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The Slovenian tenor, Ambrož
Bajec-Lapajne, started with his singing rather late, only after his studies of
Political Science – International relations (1994-1998). He won prizes at
regional (three times golden prize) and national (one golden prize and two
silver prizes) Slovenian singing competitions. He studied voice at the
Conservatorium van Amsterdam, where he received his Bachelor of Arts and Master
of Arts degrees in Voice (2002-2008). He attended master-classes with Rudolf
Jansen, Jard van Nes, Udo Reinemann,
Margreet Honig, Elly Ameling, Dietrich Henschel,
Sarah Walker, Edith Wiens, Jadwiga Rappé,
Helmut Deutsch, and in Concertgebouw with Irwin Gage. He furthered his studies
with Bernarda Fink, David Wilson-Johnson
and in Baroque singing with Dame Emma Kirkby, Christophe Rousset, Monique Zanetti, Claron McFadden,
Fred Jacobs and and Norman Tattersall.
As soloist Ambrož Bajec-Lapajne has been performing with many chamber
orchestras, mainly performing Renaissance, Baroque and Classical music. He has
sung under conductors such as Eric Ericson, Bo Holten, Gary Graden, Georg Grün,
Johannes Prinz, Peter Erdaly, Tomaž Faganel, Martin Haselböck,
Lucas Vis, Richard Egarr, Henrik Schaefer.
In Ljubljana’s Small hall of the Slovenian Philharmonics in 2003 he had a very
successful recital performing a.o. Ralph Vaughan Williams' Songs of Travel with
British pianist Abigail Richards that was also recorded for the Slovenian
national radio. With Canadian pianist Kate Clark he performed Schubert’s Die Schöne Müllerin,
accompanied by fortepiano. He also appeared as a soloist in Purcell’s Ode for St. Cecilia’s day, George Frideric Handel's Acis and Galatea, J.S. Bach's Weihnachts-oratorium
(BWV 248), St. Matthew’s Passion (BWV 244)
and St. John’s Passion (BWV 245), and Heinrich Schütz' Musikalische Exequien.
For two years he has been working with young lautenist Arjen Verhage, having
concerts of music by Dowland, Campion, Caccini and other lute composers and in
the last year with renowned lutist Fred Jacobs, focusing on the 17th
century air de cour and monody repertoire. He was also a member of Collegium Vocale Gent
(Director: Philippe Herreweghe;
2010-2013) and Groot Omroepkoor (2009-2013).
Ambrož Bajec-Lapajne also sang in three contemporary chamber opera
productions: one within the YO! Festival in Utrecht, Der Fliegende Holländer
Projekt (a paraphrase on Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman) in
Westengasfabriek, and in June 2006 in in an opera Le Voisin by Thomas
Myrmel in Amsterdam’s Melkweg, conducted by Lucas Vis. In spring 2005 and
again in 2006 and 2007 he gave 35 recitals with Abigail Richards across The
Netherlands and a recital of French mélodies in Domžale, Slovenia,
that was also recorded for the Slovenian national radio. In 2005 he became a
soloist with Dutch Vrienden van het Lied. In December 2007 he created the role
of Chevalier de la Force in Francis Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmelites
under conductor Henrik Schaeffer within the DNOA and in July 2008 he could be
seen as Don Ottavio in W.A. Mozart's Don Giovanni
under Richard Egarr, and Ferrando in W.A. Mozart's Cosi fan tutte.
In autumn 2008 he created the role of Eunuch Taxis in Arthur Honegger's Les aventures du Roi Pausole
under conductor Ed Spanjaard. In November
2009 he sung Lord Arturo in a concert performance of Bellini’s I Puritani.
In March 2011 he created the title role in Cousser’s opera Adonis in
Badischer Staadtstheater in Karlsruhe. He also appeared in the production of the
Opera Trionfo in the Dutch premiere of Pashkevich’s Skupoy at the 2011
Grachtenfestival.
Since January 2008, Ambrož Bajec-Lapajne maintains his own ABL Vocal Studio
in Utrecht, where hea teaches vocal technique, interpretation and repertoire
devepmentvoice studio.
Specialties:
Lied recitals (Dichterliebe, Lierderkreis, Die schöne Müllerin, Songs of Travel,
mélodies, Russian and Slavic songs, Anglo-Saxon programme).
Early music (J.S. Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann, Heinrich
Schütz, Monteverdi, Alessandro Scarlatti...)
Opera (W.A. Mozart, Monteverdi, Francis Poulenc,
Donizetti, Bellini, Tchaikowsky...)
Oratorio (Felix Mendelssohn, Haydn, Benjamin Britten...) |
