Urszula Kryger

 

Urszula Kryger’s repertory extends from baroque oratories through German and Italian opera to romantic and modern songs. She has performed concerts and song recitals in the biggest music venues of Europe such as Munich, Paris, Frankfurt (Alte Oper), Berlin (Schauspielhaus), Milano (La Scala), Stuttgart, Madrid. She has co-operated with famous conductors: Jerzy Semkow, Jan Krenz, Rafael Frübeck de Burgos, Sir Colin Davis.

 

She performs regularly at well known music festivals such as the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, the Berliner Festwochen, the Kissinger Sommer, the Warsaw Autumn.

 

Urszula Kryger is particularly keen on chamber music and has been accompanied by such great musicians as Hartmut Höll, Charles Spencer, Melvyn Tan, Pascal Rogé, the clarinetist Paul Meyer as well as string quartets: the Tokyo String Quartet, the Petersen Quartet and the Sine Nomine Quartet.

 

Her international opera debut took place in 1996 in the Semperoper in Dresden as Angelina in Rossini’s “Cinderella”.

 

She has recorded for radio stations in Poland, France, Germany and Switzerland. Her CD recordings include Poulenc’s “Polish Songs” with P. Rogé (Decca 1999), Chopin Songs with Ch. Spencer (Hyperion 1999), Russian Duets with J. Rappé and T. Herbut (Dux 2001), Moniuszko Songs (Dux 2002), Szymanowski Songs (Dux 2002).

 

In 2003 a recording of Beethoven’s arias was released (BNL) followed in 2004 by a complete recording of Szymanowski’s songs for Channel Classics. The latter won the Fryderyk Prize for the Most Outstanding Polish Music Recording in the same year. In January 2006 Urszula Kryger received The Szymanowski Foundation Prize for her masterly interpretations of Szymanowki’s songs.