixties Band" (support act for "Kurt Ostbahn" -2003 - and "Manfred Mann´s Earth Band"- 2011), Spektakel", "Artett", "Sadako", Bigband Gloggnitz et al. as well as performing the title role in the musical "Max" (Lower Austria) in 1999.
Angela Mitterhofer has also received extensive dance training in tap dance, Latin, Jazz, Modern, Hip Hop, Street Dance et al. She had the opportunity to demonstrate her dancing skills in several musical dance shows at the Wiener Neustadt theatre(2000 o.a. Stefan Flemming, 2004 o.a. Adi Hirschal).

She began her vocal studies (Sologesang) at the Prayner Conservatory Vienna with Mag. Maria Loidl and continued at the Vienna Conservatory with studies in instrumental and voice pedagogy (Instrumental- und Gesangspädagogik) with emphasis on ensemble directing, again in Mag. Maria Loidl's tutor group. In 2009 she successfully graduated with diploma (from the Vienna Conservatory she received a diploma with distinction). .
She continued her education in a masterclass with Thomas Hampson as well as in lessons with Ildiko Raimondi and in the popular music field with Monika Ballwein.
During her studies she completed several acting classes with Martin Beck.
In 2004 she sang as a substitute for the „Volksopernchor" Vienna in a production of "Die Zirkusprinzessin" and in 2005 "Die Csardasfürstin" („Operettenbühne Krieau Wien" ;artistic director: Heinz Hellberg).
Since 2010 she is working as a freelance artist.
At the „Theater an der Wien" she was in charge of surtitles for the production of „Fledermaus" in August 2011.
Since the term of 2006/07 Angela Mitterhofer is a member of the "Kinderoper Papageno", touring through Austria, Germany, Switzerland and South Tyrol. She took part in more than 1000 performances and workshops for and with children, trying to bring classical music closer to children and young people between the ages of 6 and 18.
In winter term 2015/2016 she worked as a singing teacher (maternity leave cover) at the music school Krumbach-Hochneukirchen-Gschaidt in Lower Austria after she had assisted several times at the music school Kirchberg am Wechsel as piano and singing teacher.
In January 2016 she obtained a 2 year recording contract with "Walding Sound GmbH" in Bavaria, Germany. One album has already been recorded and will be officially released in summer/autumn of 2016.

On stage she sang among others Pamina and Papagena („Die Zauberflöte"), Gretel and Witch („Hänsel und Gretel"), Blonde („Entführung aus dem Serail"), Marzelline („Fidelio"),Agathe („Der Freischütz"), Frau Flut („Die Weiber von Windsor").
Angela Mitterhofer, as a versatile artist, has the ability to work intensively with her students while being a supportive and sympathetic teacher. It is her intention to pass on the pleasure and passion music gives to her.
Languages: German, English and basics in Spanish and Italian.

CEMBALO

Keiko Omura wurde in Osaka, Japan, geboren wo sie Ihre musikalische Ausbildung abschloss. Anschließend ging sie an die Hochschule für Musik in München, wo sie Klavierunterricht von Klaus Schilde sowie Musikpädagogik studierte und das Diplom Musiklehrerin erhielt. Danach erteilte sie als Klavierlehrerin, an der Sonderklasse für begabte Kinder, in der Yamaha Music Foundation in Osaka Unterricht. Sie gab auch zahlreiche Klavierrezitale in Japan.

In 2006, begann sie wieder ihr Studium an der Hochschule für Musik in Weimar und zwar Klavier bei Gerlinde Otto, Cembalo, Clavichord und Generalbass bei Bernhardt Klapprott, Orchesterakademie bei Stefan May und Georg Christoph Biller und Kammermusik bei Midori Seiler. Sie schloss mit dem künstlerischen Diplommusikerin im Fach Cembalo ab.

In 2015 erwarb sie drei Master of Arts von der Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität in Linz, in Hammerklavier Instrumentalstudium, Hammerklavier Instrumentalpädagogik, sowie in Cembalo Instrumentalstudium/Alte Musik und historische Aufführungspraxis. Sie studierte Hammerklavier bei Wolfgang Brunner, Alte Musik (Cembalo, Generalbass, Orchesterakademie und Opernaufführung) bei Jörg Halubek, Cembalo und Generalbass bei Brett Leighton und Orgel bei Rudolf Jungwirth.

Sie nahm bei zahlreichen Meisterkursen teil. Unter anderem bei Bob van Asperen, Mark Kroll, David Shemer, Pierre Hantaï, Luigi Frenando Tagliavini, Bart van Oort. Von 2012 bis 2015 lebte sie auf Schloss Kremsegg in Oberösterreich, das eines der größten und wichtigsten Musikinstrumentenmuseen in Europa beinhaltet. Während ihres Aufenthaltes in Kremsegg recherchierte und spielte sie die große Sammlung an Hammerklavieren und modernen Klavieren vom des Ende 18. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart. Sie arbeitete auch als Assistentin des Kurators im Instrumentenmuseum und gab Hammerklavierseminare, Vortragsabende und Vorführungen für Kinder, mit drei Klavieren aus verschiedenen Epochen.

Sie hat an zahlreichen Konzerten teilgenommen sowohl als Solistin als auch als Continuo-Spielerin in Opern und Kantaten in Europa und in Japan. Zu erwähnen sind Bach Biennale in Weimar, Schloss Kremsegg und im Nakata Museum.

Ihr Repertoire ist sehr breit und reicht von der Renaissance bis zur Moderne. Sie spielt verschiedene Tasteninstrumente: Virginal, Spinett, Clavichord, Cembalo, Orgel, Hammerklavier sowie das "moderne" Klavier. Wenn die Instrumente zur Verfügung stehen kann sie auf dem Tasteninstrument spielen, das für das jeweilige Musikstück am besten geeignet ist um den musikalischen Stil dieser Epoche eine authentische Aufführung zu geben.

VIOLIN

Tanja Palu, born in 1982, is a finnish violinist, saxophonist and music educator with French roots. She began learning the violin at the age of six and started performing only a year later.

Tanja has been giving concerts for more than 20 years all over Europe and since 2010 also in China.

First she studied at Helsinki Conservatory where she graduated in 2006, then continued her studies at Vienna Conservatory where she got her Solo Violin Diploma with honors in 2010 and her Music Pedagogue Diploma in 2013 (major in Classical Violin, minor in Jazz Saxophone).

Tanja Palu is a soloist, a chamber musician and an orchestra musician (Österreichische Symphoniker, Junge Philharmonie Wien,  Tanja Palu is a soloist, a chamber musician and an orchestra musician (Österreichische Symphoniker, Junge Philharmonie Wien,  Modus 21...) and her wide repertoire goes from classical music to pop, jazz, electronic music and improvisation. In 2014 she founded together with Austrian violinist Ismene Weiss the ensemble Modern Sounds Vienna, a young and dynamic formation which is building bridges between classical music and modern elements such as electronic music, jazz, dance and visual elements.

PIANO

Anna Panova was born in 1989 in Arkhangelsk, Russia. She started to play the piano at the age of five and her mother was her first teacher. In Arkhangelsk she finished Music school and Arkhangelsk Musik College in 2008 (Diploma with qualification: Instrumental teacher, concertmaster). In 2008-2013 she studied in Moscow and successfuly finished the Grad program at the Maimonid State Classical Academy (Professor Elena Petrova) with qualification: teacher, chamber ensemble musician, concertmaster. She is proud to have been involved in the master-classes with the world famous pianists: Vladimir Viardo, Boris Petrushanski, Pavel Egorov, Viktor Derevyanko, Sondra Tammam.

During her study Anna became a laureat of many international competitions: International Youth Contest "Valery Gavrilin", Vologda, Russia, International Festival of Slavic Music, Moscow (2007), first prize at the „International Competition for Young Pianists“ Shabats, Serbia , second prize at the 22^nd and 22^th  „International Competition for Young Pianists” Barletta, Italy (2012,2014), third prize at the Martha Debelli Stipendium Piano Competition, Graz, Austria (2015).

In 2016 Anna finished Master programme in a piano performance at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (Professor Peter Jozsa).

As accompanist Anna Panova plays with singers and various instruments (flute, violin, trombone, guitar and others) at concerts, class evenings, exams and diploma programs, recording, competitions, masterclasses. She actively plays in various chamber music formations and have played solo and chamber music concerts in Austria, Russia, Slovenia, Hungary.