Maya Gour: CS Rising Stars by Rossini, Berlioz, Bizet, Viardot, Weill, Bernstein, Lewis, Morgan, Dum 16 Iul. 2023, De la (2023/2023), Alban Berg Konzertsaal, Ossiach, Austria

The Carinthian Summer is committed to promoting up-and-coming talent and regularly gives young singers the opportunity to introduce themselves to the audience. This year, the Israeli-Portuguese mezzo-soprano Maya Gour, who won the 2022 CS Rising Stars Award at the Belvedere International Singing Competition, will present her diverse vocal skills in a solo recital. She began her career as a jazz singer before turning to classical singing. Since 2020 she has been a member of the National Opera Studio of the Netherlands, where she has already gained stage experience in operas by Donizetti, Verdi, Strauss and Bernstein. The wide-ranging abilities of her voice also come into their own in the program she has put together for this concert. It combines the supple bel canto of Rossini and jazzy numbers by Weill with the sound of Israeli folk songs. Maya Gour will be accompanied by Australian conductor and pianist Lochlan Brown, who has worked at opera houses in Australia, North America, Italy and Lithuania and is currently répétiteur at the National Opera Studio of the Netherlands.