Esther-Elisabeth Rispens

After her training in classical singing, the Belgian soprano Esther-Elisabeth Rispens performed on stages in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Austria, Italy and Hungary, among others. In September 2022, she performed two world premieres of musical theater pieces as a soloist at the Venice Biennale. In October 2021, she performed the role of soprano in the opera production Into the little hill by George Benjamin at Müpa, Budapest Concert Hall, conducted by Gregory Vajda and directed by Csaba Horváth. She made her debut in 2019 as the main role in the opening concert of the Venice Biennale Musica, in A pirate who does not know the value of Pi, a world premiere by composer Lucia Ronchetti. Her love for the theatricality of contemporary music is reflected in her duo Goggles, which she founded with Wim Pelgrims (percussionist) in 2020. Goggles is the winner of the Supernova competition 2022 organized by Klarafestival, the Flemish radio. In 2022 Goggles has already played in Bozar, Flagey, Concertgebouw Brugge and at the Watou art festival in Ypres. Esther-Elisabeth Rispens is the singer of the Nemø ensemble. The ensemble has performed on stages such as De Singel Antwerp with the HERMESensemble, De Bijloke (Ghent) and at the International Summercourse Darmstadt (Germany), with the Ensemble Nadar. Esther-Elisabeth Rispens studied classical singing at the School of Arts in Ghent, where she obtained her master's degree in 2017 with Mireille Capelle. From 2014 to 2018, she also took lessons with baritone Louis Landuyt. Currently, she continues her work with Donatienne Michel-Dansac (Paris) and Don Marrazzo (US). Esther-Elisabeth Rispens was on stage from a very young age. After her first steps in the children's choir of the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, she sang the main role of Captain in The Golden Vanity by Benjamin Britten at the age of fifteen at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie.

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