Christianne Stotijn gained her solo diploma for violin in 2000 at the Amsterdam Conservatoire. She pursued her vocal studies in Metz, London, and Amsterdam where she graduated in 2003 with the highest distinction. Since then, her vocal coaches have included Noelle Barker, Udo Reinemann, Jard van Nes and Dame Janet Baker. Christianne Stotijn has worked extensively with Bernard Haitink who has been one of the most influential figures in her career. Following her hugely successful performances in Mahler's Ruckert Lieder with the Orchestre National de France and Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink, he has invited her for performances of the Mahler 2 with the BBC Proms, Boston Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven 9th with the Lucerne Festival, Ruckert Lieder with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and St Matthew Passion with the Boston Symphony.  Other conductors with whom Christianne Stotijn has collaborated include Rene Jacobs, Gustavo Dudamel, Sir Andrew Davis, Jaap van Zweden, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Philippe Herreweghe, Frans Brüggen, Ivan Fischer and Mark Wigglesworth. Orchestras she has worked with also include Gabrieli Consort, Deutsche Sinfonie Orchester Berlin, Die Akademie für Alte Musik, Teatro alla Scala Orchestra, Orchestre des Champs Elysées, Orchestre National de France, the Czech Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony and Budapest Festival Orchestra. An impassioned performer of song recitals, Christianne Stotijn has appeared in the world's premier concert halls including the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Wigmore Hall London, Konzerthaus and Musikverein Vienna, Carnegie Hall New York, Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Théâtre du Châtelet Paris, Mozarteum Salzburg, Palais des Beaux Arts Brussels, Middlebury College, Union College and Kennedy Center Washington DC. Her operatic career has seen her perform the role of Pauline (Pique Dame) Paris Opera, Isabella (L'Italiana in Algeri) Aix en Provence Festival, Ottavia (Poppea) Netherlands Opera and Cornelia (Giulio Cesare) at the Monnaie and Netherlands Opera. Highlights of 2009/10 season include her debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in the title role in Tamerlano and Schönberg Lied der Waldtaube and 6 Orchester Lieder with Berlin Philharmonic (Claudio Abbado). Prizes include the 2005/06 ECHO Rising Stars Award, the 2005 Borletti Buitoni Award and the 2008 Dutch Music Prize.  She records exclusively for Onyx Classics and has recorded a CD of songs by Schubert, Berg and Wolf with Joseph Breinl, Mahler songs and Tchaikovsky songs with Julius Drake. Her recording of Frank Martin's Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke for MDG was awarded the Echo Klassik Award 2008.

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"Here's something special: a riveting solo debut recital from the young Dutch mezzo Christianne Stotijn"
BBC Music Magazine April 2006

"Stotijns voice - rich and suggestive, sly and sorrowful as required, with shades of Janet Baker's gravitas, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson's candour, and Anne Sofie von Otter's playfulness - is tailormade for Mahler's Rückert Lieder and Das Knaben Wunderhorn"
Independent on Sunday 29 Oct 2006

Project: Recording two CD's with Onyx Classics - Schubert, Berg, Wolf Lieder (ONYX 4009) and Mahler - Urlicht (ONYX 4014)

• Two CDS for Onyx Records
• Travels costs for coaching with Janet Baker
• Participation in 2006 BBT tour

Artist Website

www.christiannestotijn.com

General Management

Joel Thomas at Askonas Holt
telephone: + 44 (0)20 7400 1700
Joel.Thomas@askonasholt.co.uk
www.askonasholt.co.uk