Irene Kurka

Irene Kurka is a soprano, author and podcaster with a focus on contemporary vocal music. She studied singing at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver; to this is added a master’s degree in medieval music at the Folkwang Universität der Künste. Several composers have dedicated works to her; she has sung more than 320 world premieres and has worked intensively with repertoire for solo voice since 2009. In 2013 she received the Wolfram-von-Eschenbach-Förderpreis and in 2014 the Förderpreis für Musik der Stadt Düsseldorf. Since April 2018 she has run the podcast “neue musik leben”, on which three books have been published by ARE Verlag. In 2004 Cybele Records released Michael Denhoff’s Credo with her as soprano soloist.