Biographies & programs
28.5.24
12:20
Andrew Irwin
Irealand
Semifinalists
Martin Gennen
Belgium
Program
Franz Schubert
An Sylvia D 891 (Willilam Shakespeare) - 1R
Ständchen D 889 "Horch! Horch, die Lerch´" (W. Shakespeare)
Verklärung D 59 (A Pope / J. G. Herder)
4 canzonas D 688 (P. Metastasio)
4. Mio ben ricordati
Gioacchino Rossini
Soirées musicales
La partenza ("Ecco quel fiero istante") (Pietro Metastasio) - 1R
Henri Duparc
Mélodies
1. L’Invitation au voyage (Charles Baudelaire) - 1R
Ivor Gurney
Five Elizabethan Songs
1. Orpheus with his Lute (W. Shakespeare) - 1R
2. "Tears" (Anonymous)
3. "Under the Greenwood Tree" (W. Shakespeare)
4. "Sleep" (J.Fletscher)
5. "Spring" (T. Nashe)
Roger Quilter
Three Shakespeare Songs, Op. 6 (W. Shakespeare)
1. Come Away, Death
2. O Mistress Mine
3 Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind
Emile Paladilhe
"Psyché" (P. Corneille)
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Andrew Irwin
Tenor
Year of birth:
1995
Andrew Irwin, winner of the audience award at the Northern Ireland Festival of Voice 2020, has been an ensemble member at the Bremerhaven City Theater since the 2021/2022 season. In the 2023/2024 season he was, among other roles, as Spoletta (Tosca), The Crunchy Witch (Hansel and Gretel), Camille de Rosillon (The Merry Widow) and Adam (The Apple Tree). He has also sung with Welsh National Opera, Scottish Opera and Longborough Festival Opera.
He has already recorded Irish songs for BBC Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland Opera, and in 2021 he released his debut CD with pianist Ruth McGinley.
Martin Gennen
Pianist
Martin Gennen (Belgium) started playing the piano at the age of 7. In 2013 he began his studies at IMEP in Namur. In the same year he achieved second place at the national Belfius competition. In 2016 he began studying accompaniment in Mathias Lecomte's class at IMEP. In June 2019 he passed the entrance examination for a master's degree in song design with Alexander Schmalcz at the HMT Leipzig. In January 2020, Martin won the piano player's prize at the Albert Lortzing competition in Leipzig. In July 2022 he will complete his master's degree in song interpretation and has since then worked as an accompanist for the Thuringian State Theater Rudolstadt, La Monnaie and the CAV&MA.