Biographies & programs
27.5.24
18:40
Alison Lau
Hong Kong
Maurycy Stawujak
Poland
Program
Franz Schubert
Der Musensohn D 764 (Goethe) - 1R
Gioacchino Rossini
Soirées musicales
La promessa "Ch´io vi possa amare" (Metastasio) - 1R
Robert Schumann
Myrthen, Op. 25
7. Die Lotosblume (Heine)
20. Weit, weit (Burns/Gerhard)
26. Zum Schluss (Rückert)
Franz Liszt
Oh, quand je dors S 282 (Hugo)
Hugo Wolf
Spanisches Liederbuch
12. In dem Schatten meiner Locken (Anonymous/Heyse)
36. Bedeckt mich mit Blumen (Maria do Ceo/Geibel)
Henri Duparc
Mélodies
1. L´invitation au voyage (Baudelaire)
5. Phidelé (de Lisle) - 1R
Emile Paladilhe
Psyché (Pierre Corneille)
Reynaldo Hahn
A Chloris (Theophile de Viau)
Erich Korngold
Four Shakespeare Songs, Op. 31
1. Desdemona's song - 1R
2. Under the greenwood tree
3. Blow, blow, thou winter wind
4. When birds do sing
Media
Alison Lau
Soprano
Year of birth:
1987
Soprano Alison Lau is from Hong Kong, and is currently based in Amsterdam. After graduating from the New England Conservatory in Boston and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, she joined Opera Hong Kong as a young artist in 2015, and became the first classical singer in Hong Kong to record with Universal Music and Decca Records, to promote classical music on mass media platforms. Alison also collaborated frequently with baroque ensembles and curated art song recitals for the audience in Hong Kong. During that time, she has discovered a special affinity for early music and poetry and song. In 2018, Alison was invited to sing with Al Ayre Español in Berliner Philharmonie, and that experience eventually led Alison to relocate to Europe. In 2021, Alison moved to Amsterdam to specialize in Historical Performance at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Since then she has performed with Ton Koopman's Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Nederlandse Bachvereniging under the leadership of Shunske Sato and Masato Suzuki, and most recently made her Belgium debut as a soloist with Il Gardellino conducted by Peter van Heyghen.
In 2018 Alison has won the “Gerhart Hauptmann-Theater” Special Prize at the 22nd Concorso Internazionale per Cantanti Lirici Spazio Musica, and was subsequently invited to sing Ein Deutsches Requiem by Brahms in Görlitz. Her performance in that concert tour was hailed by the Sächsische Zeitung: die junge, in Hong Kong geborene und in Boston ausgebildete Alison Lau gehört. Ein vom Gerhart Hauptmann-Theater ausgelobter Sonderpreis brachte die Sopranistin jetzt nach Deutschland[...] ihre Arie “Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit” die Zuhörer im Zittau Theater. Alison Laus reiner Ton, ihr natürlicher Ansatz und ihre perfekt gearbeitete Aussprache nahm das Publikum gefangen.
Alison has also been awarded the First Prize at Yokohama International Music Competition in Japan, and the Outstanding Performance Award at the Metropolitan International Music Festival Vocal Competition in New York. In 2017 she was awarded the Certificate of Commendation by the Hong Kong Government’s Home Affairs Bureau.
Maurycy Stawujak
Pianist
Maurycy Stawujak is a versatile musician excelling as a pianist, fortepianist, and chamber musician. Renowned for his collaborative spirit, particularly with vocalists, he is a valued member of the contemporary instrumental group, Chain Ensemble, based in Warsaw.
Maurycy brings a wealth of experience in orchestral repertoire and has recently completed his pianoforte studies under the tutelage of Olga Paschenko. His prior studies encompass solo piano, chamber music, and harpsichord.
He has received coaching from esteemed musicians, including Robert D. Levin, Shunske Sato, Clive Brown, Tobias Koch, Jadwiga Rappe, Janusz Olejniczak, Corina Belcea, Frank-Immo Zichner, Janina Fijałkowska, and
the Guarneri Trio Prague.
Maurycy is a scholarship recipient of both the American WISE Foundation and the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, his alma mater.
His accolades include the special prize for the best pianist/chamber musician at the I Karol Szymanowski International Competition in Katowice.