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Faculty

Margo Garrett

Guest Professor for Robert Schumann and Samuel Barber

A faculty member in collaborative piano at The Juilliard School, Margo Garrett has been closely associated with the festivals of Tanglewood and Ravinia, as Head of the Vocal Programs there. Margo Garrett studied with Samuel Barber, and brings an intimate and unique perspective to his songs. Her many recital partners on tours world-wide have included Dawn Upshaw, Barbara Bonney and many other illustrous singers and instrumentalists. Ms. Garrett received a Grammy for Best Classical Recital with Kathleen Battle in Carnegie Hall. (Deutsche Grammophon)

Michael Hofstetter

Guest Conductor for the Operagala with the Munich Radio Orchestra

Michael Hofstetter is lauded for his close collaborations with emerging artists and has lead various operas at the Munich Theaterakademie. His career demonstrates his amazingly versatility: he is conductor of the Stuttgart Chamberorchestra, head of the Ludwigsburger Festspiele, and has conducted at major opera houses world-wide, including Munich, Hamburg, Barcelona, Berlin and Houston. Mr. Hofstetter is also renowned as a baroque specialist.

Malcolm Martineau

Guest Professor for Johannes Brahms and Francis Poulenc

Malcolm Martineau is the renowned musical partner of singers such as Simon Keenlyside, Bryn Terfel and Susan Graham. He has played recitals in all the important venues from Wigmore Hall to Carnegie Hall. Malcolm Martineau gives masterclasses the world over, and is a faculty member of the Royal Academy of Music in London.

Denise Massé

Guest Professor for French Opera

On staff at the Metropolitan Opera and at The Juilliard School, Ms. Massé has worked with some of the leading musical institutions in the world, including the Berlin and Wiener Staatsopern, and the Paris Théatre des Champs Elysée. She has prepared singers for their recordings with Sony, Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, and WArner Classics. Ms. Massé has worked with maestros such as Levine, Boulez, Maazel, Haitink and Barenboim, and singers Anna Netrebko and Rene Pape in roles in French opera at the Met and world-wide. We are thrilled to have her join the IMA faculty.

Ann Murray

Guest Professor for Italian Opera & Handel

One of the preeminent singers of her generation, Ann Murray's operatic engagements have taken her to Hamburg, Dresden, Brussels, Paris, Berlin, Cologne, Zurich, Amsterdam, the Chicago Lyric Opera and the Metropolitan Opera, New York, as well as regular appearances at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, the English National Opera, Bavarian State Opera and Wiener Staatsoper. Her discography reflects not only her broad opera and recital repertoire but also many of her great operatic roles.

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Helmuth Rilling

Guest Professor for Oratorio - Guest Conductor for Bach B Minor Mass

Helmuth Rilling is the founder of the prestigious Bachakademie in Stuttgart and the Bachfestival in Oregon. He is repeatedly invited to conduct the world´s finest orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra, and has given triumphant tours worldwide together with his choir. His many recordings are considered pre-eminent.

Lauren Schiff

Alexander Technique

Lauren Schiff is a faculty member at The Juilliard School and The Aspen Music Festival and School, and has worked with the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Program. She is an AMSAT Certified teacher of the Alexander Technique and has presented her work with musicians to Alexander Technique Teachers internationally, most recently at the International Congress for the Alexander Technique in Lugano, Switzerland, 2011.

Dr. Loretta Trinei

Italian Diction

Loretta Trinei is a faculty member of the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich, where she teaches all levels of Italian. She also coaches the singers of the Bavarian Theater Akademie in their Italian roles.

Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Edith Wiens

Resident Professor for All Repertoire

After her long and illustrous career, Edith Wiens enjoys mentoring young singers. Many opera houses - such as the Vienna State Opera - have engaged her students, who are equally at home in the concert world. Prof. Wiens is the artistic director of the International Meistersinger Akademie and a faculty member of the Juilliard School of Music in New York. During the entire residency, Edith Wiens will offer intensive training in interpretation, and vocal and artistic development.

Colleen Wrighte

Yoga

Colleen Wrighte is a Yoga Alliance certified teacher, based in Montreal, Canada. She has studied Akhanda Yoga and completed her Teacher Training under the inspirational guidance of Yogi Vishvketu. Colleen also received her Restorative Yoga Teacher Certification with Judith Lasater.

Armin Zanner

German Diction & Poetry

Armin Zanner is Deputy Head of Vocal Studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama London. As well as being the Artistic Assistant of the IMA, Armin Zanner is also Artistic Director of the Franz Schubert Institute in Baden bei Wien. He has a particular interest in German song and its poetry.

Dr. Brian Zeger

Guest Professor for All Repertoire

Brian Zeger is Head of Vocal Studies at the Juilliard School of Music, as well as the Executive Director of the Lindemann Program at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and of the Steans Institute in Ravinia. His recitals together with great singers such as Frederica von Stade, Deborah Voigt, or Kiri te Kanawa have been much lauded. Dr. Zeger is known for his tremendous support of young artists.

Coaches

Marcelo Amaral

Marcelo Amaral is a coach at the Nuremburg University of Music. He has collaborated with young singers in Ravinia at the Steans Institute, Stuttgart at the Hugo-Wolf-Akademie, and has given recitals in the Musikverein Vienna, in Berlin as well as in New York. The New York Times praised him as “a superlative collaborator, with colorful, detailed and sensitive playing”.

Tobias Truniger

Tobias Truniger is the artistic director of the Young Ensemble of the Munich State Opera. His mastery of style and language in all repertoire has made him a beloved coach of many young professionals. Tobias Truniger has played recitals with Edith Wiens and Angelika Kirchschlager, and has toured the US with Stefan Loges, the winner of the Young Concert Artists Song Competition.

Jonathan Ware

In high demand as a chamber musician and Lied accompanist, pianist Jonathan Ware has recently appeared in venues including Alice Tully Hall, The Ravinia Festival, Carnegie’s Weill Hall and Wigmore Hall. Jonathan Ware has given recitals internationally and was awarded the prestigious Pianist's Prize at the 2011 Wigmore Hall Song Competition.

Staff Pianist

Lachlan Glen

Australian pianist Lachlan Glen has performed as a soloist throughout Australia and the US, including at Alice Tully Hall (Lincoln Center, New York), Carnegie Hall and Steinway Hall (New York). He is a Masters student at the Juilliard School and in summer 2011 he worked with Maestro Lorin Maazel preparing productions at the Castleton Festival, Virginia.