Irene Kurka
Irene Kurka is a German soprano who concentrates on contemporary music and has premiered many new works. She studied singing with Reri Grist in Munich and later in Dallas and Vancouver. She has performed with e-mex, notabu, the Kölner Vokalsolisten and Schlagquartett Köln. Her solo albums for Edition Wandelweiser include Hildegard von Bingen . John Cage (2012), made with Bayerischer Rundfunk, Beten . Prayer and Chants.
Chants
This really is a special one. Solo voice carries so many connotations, of speech, of song, of chant, of prayer. It’s the most directly human, personal, unmediated instrument of all. It’s the way we speak to each other, comfort each other, entertai…
Hildegard von Bingen : John Cage
2012 release **
"Combining the deep voice of Hildegard von Bingen and the inner song of John Cage (or vice versa)—what a wonderful idea, isn't it? And it's Irene Kurka herself who seems to have come up with it. She performs Hildegard nine times and g…
Beten. Prayer
2015 release **
This really is a special one. Solo voice carries so many connotations, of speech, of song, of chant, of prayer. It’s the most directly human, personal, unmediated instrument of all. It’s the way we speak to each other, comfort each ot…