DAAD Prize 2019 to Ana Carolina Coutinho

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The Brazilian soprano is studying concert singing at the HfMT with Prof. Mark Tucker and Prof. Burkhard Kehring (Lied class)

The prize will be awarded to her on December 1 as part of the "Prima La Parola" singing festival (Fanny Hensel Hall of the HfMT, 4 pm).

The DAAD Prize, endowed with 1,000 euros and financed by the Federal Foreign Office, is awarded each year to outstanding international students who have distinguished themselves through special academic achievements as well as remarkable social or intercultural commitment.

Artist biography
Before studying for her concert exam, Ana Carolina Coutinho completed her Bachelor's degree in singing at the Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) in Brazil in 2015, during which she performed numerous specialist roles such as Serpina in "La Serva Padrona", Geraldine in "A Hand of Bridge" and Laetitia in "The Old Maid and the Thief". In 2016, she appeared as Mademoiselle Silberklang in "Der Schauspieldirektor" and as Walter in "La Wally" at the opera academy of "Theatro Sao Pedro" in Sao Paulo. Ana Carolina Coutinho took part in master classes with Laurent Naouri, Eiko Senda, Xenia Mejer, Margreet Honig, Roger Vignoles and Edith Mathis. In January 2019, she took part in the Schubert Week in the Boulez Hall, Berlin, under the direction of Thomas Hampson, and in April 2019 she was a scholarship holder of the Lied Academy of the Heidelberger Frühling. She has sung as a soloist and choral singer under the direction of conductors such as Stefan Weilar, Rolf Beck, Tan Dun, Helmuth Rilling and David Zinman. On June 30 this year, she sang the role of "Hefzibah" in the new opera "King Hezekiah" as part of the Protestant Church Congress. Ana Carolina has already received support from the Arthur Pfungst Foundation and is currently a scholarship holder of the Oscar and Vera Ritter Foundation."