Biographies & programs
27.5.24
17:00
Mereike Zorko
Germany
Finalists
Mariia Boichenko
Ukraina
Finalists

Program
Franz Schubert
Sonett D 629 (Petrarca) - 1R
Im Frühling D 882 (Ernst Schulze)
Goacchino Rossini
Péchés de vieillesse
Arietta all´antica „Mi langeró tacendo“ (Metastasio) - 1R
Robert Schumann
Myrthen, Op.25
26. Zum Schluss" aus "Myrthen" Op.25 (Rückert)
Hugo Wolf
Eichendorff-Lieder
3. Verschwiegene Liebe
Anna Teichmüller
Erdenkindleins Wiegenlied Op.7 Nr.1 (C.Hauptmann)
Im Dämmer der Nacht, Op.8 Nr.2 (C.Hauptmann)
Mathilde Kralik von Meyerswalden
Jugend Lieder
1. Morgengesang (Shakespeare) - 1R
Henri Duparc
Mélodies
1. L’invitation au voyage (Baudelaire) - 1R
Ivor Gurney
Five Elisabethan Songs
1. "Orpheus with his Lute" (William Shakespeare)
2. "Tears" (Anonymous)
3. "Under the Greenwood Tree" (William Shakespeare)
4. "Sleep" (John Fletscher)
5. "Spring" (Thomas Nashe)
Ramon Gil González
Zagalejo de Perlas (Lope de Vega)
Eytan Pessen
4. O Gospodyniej
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Mereike Zorko
Contralto
Year of birth:
1997
The young contralto was awarded the Fritz Wunderlich Society's sponsorship award in 2022 and was invited to the Music Days in Kusel. In the same year she received a sponsorship award from the Helene Rosenberg Foundation and was sent to the Bayreuth Festival as a scholarship holder from the Richard Wagner Association Freiburg.
Her repertoire includes numerous solo parts, from Bach to Haydn, Mendelssohn and Rossini to Duruflé. She works closely with the conductors Frank Markowitsch and Morton Schuldt-Jensen. Her chamber music partners include the mandolinist Charlotte Kaiser, the cellist Enzo Caterino and the pianist Robert Neumann.
Mareike Zorko received her first training in the Hanover girls' choir. She studied singing at the HfMT Hamburg and with Axel Heil in Hanover, and currently at the HfM Freiburg with Prof. Mareike Morr.
Mariia Boichenko
Pianist
Mariia Boichenko was born in Sumy, Ukraine. She received her bachelor's and master's degrees from the National Tchaikovsky Music Academy of Ukraine, where she specialized in piano. During her studies she actively participated in international music festivals and competitions. Since the winter semester 23/24 she has been studying song design at the Freiburg University of Music with Professor Matthias Alteheld. Outside of her studies, Mariia is involved in charity projects, projects that deal with female composers, new music and the music of her homeland.