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Nathalie Stutzmann At a young age, Nathalie Stutzmann received a
thorough musical education; she studied conducting,
piano and bassoon performance, and was involved
in chamber music. Gifted with a rarely-encountered
voice (a natural contralto), she devoted herself to
the vocal arts. She received her first voice lessons
from her mother, Christiane Stutzmann; later, the
artist enrolled at Ecole d’Art Lyrique de l’Opéra
de Paris. Her talent and exceptional personality
have been esteemed by Seiji Ozawa, Sir Simon
Rattle, Mariss Jansons, Sir John Eliot Gardiner,
Christoph Eschenbach, Jukka Pekka Saraste and
Marc Minkowski; under their direction, Stutzmann
has had occasion to perform as a soloist with the
Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, New
York Philharmonic, London Symphony, Orquesta
Nacional de España, Orchestre de Paris et al. She
has not, however, abandoned conducting, and
since 2009 has led her own ensemble, Orfeo 55.
She has over 75 recordings to her credit. Recently,
she recorded F. Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin
cycle with Inger Södergren (Calliope), cantatas
by J. S. Bach and J. Brahms’ Alt-Rhapsodie under
Gardiner’s direction (SDG), M. Ravel’s L’Enfant et
les sortilèges with the Berlin Philharmonic (EMI)
and J. S. Bach’s Mass in B minor under Minkowski’s
direction (Naïve). The artist recently signed an
exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon –
in April 2011, her album Prima Donna with arias by
A. Vivaldi will be released. This season, Stutzmann
will perform works by G. Mahler frequently at
concerts organized to honor the 100 th anniversary
of the composer’s death; her solo parts will include
those in Symphonies nos. 3 and 4 under the baton
of Sir Simon Rattle (Philharmonic Hall in Berlin,
Royal Festival Hall in London, Concertgebouw in
Amsterdam); she is also planning a series of recitals
with German and French songs (Paris, Tokyo,
Madrid) with pianist Inger Södergren. Nathalie
Stutzmann has received the title of Chevalier des
Arts et Lettres. She gives regular master classes.
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