About me

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I came to singing rather late in life, consequently my vocal training did not follow the usual route. I grew up in a family where music was present in every day life, if not to professional standards, but it became part of the family’s routine. I learned classical Spanish guitar at an early age but when I went to university to study natural sciences I took a break from music for some years. After moving to Zurich, a friend arranged a lesson with her singing teacher for me and from then on I sang in various music ensembles, which I greatly enjoyed. I moved to England to follow my career and was introduced to Dartington International Summer School, where I met William Hancox, now my singing teacher and accompanist, with whom I have been studying ever since. His professionalism and enthusiasm to discover the different levels of communication between voice and piano are a great joy and real inspiration. Our collaboration has changed my musical aspirations and I have gravitated towards singing as a soloist.  We have successfully given a number of song recitals over the last years in Oxford, London, Zurich and Rome. By following the link you can hear some recordings from previous concerts [Recordings].

I like the luxury of creating my own concert programmes, centering an evening on a theme. The process often begins with one or two songs which mesmerise me to an extent that I have to find an ‘excuse’ to perform them, and so I begin by ‘weaving’ a tale around them. This often leads to unusual combinations of styles, composers, musical periods, geographical origins, rhythms, stories, lyrics etc but is always motivated by the desire to tell a story.

The searching for and discovering of new repertoire is one of the most enjoyable parts of this process and often we include rarely performed songs in our programmes. We hope you will be able to join us for the next themed song recital, details of which can be found on the start page.

 

 

Susanne Mecklenburg ha coltivato il suo amore per la musica classica seguendo, negli ultimi anni, un percorso di formazione privato a Londra con William Hancox, maestro di canto, con il quale ha realizzato gli ultimi progetti musicali. Si è esibita in vari concerti e matinée in Inghilterra e in Italia, sia in collaborazione che come solista.

I suoi progetti nascono da combinazioni eterogenee di stili, compositori, periodi musicali, origini geografiche, ritmi e testi che esprimono la volontà di raccontare una storia: la creazione di un concerto centrato su un tema. La ricerca e la scoperta di nuovi repertori sono, per lei, la parte più interessante di questo processo e la portano spesso ad includere nei suoi programmi canzoni raramente eseguite.