HELENA DEARING

A native of New York City, Helena Dearing grew up in Austria and was educated at the Music Academy in Vienna, majoring in “Voice“ and “Lied and Oratorio”.

She first performed in concert as soprano soloist with various chamber music groups singing concert arias, Bach Cantatas and oratorios. Her concert tours include appearances in Germany, France, Italy, Hungary, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Japan and the U.S. Later she developed a keen interest in the German Lied, French “melodies“ and contemporary music. In 2001 she produced a CD for Preiser Records of Haydn’s Welsh Airs with harp.

Helena Dearing has performed with several well-known instrumentalists, such as Jörg Demus and Norman Shetler at the piano, the Altenberg Trio Vienna, the Haydn Academy in Eisenstadt, the Capella Academica and other chamber orchestras. In opera she has performed in several productions of baroque opera with period instruments. Helena Dearing sings in German, English, Italian, French and Czech.

She has been a teacher of vocal technique at both the Universities for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and Graz.

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