MEZZO-SOPRANO | ALTO
Bernarda Fink
Representation: World
- Helga Machreich-Unterzaucher
- +43 (0)5 06 80-012
- machreich@machreich-artists.com
GALLERY
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Buenos Aires to Slovenian parents, Bernada Fink received her vocal and musical education at the Instituto Superior de Arte del Teatro Colón where she later performed frequently.
One of the most sought-after singers of her time in concert and recital, she has been acclaimed for her musical versatility and invited by the leading orchestras and conductors in Europe and America. Her repertoire ranges from ancient music up to music of the 20th century. She frequently appeared with such well-known orchestras as the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Staatskapelle Berlin and Dresden, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, as well as with the best-known Baroque orchestras under such famous conductors as Daniel Barenboim, Herbert Blomstedt, Semyon Bychkov, Riccardo Chailly, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Valery Gergiev, Bernard Haitink, René Jacobs, Mariss Jansons, Riccardo Muti, Sir Roger Norrington, Trevor Pinnock, Georges Prêtre, Sir Simon Rattle and Franz Welser-Möst. The mezzo-soprano’s close artistic cooperation with Nikolaus Harnoncourt can be seen in the numerous TV and CD recordings they made together.
Bernarda Fink has appeared to widespread critical acclaim, both in her birth country Argentina and on the stages of Europe’s most prominent opera houses. Her latest operatic roles were Cecilio in Mozart’s Lucio Silla led by Nikolaus Harnoncourt at the Theater an der Wien, Idamante (Idomeneo) in a production of Luc Bondy and Jesus Lopez Cobos at the Teatro Real in Madrid, and Irene (Theodora) under Ivor Bolton at the Salzburg Festival. She also sang Sesto (La clemenza di Tito) and Idamante in concert versions under the baton of René Jacobs, both of which were recorded and received critical acclaim. In June 2017, Bernarda Fink made her debut in Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande at the Vienna State Opera.
She regularly appeared in recital at the Wiener Musikverein and Konzerthaus, Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Berlin Philharmonie, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, Edinburgh Festival, Carnegie and Alice Tully Halls in New York. Furthermore, Bernarda Fink performed Dvořák and Janacek songs together with the Pavel Haas Quartett at London’s Wigmore Hall, at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, in The Hague and in Madrid.
Highlights of the pervious seasons were recitals in Cologne, Vienna, Madrid and Paris, Mahler's Symphony No. 2 with Mariss Jansons in Copenhagen and with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons in Boston, Mahler's Symphony No. 3 with Jakub Hrůša in Bamberg and Paris, a tour across South America with the Camerata Salzburg as well as Dvořáks Biblical Songs with Manfred Honeck in Prague and Dresden and Mahler's Lied von der Erde with the South Netherlands Philharmonic and Hans Graf in the Netherlands.
Bernarda Fink regularly holds master classes at the Wiener Meisterkurse, the Young Singers Project (YSP) in Salzburg, the Academy of the Festival in Aix-en-Provence, the Schubert-Institute in Baden (near Vienna), at the Aldeburgh Festival and the Fondation Royaumont. She was also on the jury of the International Song Competition of London’s Wigmore Hall, the Bach Wettbewerb Leipzig, BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, DAS LIED International Song Competition as well as the ARD Music Competition. In autumn 2019 Bernarda Fink taught at the Yale School of Music and Institute of Sacred Music.
The mezzo-soprano has made numerous highly acclaimed recordings, with her discography comprising more than 50 releases, ranging from Monteverdi and Rameau to Schubert, Bruckner and Schumann. Many have been awarded coveted prizes such as the Diapason d’Or and Grammy. Bernarda Fink maintains a close collaboration with Harmonia Mundi, recent recordings including Bach Cantatas with the Freiburger Barockorchester and Lieder by Schumann with accompanist Anthony Spiri, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and programmes of Lieder by Slovenian and Argentinian composers together with her brother, the baritone Marcos Fink (for which they received a Grammy nomination). In 2012 she released albums of Dvořák lieder (together with Genia Kühmeier), and Spanish songs (de Falla, Granados, Rodrigo and others) once again with Anthony Spiri at the piano. Her latest album included Mahler lieder accompanied by the Tonkunstler Orchestra in Austria and Andrés Orozco-Estrada, and Anthony Spiri.
In February 2006, Bernarda Fink was awarded the Austrian Honorary Medal for Art and Science by the Austrian Chancellor and in February 2013, together with her brother Marcos Fink, she received the most prestigious cultural award of Slovenia, sponsored by the Prešeren-foundation, for their recording Slovenija! and the series of concerts. In September 2014 she received the title of Austrian Kammersängerin.
2024 | 2025
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DISCOGRAPHY
Gustav Mahler: Bernarda Fink sings Mahler Lieder
Piano: Anthony Spiri
Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, Gustav Mahler-Ensemble
Conductor: Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Label: Harmonia Mundi | 2014
Canciones españolas
Works by Manuel de Falla, Joaquín Rodrigo, Enrique Granados
Piano: Anthony Spiri
Label: Harmonia Mundi | 2012
Antonín Dvořák: Zigeunerlieder – Songs and Duets
Genia Kühmeier, Bernarda Fink
Piano: Christoph Berner
Label: Harmonia Mundi | 2012
Slovenija! Slovenian Songs & Duets
Marcos Fink, Bernarda Fink
Piano: Anthony Spiri
Label: Harmonia Mundi | 2011
VIDEOS
CONTACT
Representation: World
- Helga Machreich-Unterzaucher
- +43 (0)5 06 80-012
- machreich@machreich-artists.com
