Marlis Petersen & Friends Lieder Quartetts at Shanghai Concert Hall

Born in Germany, Marlis Petersen studied music education at the Stuttgart Conservatoire whilst being instructed in classical singing by Sylvia Geszty. After winning the operatic category at the VDMK competition in Berlin in 1990, the soprano set her professional career off and frequently appeared at major houses in Europe and the States. Remarkably, Petersen has been named twice “singer of the year” by the highly acclaimed opera magazine Opernwelt, respectively for her impressive interpretation of “Lulu” in Hamburg in 2004 and “Medea“ at the Vienna State Opera in 2010. In March 2010 she jumped in for the opening night of Hamlet in Metropolitan Opera with only two days of rehearsals what made the audience and media praise her to be the savior of the Met. Looking forward, she has chosen to dedicate herself more to the genre of the LIED, which leads her to recitals on world-known podiums such as Carnegie Hall New York, Wigmore Hall London, Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Konzerthaus Vienna in the near future.