Prof. Christine Schäfer

• Voice studies at UdK Berlin with Prof. Ingrid Figur, complementary studies with Arléen Auger, Aribert Reimann, Sena Jurinac and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
• Focus on concert performance with Berlin and Vienna Philharmoniker under Sir Simon Rattle, Vladimir Jurowski, Franz Welser-Möst and Daniele Gatti, the Munich Philharmoniker under Christian Thielemann, Los Angeles Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel, Concentus musicus under Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Lucerne Festival Orchestra under Claudio Abbado
• Engagements at opera houses in Vienna, Madrid, Berlin, New York and Munich
• Artistic collaboration as Lied performer with pianists Irwin Gage, Graham Johnson, Eric Schneider, Hélène Grimaud, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Christoph Eschenbach, Ingo Metzmacher and Daniel Barenboim
• Regular guest at Salzburg Festival
• 2007 appointment as “Female Singer of the Year” by “Opernwelt” magazine and award of the “Echo Klassik” for best Lied performance, also awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2008
• Recording of numerous records such as Haydn’s “Schöpfung” under Helmut Rilling, Reimann’s “Nachtträume” and „Kinderlieder“, Bach’s “Johannes-Passion” with the Stuttgart Hymn Boys Choir and Mozart’s “Canzonettas” with the Berliner Philharmoniker Wind Ensemble under Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, label debut with Sony Classical with arias such as Händel and Messias as well as a Bach CD with the Berlin Baroque Soloists
• 2009 appointment as a member of Berlin Academy of the Arts
• 2011-14, teacher for voice at Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin
• 2009 Berufung zum Mitglied der Akademie der Künste Berlin
• Since 2013, member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
• Since 2015, professor for voice at Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin