Britta Schwarz

Britta Schwarz was born in Neubrandenburg. She first studied singing with Christa Niko at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin, then went on with Prof. Christian Elßner and Prof. Hartmut Zabel in Dresden. She has exploited her extensive repertoire in numerous concerts with renowned orchestras such as the Staatskapelle Dresden, the Dresden Philharmonia, the Berlin Philharmonia, the Concertgebouw orchestra and the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, and conductors such as Marek Janowski, Milan Horvat, Kent Nagano, Michel Plasson, Philippe Herreweghe and Jörg-Peter Weigle. Britta Schwarz has a marked preference for Romantic Lieder, a predilection with the Dresden pianist Camillo Radicke. Concerts and lieder recitals have taken Britta Schwarz to most European countries, as well as to Canada, Japan and the USA. The international festivals she has participated in include the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, the Holland Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, the Dresden Music Festival, the MDR Summer Festival and the Passau European Weeks. Britta Schwarz has devoted herself to Baroque music intensively for many years. As a result she has sung with famous Baroque ensembles, including the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Musica Antiqua Köln, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and Cantus Cölln.