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Anna Prohaska

Soprano

Anna Prohaska is an Austrian coloratura soprano. She was named Female Singer of the Year at the 2024 Opus Klassik Awards.

Genre

Classical

Biography

In 2003 she was selected for the Académie européenne de musique in Aix-en-Provence and went on to win the Hanns-Eisler-Preis für Komposition und Interpretation zeitgenössischer Musik two years later. She was selected for the Internationale Händelakademie Karlsruhe and won the Daphne-Preis. Anna has also won the Schneider-Schott Music Prize and in 2012 received an Echo Deutscher Musikpreis Klassik for her album 'Sirène'.

Reviews

'Anna Prohaska creates entire worlds when she sings … This album made me cry, laugh, dream, yearn, and think hard about what life demands from us. It’s far and away the best vocal music I’ve heard in a long time.'

The Classic Review

'A happy conjunction of artistic concerti with challenging circumstances.'

BBC Music Magazine

'Prohaska is in beautiful voice, her tone even and silvery, her coloratura accurate and expressive. … Extraordinarily moving, it really does offer consolation in dark times. Do listen to it.'

Gramophone

'Each chapter is illustrated with a tantalizing mix of songs … The recording rewards repeated listening, with new, subtle thematic connections to discover and a deepening appreciation of Prohaska’s intelligence and artistry.'