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The cycle La generación ascendente in Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía presents young talents at the National Music Auditorium

She will start at the 2023 2024 course


Madrid, 11 January 2023.- The Reina Sofía School of Music (Madrid, Spain) will have the German soprano Juliane Banse as Head Professor of the “Alfredo Kraus” Fundación Ramón Areces Voice Chair from the next 2023-2024 academic year, taking over from Professor Susan Bullock CBE. Banse joins the prestigious list of artists who have led this chair: Alfredo Kraus, Teresa Berganza, Tom Krause, Ryland Davies, Francisco Araiza, and her predecessor Susan Bullock CBE.

Juliane Banse has a solid artistic career and, as the education field is concerned, she has been teaching at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf and the University Mozarteum Salzburg since 2020 and regularly gives masterclasses in different countries.

The “Alfredo Kraus” Fundación Ramón Areces Voice Chair was established in the 1994-1995 academic year. Throughout these years, 102 students of 23 nationalities have studied in it, including outstanding artists such as Celso Albelo, Aquiles Machado, Iwona Sobotka, Ismael Jordi, Maria Espada, Davinia Rodríguez, and Tatiana Melnychenko, among others.

Coinciding with this new addition to the teaching faculty of the Reina Sofía School, the period to apply for the voice auditions for the 2023-2024 academic year is now open. All those interested in studying at the School have until 21 February to register.

Registration and information regarding the admission process, here