vita

"The alto breathes the music as if it was second nature". (www.arkivmusic.com)

Dominika Hirschler (*1972) is a German born singer and author.

The mezzosoprano/alto performs throughout Europe as a concert singer in a wide-ranging repertoire between Renaissance and Modernism, with strong roots in ensemble singing, an emphasis on baroque sacred literature and a great love for song and chamber music.
 
In her poems, short prose and essays she explores how it is possible to be both authentic and permeable in art and life. 
 
Since 2000, she has been touring as a concert singer with renowned ensembles throughout Europe and is a guest of German radio choirs. On the other hand, she is rooted in church music in Munich, where she performs mainly as a soloist. 
 
In a non-chronological order, she studied baroque singing, did a few semesters of Romance Studies, Cultural Studies and Regional Studies Latin America, completed an apprenticeship as a bookseller and worked as such.
 
With one leg in music, the other in literature, she has been based and freelance in Munich since 2000.

scholarships/prizes

Neustart Stipendium of the German Music Council 2020, 2021, and 2022 : "Der Himmel gehört allen"- audio/video productions with romantic piano song (Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Martin, Mahler) and J. Haydn's solo cantata "Ariadne auf Naxos".

Leonhard-und-Ida-Wolf-Memorial Prize for Music 2003, state capital Munich
The mezzosoprano Dominika Hirschler convinced the jury with her clear, unpretentious voice, with which she delivers haunting interpretations especially of early music, but also works of baroque and romanticism.(.)

ensembles Zürcher Singakademie/RIAS Kammerchor/ Det Norske Solistkor/ Choir of the Bavarian State Opera/ SWR Vocal Ensemble/ collegium vocale Gent/Balthasar-Neumann-Chor u.a.

Dominika Hirschler has been involved in radio, CD and opera productions throughout Europe, the USA and Southeast Asia since 2000. 

stage the title role of Orpheus in Christoph Willibald Gluck’s "Orfeo ed Euridice" (Production: Wiener Taschenoper, 2006)

own productions with the visual artist Antonio Zecca, the singer has developed SoloPerformances in dialogue with dance, jazz, installations of contemporary sculpture and painting:  "gioco senza fine"  (1991), "Kunst trifft Industrie " (Steißlinger Kulturtage 2007) and "penelope" (2008) 

teacher studying baroque singing at the Schola Cantorum Basel (R.Levitt, E.Tubb) 1996-1998 . masterclasses with Bernarda Fink (2007), Margreet Honig (2009), Francois Leroux (1998). Repertoire study with Stellario Fagone (2003-2009), Sami Kustaloglu, vocal coaching (since 2022)