Born in 1993, Moldova, the pianist and accompanist Ana Maria Lupu began her artistic career in 2008 at the Lyceum of Music for Gifted Children in Chisinau, Moldova, where she took part in numerous competitions in her homeland over the period.
In 2012 she was admitted to the Academy of Music, Theater and Fine Arts. In 2013 she took part in a master class for piano with Prof. P. Waas at the Weimar University of Music. In the same year she moved to Germany to continue her studies at the same music college in Weimar. She completed her studies in Dresden in 2018 at the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music.
In the same year she got her first engagement as an accompanist at the State Theater in Cottbus. Numerous concerts on stage and as a member of the orchestra followed.
Her next engagement continued at the Plauen-Zwickau Theater. In January 2020 she was performed several times as part of the song recital on the stage of the Clara Schumann Concert Hall in Zwickau. In February 2020 she performed as part of the concert for piano and orchestra “A century rolls” by J.Adams in Zwickau and Plauen.
The song evening “Winterreise” followed in 2021 at the Werkbühne in Kahren, Brandenburg. In October 2021 and November she was engaged for the master class with R.Trekel from the Staatstheater Berlin at Rheinsberg Castle, including appearing on stage as part of the song evening at Rheinsberg Castle. The “Long Night of the Arts” concert followed on November 6th at the same location.
2022 - 2023 Master's degree at the F.Liszt University of Music in Weimar.
2022-2023 accompanist at the Altenburg-Gera Theater. She continued her work at the University of Erfurt as a lecturer in the singing department, but also as a répétiteur at the HfM for the project Le Nozze di Figaro. In April 2024 she will appear as a member of the Thuringian Symphony Orchestra for the production “Im weissen Rössl”. Ana Maria Lupu and Nathaniel David Kondrat perform together as an opus magnum duo. They can be seen together on stages in Karen (Brandenburg), Thuringian State Music Academy Sondershausen, Oregon State University, USA, The Old Church Concert Hall, Portland, USA.
ANA MARIA LUPU
The American BASS Nathaniel Kondrat
His most recent engagements include DON PASQUALE (Don Pasquale) and DR. BARTOLO (Hairdressers from Seville) and at the Wernigerode Castle Festival MONTERONE (Rigoletto), Harry (My Fair Lady), 3rd Poet (Caligula) Translator (Missing in Cantu), Maestro Spinelloccio (Gianni Schicchi), 5te Jude (Salome) at the Deutsches National Theater
As an enthusiastic recitalist, his repertoire includes DIE SCHÖNE MÜLLERIN (Schubert) WINTERREISE (Schubert) LIEDERKREIS OP. 39; OP. 24 (Schumann) THE SONGS OF TRAVEL; HOUSE OF LIFE (Williams), VEDIC HYMNS (Holst), BIBLICKE PISNE (Dvorak), TO THE FAR LOVED (Beethoven), TO US LET OUR GARLANDS BRING (Finzi).
He worked at the Deutsches National Theater Weimar, Theater Freiburg, Semperoper, Nordharzer Städtebundtheater, Landesbühnen Sachsen, Staatstheater Cottbus, Gerhard Hauptmann Theater, Magdeburger Theater, Theater Gera, Portland Opera and others.
Other roles include FIGARO (Le Nozze di Figaro), LEPORELLO (Don Giovanni) MONK (I Gioielli della Madonna) TECHNICIAN (Vec Makropulos) IL GIUDICE (Un Ballo in Maschera) LA VOCE (Idomeneo) INDIAN (Prodana Nevesta) THE KING, 2 FRUIT MERCHANT ( My Fair Lady) KUNO (the Freischütz) LORD KRISHNA (Satyahgraha) 5 JEWS (Salome).
Nathaniel began his concert career with THE MESSIAH (Handel) REQUIEM (Durufle). With the Berlin chamber orchestra CHRISTMAS SORATORIUM (Bach). MATTHAUS PASSION (Bach) with Helmuth Rilling. Bass soloist for CANTATA (Graubner and Werner) at the Landesbühnen Sachsen. THETIS (Rameau). He has sung several premieres, RANDOM BLACKOUTS (Steinke), RANDOM BLACKOUTS II (Steinke) and TRIFLES (BILOTTA).
studied at Oregon State University from 2004 to 2008 and began his career as a singer for IL BONZO (Madama Butterfly). In 2011 he received a Masters in Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he sang FATHER TRULOVE (The Rake's Progress), MELISSO (Alcina), GUGLIELMO (Сosi fan tutte), MUFASTA (l'italiana in Algeri) TRUFFALDINO (Ariadne auf Naxos) ) sang, Nathaniel was accepted into the Acadamie Musicale de Villecroze in 2014 and received a scholarship to work with Stephen Stubbs in the Accadamia D'amore.
Nathaniel was a finalist at the NAATSA singing competition in Orlando, Florida in 2014. He participated in master classes with Sir Thomas Allen, Nathan Gunn and Francois le Roux. In 2018 he was a prizewinner at the Rheinsberg Castle International Competition in Germany.
NATHANIEL KONDRAT
