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The Canadian soprano, Emma Fekete, received 13 years of musical training from the Conservatoire de musique de Val-d'Or, where she studied the violin with Silviu Parlea and Diane Rodrigue, and the piano with Suzanne Ouellet and Hugues Cloutier. She obtained her Bachelor of Music degree in Voine with honours from Voice at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (2017-2019), and was awarded the Holland Scholarship and the Talent Grant from the Amsterdam Hogeschool voor de Kunsten. She is currently (since August 2019) completing her Master of Music in Classical Voice at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (since 2019; expected graduation in 2021). Throughout her studies, she stood out in several competitions and received numerous grants, including the Canadian Governor General’s Award for her college studies (2015), placing second in her category at the Canadian Music Competition (2016) and being awarded a study grant from the Desjardins Foundation (2018).
Emma Fekete has had the opportunity to work with world renowned singers, pianists, conductors and directors in master-class and workshop settings such as Margreet Honig, Xenia Meijer, Nelly Miricioiu, Ann Murray DBE, Alexander Oliver, Dr. Bretton Brown, Nathalie Doucet, Olivier Godin, Jan-Paul Grijpink, Matthew Rowe, Ed Spaanjard and Floris Visser.
Highlights of the 2018-2019 season include OPERA2DAY’s production Dangerous Liaisons in collaboration with the Nederlandse Bachvereniging where she premiered the role of Cécile de Volanges, as well as performing excerpts from Rameau’s most beloved operas with Ensemble Volte under the baton of Thomas Le-Duc-Moreau. In 2019-2020 season, she sang the roles of Servilia in W.A. Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, and returned to OPERA2DAY in the role of Madeline in Philip Glass’ The Fall of the House of Usher. Furthermore, she sang Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem with the Conservatorium van Amsterdam Orchestra.
Upcoming projects include Philharmonic Friday Concert conducted by Ed Spaanjard, during which she will perform excerpts from Strauss’ Arabella (Zdenka) and Der Rosenkavalier (Sophie), as well as two opera productions at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam: Francis Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites (Blanche de la Force) and W.A. Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro (Susanna). |
