'Prohaska’s voice and phrasing, so honest, direct and fresh, perfectly reflects Bach’s delight in sorrow transformed into joy.'
The Times
Anna Prohaska
Anna Prohaska
Soprano
Anna Prohaska is an Austrian coloratura soprano.
Genre
Classical
Biography
In 2003 she was selected for the Académie européenne de musique in Aix-en-Provence and went on to win the Hanns-Eisler-Preis für Komposition und Interpretation zeitgenössischer Musik two years later. She was selected for the Internationale Händelakademie Karlsruhe and won the Daphne-Preis. Anna has also won the Schneider-Schott Music Prize and in 2012 received an Echo Deutscher Musikpreis Klassik for her album 'Sirène'.
Reviews
Excepcional: 'She runs risks, of course, and almost always comes out the winner ...'
Scherzo
'It’s a challenging recital ... but the best of it is very fine and infinitely rewarding.'
Gramophone
'Paradise Lost is a daring recital from a superb soprano ... one of the finest and most perceptive song exponents of our troubled times.'
San Francisco Classical Voice
