The Scottish/ Maltese soprano, Carine Maree Tinney, began her musical studies, learning the violin and piano at Douglas Academy Music School, in Milngavie, Scotland. She studied at the Edinburgh Napier University under Andrew Doig and Paul Keohone, where she received the Harold Gray Prize for Solo Singing. Moving to Germany in 2011, she continued her studies at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold, Germany where she graduated with two master’s degrees in Lied singing and in Opera under Gerhild Romberger and Manuel Lange.
During her time in Germany, Carine Tinney has worked as a soloist with renowned conductors Helmuth Rilling, Hans-Christoph Rademann, Jeannette Sorrell and Jonathan Cohen. Concert highlights include Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 at the Berlin Philharmonie, J.S. Bach’s St Matthew Passion (BWV 244) at Centennial Hall, Rock Island (USA), George Frideric Handel’s Messiah with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (USA) and W.A. Mozart’s C moll messe at the Kreuzkirche, Dresden. In 2018, she made her debut at the Händel Festspiele in Halle under the direction of Attilio Cremonesi and the Camerata Bern. She also performed a new opera “Are these waves” from Scottish composer Jane Dickson at La Monnaie, Belgium.
Carine Tinney is also passionate about lied performance and has given many Lied recitals in Scotland, Germany, Spain and America. She is a prize-winner at the Hugo-Wolf Academy International Competition for Liedkunst in Stuttgart and the Alumni/ASTA Competition for Lied Singing. In 2017, Last year, she was also awarded the BECA Bach scholarship in Barcelona, giving various concerts of J.S. Bach's works throughout 2017-2018.
In 2014, Carine Tinney played the role of Pamina in W.A. Mozart's Die Zauberflöte with a production at the Landestheater Detmold and the title role of Massenet's Cendrillon. In 2019, she made her debut at the Opera de Lille, in a production of Purcell's Indian Queen conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm. |