Liliana Lafranchi (Mezzo-soprano)

Born: June 22, 1982 - Zürich, Switzerland

The Swiss mezzo-soprano, Liliana Lafranchi, received her first musical lessons when she was a child in piano, guitar and flute. Finally, she has found in her vocal ideal expression. After high school, she studied at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano and then as an Erasmus student for three semesters in Leipzig at the Musikhochschule für Musik und Theater Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. There she worked with Adelheid Vogel and performed in concerts with the Salon Orchestra Cappuccino. In 2009 she received her teaching diploma in singing at the Hochschule für Musik of the City of Basel in the class of Verena Schweizer (2009).

In 2009, Liliana Lafranchi appeared as a soloist with the Orchester Zofingen (Conductor: C. More). She appears regularly in concerts with the pianists Sebastian Lava and Michelangelo Rinaldi. Currently she lives in Zürich and teaches as a freelance teacher.

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Sources:
Liliana Lafranchi Website, English translation by Aryeh Oron (June 2014)
Liliana Lafranchi profile on Facebook
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (June 2014, July 2016)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Rudolf Lutz

Alto

Member of Chor der J.S. Bach-Stiftung St. Gallen:
DVD/CD: BWV 24 [2016], BWV 46 [2016], BWV 70, BWV 92 [2016], BWV 98, BWV 121, BWV 147, BWV 198
[D11-11] (Video, 2017): BWV 248/1
DVD/CD (2018): BWV 68, BWV 5, BWV 21
DVD/CD (2019): BWV 17, BWV 228
[V-2] (2016): BWV 232

Links to other Sites

Liliana Lafranchi - mezzosoprano (Official Website) [German]
Liliana Lafranchi onm Facebook