Henriikka Gröndahl
CV AND BIOGRAPHY

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HENRIIKKA GRÖNDAHL soprano

henriikkagrondahl@hotmail.com

Date of  birth:        10 November 1973

Nationality:            Swedish, born in Finland      

Languages:           Finnish, Swedish, English fluent

                              French, German, Italian - well

Musical Education:

2001 - 2003    RSAMD, Glasgow, Master of Opera, Distinction

2000 - 2001    GSMD, London, Master of Music

1998 - 2000    GSMD, London, BMus Honours

 

Operatic roles:         

Donna Elvira, Mozart, Scottish Opera, 2006

Nannetta, Verdi, Göteborg Opera, 2005-2006

Fiordiligi, Mozart, Sage Gateshead, 2005

Princesse, Ravel, Royal Opera House, Stockholm 2005

Mimi, Puccini, Scottish Opera, Glasgow 2004

Papagena, Mozart, GTO, 2004 

Pamina, Mozart, BYO, 2003, GTO cover, 2004

Alcina, Handel, RSAMD, Glasgow 2003                      

Ilia, Mozart, RSAMD, Glasgow 2003

Princesse, Ravel, RSAMD, Glasgow 2003

Manon, Massenet, RSAMD, Glasgow 2002

Nella, Puccini, RSAMD, Glasgow 2002

 

Concert:  

Verdi Requiem, Trollhättan, Sweden, Dec 2006

Mozart Regina coeli, Ergo interest, Waisenhausmesse, Bergen, Norway, Nov 2006

Pamina, Trollflöjten, Göteborg, Sweden, Aug 2006

Brahms Liebesliederwalzer Helsingborg, Växjö, Sweden, Jul, Aug 2006

Spanish opera gala, Scottish opera, EFT, Feb 2006

Jul-trad-i-ton, Göteborg Opera, Dec 2005

Soloist Paisley Music Festival, Scotland, Oct 2005

Mayfair concert, London, Sep 2005

Mozart Requiem, Anghiari, Italy, July 2005

Haydn Harmoniemesse, Rutter Requiem, Paisley, May 2004

Haydn Nelson Mass, Forres, May 2004                 

Rossini Stabat Mater, Faure Requiem, Liverpool 2004

Soloist for Paisley Philharmonic, Paisley, March 2004

Viennese Evening with Northern Sinfonia Newcastle, Feb 2004

Christmas concert for UNICEF, Citta St Angelo, Italy, Dec 2003

Queen, 2nd Lady, Handel Solomon, Eden Court Theatre, Inverness 2003

Berio Folksongs; Northern Sinfonia & Susanna Malkki, Newcastle 2003

Mozart C minor Mass, Paisley 2003, Opera Gala, Oslo 2003

Operatic tours of Italy, summers 2001- 2003

Rossini Stabat Mater, Paisley 2003, Beethoven Missa in C, Glasgow 2001

Finzi In Terra Pax, Kircaldy 2001, Brahms Requiem, Cheltenham 2001

Mozart Requiem, Barcelona 2000, Pergolesi Stabat Mater, Imperia 2000

 

Master classes:                

Jeffrey Goldberg 2006, Craig Rutemberg 2006, Håkan Hagegård 2003, Malcolm Martineau 2003, Philip Langridge 2003, Ileana Cotrubas and Sir Thomas Allen 2002 ( Samling Foundation), Elly Ameling 2002, Felicity Lott 2002, Martin Katz 2001, Emanuele Moris 2000-2002, Sarah Walker 2000, Graham Johnson 2000-1999, Paul Hamburger 1998

 

Prizes, Competitions:        

Winner of highest scholarship from KMA, Sweden 2003

Winner of the Bruce Millar/ Gulliver Opera Prize 2003

Winner of the Margaret Dick Opera Competition, 2003

Winner of the David Knox Memorial Price, Glasgow, 2003

Scholarships:                    

Barchapel, ChevronTexaco, Sybil Tutton,

Royal Swedish Academy of Music 2002, 2003

Future engagements: 2007; New Year's concerts with Stockholms läns blåsarsymfoniker and tenor Jonas Duràn. Recital at Tosti institute, Ortona, Concerts Cittá S. Angelo, Cape Town, Tel Aviv. FünfteMagd in Electra at Gran Teatro Liceu, Barcelona 2008. 

 

Referees:           Patricia McMahon                      Sir Thomas Allen

                             

BIOGRAPHY

 

Finnish born soprano Henriikka Gröndahl graduated with Distinction from the opera course of the RSAMD in 2003, where she studied with Patricia McMahon. She made her professional debut as Mimi in La Boheme for Scottish Opera in 2004.

Henriikka frequently performs in concerts both in Sweden and around Europe; major works have included Brahms Ein Deutches Requiem (Cheltenham), Mozart Requiem (Barcelona and Anghiari, Italy), the C minor Mass and Rossini Stabat Mater (Paisley), Pergolesi Stabat Mater (Imperia, Italia), Beethoven Mass in C (Glasgow), the Berio Folksongs and recently she sang Rosario in Granados Goyescas at the Scottish Opera Spanish Evening concert at Edinburgh Festival Theatre, conducted by Roland Böer.

While at the RSAMD, Henriikka performed the roles of Nella (Gianni Schicchi), Massenets Manon, Princesse (Lenfant et les Sortilèges), Handels Alcina under Christian Curnyun and Ilia in Mozarts Idomeneo under Timothy Dean. She has begun her professional carreer singing Pamina for BYO, Mimi for Scottish Opera, Papagena (covering Pamina) for Glyndebourne Touring Opera and did her home debut in Sweden at the Royal Opera of Sweden, Stockholm, singing Princesse again in 2005. Thereafter she sang Fiordiligi (Cosi fan tutte) at the Sage, Gateshead, directed by Sir Thomas Allen, and Nannetta (Falstaff) at the Gothenburg Opera House, after which she has returned to Scottish Opera to perform Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni) in May and June. In August, she re-joined Gothenburg opera for a special performance of Zauberflöte on the Götaplatsen, and in October, November, Falstaff contunued..

Master classes include Craig Rutemberg, Jeffrey Goldberg, Håkan Hagegård, Sir Thomas Allen, Ileana Cotrubas, Malcolm Martineau, Graham Johnson, Elly Ameling, Emanuele Moris, Sarah Walker and Philip Langridge.

Among future engagements to be mentioned are : 5th maiden servant in Strauss Electra at Gran Teatro Liceu in Barcelona, Jan- March 2008. Recitals in Italy, Israel and South Africa.

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