Anja Harteros

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The German soprano, Anja Harteros, was born to a Greek father and a German mother in Bergneustadt, and has two siblings, Alexia and Georgios. As a child, she was encouraged by her parents to pursue classical music and singing. Eventually, her music teacher at the Wüllenweber-Gymnasium in Bergneustadt, August Wilhelm Welp, noticed her considerable talent and recommended that she be professionally educated in singing. At the age of 14 (in 1986), she started voice training under Astrid Huber-Aulmann in Gummersbach, concurrently with her schooling. Anja Harteros' first performances were in music institute concerts and in a school production of The Marriage of Figaro in 1990, as the Gräfin. In 1992 she gave her first concert at the Kantonsschule Schwyz in Switzerland. From 1990 her musical education was entrusted to the technically-experienced conductor and repetiteur Wolfgang Kastorp at the Cologne Opera, who accompanied her in a series of concerts. After completing high school in 1991, Harteros continued her voice studies at the Cologne music school under Liselotte Hammes at the Hochschule für Musik Köln. Her original singing teacher, Huber-Aulmann, continued to teach her until early 1996, and Harteros accompanied Huber-Aulmann on concerts tours in 1993 and 1994 to Russia and the USA, which attracted lots of attention to the singer. Just before her final exams, she was employed as a permanent member of the ensemble at the Schillertheater in Gelsenkirchen and Wuppertal. After he

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Bella Voce

Verdi: Requiem

Von ewiger Liebe

Wagner, Berg, Mahler: Orchesterlieder

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Beethoven for All - Symphonies 1- 9

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Berlin Classics - Selected Highlights

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Ludwig van Beethoven: Triple Concerto op.56

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The 50 Most Essential Classical Music Pieces Ever

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Giuseppe Verdi : Requiem

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Beethoven For All - Symphony No. 9

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Beethoven for All - Music of Power, Passion & Beauty

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Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder: 4. Schmerzen

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