Biografía - Ainhoa López de Munain

Biography

Soprano Ainhoa López de Munain has appeared, among other roles, as Olympia at the Kinderopernhaus of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, as Amore (Orfeo ed Euridice), Belinda (Dido and Aeneas), Sophie (Weiße Rose), Rosalia (West Side Story), and as Rosaura in Jacinto Guerrero's zarzuela Los gavilanes. In concert, she has performed with the Staatskapelle Berlin, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi and the orchestra of the Semana de Música Religiosa de Cuenca, among others, and has made her debut as a soloist in Bach's St John Passion. Guest appearances have taken her to the Quincena Musical in San Sebastián, the International Festival of Santander and the DoSEL Project in Slovenia, among others.

She was recently awarded the Audience Prize at the 8th Haydn Competition in Austria. She had previously won awards at several competitions, including the Concurso de Canto de Logroño and the Certamen Internacional de Valleseco in Spain, as well as the Corsica Lirica competition in France.

Her concert repertoire includes Mozart's Requiem and Coronation Mass, Beethoven's Choral Fantasy, Rossini's Petite Messe solennelle, Saint-Saëns' Christmas Oratorio, Buxtehude's Membra Jesu Nostri, and cantatas by Bach and Telemann, among other works. A particular focus is Spanish and Basque song repertoire, to which she devotes numerous concert programs.

She received piano lessons from early childhood and gained her first musical experiences as a choir singer. Before studying voice, she also completed a degree in music education. She studied voice at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" Berlin with Ewa Wolak, where she is currently pursuing a Master's in Opera.