JENNY LIND CONCERT

           Featuring: Astrid Robillard, Mezzo-Soprano and Henrik Berg, Pianist

           Location: Bethany Lutheran Church                              ADMISSION: Free Will Offering
                  Time: 7:00p.m. (reception to follow)

 

Astrid Robillard, Mezzo-Soprano

The prestigious Jenny Lind Scholarship for 2010 has been awarded to Ms. Astrid Robillard who:

“with her warm, resonant voice, and with a musical sense for dramatic intensity and playfulness, is very convincing.”

Astrid, born in 1982 in Uppsala, grew up in the Swedish city of Härnösand. She was raised in a musical environment where she and her four siblings all played the violin, an activity they still enjoy doing together whenever the chance is given. She started her music studies at an early age and is now finishing her last year at the Opera Academy in Stockholm. Ms. Robillard has already had notable successes in operas in Sweden. In 2008 she received great reviews for her world premier of the Japanese composer Moto Osado’s opera “Four night of dream” at the International Vadstena Academy. In 2009 she sang the role of Zulma in Rossini’s “The Italian Girl in Algiers” at the Läckö Castle, a role that also was well noted in the Swedish press.

Astrid Robillard is a historical winner of the Jenny Lind Scholarship. Following 44 years of the prize being given to a lyrical soprano, she is the first mezzo-soprano to receive the scholarship.

 

 

Henrik Berg, Pianist

Henrik Berg was born in the Swedish city of Rättvik. He started playing the piano at the age of eight and has since been studying at several Swedish conservatories. His diploma concert was as a soloist with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, playing the 2nd piano concerto by Béla Bartók.

Henrik Berg has received several scholarships from the Swedish Royal Academy of Music. His concert appearances have been both as a solopianist, chamber musician and concert pianist with several Swedish orchestras.

Besided the piano, Henrik Berg plays the organ and the harpsichord. He also enjoys singing in choirs, where he is known to be a deep bass.

 

 

The scholarships are awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and the People’s Parks and Community center in Stockholm