Chamber concert series "SPRING"

29.03.2025 18:00 / Narva Castle

Event overview

Program:

Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
Six Songs, Op. 13
Text: Heinrich Heine (1–2), Emanuel Geibel (3–4, 6), Friedrich Rückert (5)

No. 1 "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen"
No. 2 "Sie liebten sich beide"
No. 3 "Liebeszauber"
No. 4 "Der Mond kommt still gegangen"
No. 5 Ich hab in deinem Auge"
No. 6 "Die stille Lotosblume"

Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
Text: Bertel Gripenberg

"Kevadlummus" ("Vårtagen"), Op. 61 No. 8
Six Songs, Op. 50
Text: Arthur Fitger (I), Emil Rudolf Weiss (II), Margarete Susman (III)
I. "Lenzgesang"
II. "Sehnsucht"
III. "Im Feld ein Mädchen singt"

Adolf Vedro (1890–1944)
Text: Henrik Visnapuu

"Tähile" (1923)

Ester Mägi (1922–2021)
Text: Valli Naelapea

"Ööhõlmad" (2001)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)

Romance "Summer Night’s Dream" ("Сон в летнюю ночь"), Op. 56

Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Text: Alexei Tolstoy

"If I Had Only Known" ("Кабы знала я"), Op. 47 No. 1

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Text: Glafira Galina

"How Peaceful It Is Here" ("Здесь хорошо"), Op. 21 No. 7

Hugo Wolf (1860–1903)
Text: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Kennst du das Land?" (from Goethe-Lieder, c. 1875)
Text: Eduard Mörike
"Elfenlied" (from Mörike-Lieder, 1888)

Soprano Marta Ojasoo first appeared on the stage of the Vanemuine Theatre at the age of five in Imre Kálmán’s operetta Countess Maritza (directed by Thomas Wiedenhofer). She received her initial musical education at the Lasnamäe Music School, studying piano under Anu Pärn. Her journey toward a vocal career began at the Georg Ots Tallinn Music School under the guidance of Arete Kerge. In 2023, Marta completed her bachelor's degree at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in the vocal class of Nadia Kurem and is currently pursuing her master’s studies.

In the spring of 2022, Marta, along with pianist Susanna Liisa Onoper, won 2nd place at the 6th EAMT Lied-Duet Competition. Later that year, she became a 3rd prize laureate at the Mart Saar Singing Competition. In the spring of 2024, the duo of Marta Ojasoo and Hyerin Yuk once again secured 2nd place at the EAMT Lied-Duet Competition. That same year, Marta reached the finals of the Vello Jürna Competition and received a scholarship from the Elfriede and Erik Remmel Foundation.

Marta's repertoire includes opera arias, sacred music, and romances in German, Italian, Russian, French, and Estonian. Her stage roles include Papagena and the Second Lady in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Juliet in Benjamin Britten’s The Little Sweep, and Callisto in Francesco Cavalli’s La Calisto.

South Korean pianist Hyerin Yuk began her piano studies at the age of four, receiving training both in South Korea and Germany. Since 2022, she has been studying at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre under Professor Peep Lassmann.

In 2022, Hyerin Yuk became one of the winners of the Heljo Sepp Pianist Competition. In 2023, she won 3rd place in the professional artist category at the International Piano Olympics, Choral Festival & Art Competition. She has also been awarded prizes at various piano competitions in South Korea. In the fall of 2023, she applied for the Isang Yun Competition and the Frechilla-Zuloaga Competition.

Hyerin Yuk has participated in masterclasses with André Boainain, Mati Mikalai, and Hande Dalkılıç.