.Joanne Calmel, Mezzo-soprano
Joanne Calmel is a professional singer, originally from the Parisian Suburb Gennevilliers. She studied singing in Paris with Elsa Maurus, then Dorothea Wirtz at the Musikhochschule Freiburg, Germany. In April 2012, she completed her post-graduate studies with a Master's degree in opera singing. From 2011 to 2013, she perfected her vocal skills by taking part in several Masterclasses with Margreet Honig.
Joanne Calmel began her musical education at the age of ten, when she took her first transverse flute lesson at the Gennevilliers Conservatoire. In June 2000, she was awarded a First Prize in this discipline (D.E.M) by the École Nationale de Musique de Gennevilliers (Hauts-de-seine), as well as a First Prize in chamber music. She then embarked on a professional career devoted mainly to chamber music. She has given many concerts with the Linéa 13 tango quartet (Paris, Buenos Aires...). She is a founding member of Quintette Avanti, a wind quintet with which she collaborates with the Contemporary Music Ensemble 2E2M and the Orchestre National de Jazz conducted by Claude Barthélémy. Interested in mixing artistic genres she often takes part in theatrical and choreographic performances.
In 2004, Joanne Calmel put an end to her activities as a flutist to devote herself fully to opera singing. During her studies at the MHS Freiburg, she took part in numerous Opera projects and worked in lead roles with directors such as Gerd Heinz (M.Ravel - "L'enfant et les sortilèges", W.A.Mozart "Die Zauberflöte"), Carsten Fuhrmann (R.M.Rilke - "Duisener Elegie", "The Werther Effect"), Alexander Schulin and in June 2011 with Dominique Mentha (A.Scarlatti - "Il Trionfo dell'onore" a co-production between the Lucern Opera and the MHS Freiburg, with G.von der Goltz as musical director)
Since completing her studies, Joanne Calmel develops her own projects, including a collaboration with the bandoneonist Jean-Baptiste Henry as the Duo Nektar Subtil (Cd SWR Live! 2015) and in February 2016 a creation of a new version of her Opera for children: "Une Histoire de Diva".
In 2017 she releases her Canailles de Panam' Project' with which she has performed in France, Germany and also in China during a tour in September 2018.
Since 2018 Joanne Calmel regularly performs on stage with her Solo Projects accompanying herself on the piano. Thus, from concert to concert, she continues to develop her own aesthetic, as well musically as vocally: a unique and deeply personal style in constant evolution... an originality that allows her to preserve the authenticity that characterizes her and that means so much to her.
Joanne Calmel is a professional singer, originally from the Parisian Suburb Gennevilliers. She studied singing in Paris with Elsa Maurus, then Dorothea Wirtz at the Musikhochschule Freiburg, Germany. In April 2012, she completed her post-graduate studies with a Master's degree in opera singing. From 2011 to 2013, she perfected her vocal skills by taking part in several Masterclasses with Margreet Honig.
Joanne Calmel began her musical education at the age of ten, when she took her first transverse flute lesson at the Gennevilliers Conservatoire. In June 2000, she was awarded a First Prize in this discipline (D.E.M) by the École Nationale de Musique de Gennevilliers (Hauts-de-seine), as well as a First Prize in chamber music. She then embarked on a professional career devoted mainly to chamber music. She has given many concerts with the Linéa 13 tango quartet (Paris, Buenos Aires...). She is a founding member of Quintette Avanti, a wind quintet with which she collaborates with the Contemporary Music Ensemble 2E2M and the Orchestre National de Jazz conducted by Claude Barthélémy. Interested in mixing artistic genres she often takes part in theatrical and choreographic performances.
In 2004, Joanne Calmel put an end to her activities as a flutist to devote herself fully to opera singing. During her studies at the MHS Freiburg, she took part in numerous Opera projects and worked in lead roles with directors such as Gerd Heinz (M.Ravel - "L'enfant et les sortilèges", W.A.Mozart "Die Zauberflöte"), Carsten Fuhrmann (R.M.Rilke - "Duisener Elegie", "The Werther Effect"), Alexander Schulin and in June 2011 with Dominique Mentha (A.Scarlatti - "Il Trionfo dell'onore" a co-production between the Lucern Opera and the MHS Freiburg, with G.von der Goltz as musical director)
Since completing her studies, Joanne Calmel develops her own projects, including a collaboration with the bandoneonist Jean-Baptiste Henry as the Duo Nektar Subtil (Cd SWR Live! 2015) and in February 2016 a creation of a new version of her Opera for children: "Une Histoire de Diva".
In 2017 she releases her Canailles de Panam' Project' with which she has performed in France, Germany and also in China during a tour in September 2018.
Since 2018 Joanne Calmel regularly performs on stage with her Solo Projects accompanying herself on the piano. Thus, from concert to concert, she continues to develop her own aesthetic, as well musically as vocally: a unique and deeply personal style in constant evolution... an originality that allows her to preserve the authenticity that characterizes her and that means so much to her.