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Georg Friedrich Händel, Semele
Johannes Brahms, A German Requiem Op. 45
Yeree Suh, soprano
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Johann Sebastian Bach, Kantate BWV 55
Johann Sebastian Bach, Orchestral Suite No. 3 D major BWV 1068
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Exsultate Jubilate KV 165
Johannes Brahms, Variationen über ein Haydn-Thema für Orchester op. 56a
Her voice possesses a rich palette of expression, from a velvety-smooth mezzo to shimmering metallic highs paired with a fine sense of subtle dynamics. VOLKSBLATT
Yeree Suh delights audiences and critics alike with her radiant yet nuanced soprano voice, and has become internationally renowned as an interpreter of 17th and 18th century repertoire as well as of contemporary music.
Since her debut as Ninfa in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo under René Jacobs at the 2003 Innsbruck Festival and appearances at the Berlin Staatsoper and Theater an der Wien, the Korean singer has worked with early music conductors such as Philippe Herreweghe, Ton Koopman, Andrea Marcon, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, and Masaaki Suzuki, and ensembles such as Anima Eterna, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, the Venice Baroque Orchestra, and the Finnish Baroque Orchestra. She took the part of Mademoiselle Silberklang in Mozart’s Der Schauspieldirektor on tour with the Concerto Köln under Harald Schmidt, and debuted at the 2010 Beijing Festival as Semele.
With her extraordinary vocal control and clear timbre, the soprano is also a prominent interpreter of 20th and 21st century music. Under the direction of Kent Nagano with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Yeree Suh gave the European premiere of Matthias Pintscher’s with lilies white. She has performed George Benjamin’s A Mind of Winter with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra under Paavo Järvi, Unsuk Chin’s Akrostichon-Wortspiel with the Nieuw Ensemble Amsterdam, Wolfgang Rihm’s Mnemosyne with the Scharoun Ensemble of the Berlin Philharmonic, and Ligeti’s Mysteries of the Macabre with the Ensemble Intercontemporain under Susanna Mälkki; she also performed in the premiere of Rihm’s Drei Frauen at the Theater Basel (direction: Georges Delnon). Highlights of her repertoire include works by Pierre Boulez, including Le soleil des eaux, which she performed with Pablo Heras-Casado and Peter Eötvös; Pli selon pli, with Jonathan Nott and Thierry Fischer; and Le Visage Nuptial, with Cornelius Meister.
As part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of the Ensemble Intercontemporain under Matthias Pintscher in 2016, the Berlin-based singer interpreted songs by Anton Webern to much acclaim. In 2015 she sang Carmina Burana under Yannick Nézet-Séguin in Dortmund. In September 2017 she returned to the Musikfest Berlin with Toshio Hosokawa’s Klage under Shiyeon Sung, having given her debut at the festival in 2015 with Schoenberg’s Die Jakobsleiter under Ingo Metzmacher. A further high point of her 2017/18 season was Mahler’s 4th Symphony with the Concertgebouw Orchestra under Daniele Gatti in Seoul. Collaborating with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra under Michael Sanderling, she interpreted Brahms' German Requiem in Lucerne and Tongyeong in 2019. During the same year she was also a guest at the Salzburg Festival with the SWR Symphony Orchestra and under Peter Rundel with Luigi Nono's Il canto sospeso, as well as with the Bochum Symphony Orchestra and Steven Sloane at the Ruhrtriennale in a new production of Kornél Mundruczó based on Ligeti's Requiem.
Yeree Suh has a close relationship with Jos van Immerseel, who has worked with the singer as a conductor and accompanist – both their Schubertiade performance and Carmina Burana have been released on CD. Her discography began in 2008 with her celebrated recording Musik der Hamburger Pfeffersäcke with the Elbipolis Barockorchester Hamburg. This was followed by CDs of works by composers such as Purcell, Handel, Bach, and Respighi, as well as contemporary works by Judith Bingham and Michael Jarrell.
She will start the 2021/22 season at the Blaibach Konzerthaus with Bach's Mass in B minor. She will also perform Beethoven's 9th Symphony with the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra under Adam Fischer, works by Ligeti and Offenbach with the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra, and a chamber music programme with musicians from the Deutsches Sinfonieorchester in Berlin.
Yeree Suh studied at Seoul National University, the Universtät der Künste Berlin with Harald Stamm, and in Leipzig with Regina Werner-Dietrich as well as at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Gerd Türk. She is a professor at the Akademie für Tonkunst – Academy for Cooperative Education in Darmstadt.
Season 2021/22
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With Hartmut Höll
Isan Yun: Early Songs (Art Songs with texts from Kim Sang-ok and Park Mok-wŏl)
G. Mahler: Lieder with texts from Friedrich Rückert
F. Schubert: Die Forelle, Lied der Mignon, Ganymed, Nacht and Träume
M. Ravel: Cinq Mélodies populaires grecques
A. Schönberg: Brettl-Lieder
Full programme available here.
Chansons contre raison
with Adele Bitter, cello and Holger Groschopp, piano
E. Satie: Préludes flasques (pour un chien) (for piano solo) [3‘]
L. Berio: Sequenza III (Text: M. Kutter; for soprano solo) [8‘]
V. Suslin: Chanson contre raison (sonata for cello solo) [11‘]
U. Chin: snagS & Snarls (from Alice in Wonderland; for soprano and piano) [16‘]
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E. Satie: Embryons désséchés (for piano solo) [5‘]
L. Berio: Sequenza XIV (for cello solo) [13‘]
G. Ligeti: Mysteries of the Macabre [10‘]
„Soprano Yeree Suh’s light, clear tone aptly conveys the wonder of life before the fall.“
Limelight Magazine, Tony Way, 05.01.2022
“With theatrical flair, Yeree Suh gave full life to the soprano role of Merab (especially impressive in the aria 'Author of Peace', accompanied only by the continuo).”
Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Susanne Benda, 26 October 2020 – on Handel's Oratorio "Saul"
“Soprano Yeree Suh, confident in all registers up to a high C and bold in her style, mastered all classical and modern singing and articulation techniques and knew how to shine gesturally and mimically.”
Westdeutsche Zeitung, Hartmut Sassenhausen, 3 March 2019
“The solo event of the evening manifested itself in the 'Et incarnatus est' of the mass, sung by the Korean soprano Yeree Suh. Her voice has a rich palette of expressions – between velvety-soft mezzo and whirring-metallic highs, coupled with a fine flair for soft dynamics.”
VOLKSBLATT, Paul Stepanek, 13 October 2018 on Mozart's "Great Mass" in C minor KV 427
“Soprano Yeree Suh sang the extreme vocal part with effortless purity, expertly accompanied by the Philharmonia soloists and conductor Pascal Rophé.”
FINANCIAL TIMES, Richard Fairman, 03 March 2017 on "Teile dich Nacht" by Isang Yun
“The quality of soprano Yeree Suh's voice is perfect for this piece, her singing lucid and unambiguous: it is hard to imagine it could ever be sung better than this. It is a truly remarkable tribute to Boulez’s work.”
THE WEE REVIEW, Robert Dow, 13 August 2016 on "Pli selon Pli" by Pierre Boulez
“The opening sequence of ‘Cour d’amours’ is among the tenderest and most affecting on record, Yeree Suh’s soprano floating high notes with seraphic ease and a welcome absence of operatic rhetoric. The choral singing throughout combines precision with exuberance. For its palate-tingling revelations and suffusing musicality, this would now be my Carmina of first reference.”
CLASSICAL-MUSIC.COM, Thierry Blain, 08 June 2015, on the CD "Carmina Burana", recorded with Anima Eterna Brugge under Jos van Immerseel
“The blend between her pure, leaping soprano and the timbres of plucked, bowed, and struck instruments created worlds of exquisitely sensuous enchantment.”
THE INDEPENDENT, Michael Church, 23 March 2015 on "Pli selon Pli" by Pierre Boulez
Schönberg - String Quartet No. 2 with Ensemble Resonanz and Peter Rundel
Unsuk Chin: Akrostichon-Wortspiel – Seven scenes from fairy tales
Nieuw Ensemble, Ed Spanjaard, Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ Amsterdam
EIC 40 - Hommage à Pierre Boulez
Ensemble intercontemporain, Matthias PintscherPhilharmonie de Paris
George Gershwin: Summertime
Anima Eterna Brugge, Jos van ImmerseelElbphilharmonie Hamburg
W. A. Mozart: Exultate Jubilate
H. Purcell: Thanks to these lonesome vales
Pierre Boulez: Pli selon pli
G. F. Handel: Tu del ciel ministro eletto
Yeree Suh, Tilman Lichdi, Matthias Winckhler, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall AliaVox, DDD, 2020, 10740897
Yeree Suh, Thomas E. Bauer, Anima Eterna Brugge, Jos van Immerseelalpha classics / outhere music (2015)
Yeree Suh, Kristine Larissa Funkhauser, Krystian Adam, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Polyphonia Ensemble Berlin, Maris Sirmais, Nicolas FinkCarus, 2014/2015, 8310165
Yeree Suh, Thomas E. Bauer, Collegium Vocale Gent, Anima Eterna Brugge, Cantate Domino, Jos van ImmerseelZigZag, 2014, 6014866
Yeree Suh, La Petite Bande, Sigiswald KuijkenAccent, 2013, 2908917
Yeree Suh, Elbipolis Barockorchester HamburgRaumklang, 2008, 3531627