Bettina Smith

Professor i sang

Bettina Smith

Kontakt

E-post: bettina.smith@uis.no

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Fakultet for utøvende kunstfag

Avdeling for klassisk musikk

Kort om meg

Mezzosoprano Bettina Smith is a performing artist and Professor of singing at the Faculty of Performing Arts, University of Stavanger, Norway. She has also taught singing at the Schubert Institute at Baden bei Wien (as an Artist in Residence), the Grieg Academy at the University of Bergen (main instrument), the Amsterdam Conservatory of Music (Erasmus exchange teaching), and the Norwegian Academy of Music (masterclass).
Bettina began her studies at the Bergen Conservatory of Music where she graduated with the highest degree. She then pursued her studies with Wout Oosterkamp and Elly Ameling at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Den Haag, The Netherlands, receiving a Masters Degree with distinction. Bettina then specialized at the Internationales Opernstudio des Opernhaus Zürich, Switzerland. The two year engagement included several roles on the Opernhaus Zürich`s main stage. In 2001, Bettina made her debut at the Staatsoper Berlin in Rossini`s "Il Barbiere di Siviglia", and has since then been performing at leading operahouses, festivals and concert halls in Europe. In 2013, Bettina made her operatic debut in the USA, singing the leading role in John Bilotta`s "Quantum Mechanic" at the Fresh Voices festival in San Francisco. Bettina has a wide repertoire ranging from Medieval to contemporary music, and has extensive experience as an oratorio and cantata soloist, in addition to being an active chamber-musician. As a recitalist, Bettina has performed in many European festivals, a.o. The Bergen International Festival; Zürcher Festspiele; The Rhijnauwen Kamermuziekfestival; Oude Muziek Festival Utrecht; Mozart Tage Luzern; Bach Tage Luzern; Brahms Festival Den Haag; HindemithFestival Den Haag; The Strawinsky-Festival 2000 at Het Muziekteater Amsterdam. Together with the Dutch pianist Jan Willem Nelleke, Bettina has given recitals all over Europe, including Amsterdam (het Concertgebouw), Oslo, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Reykjavik and Baden bei Wien. They regularly give recitals in The Netherlands for the organisation Vrienden van het Lied. Bettina has been Artist in Residence at the Laudinella Festival in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and has performed Hugo Wolf`s "Spanisches Liederbuch" in the prestigious Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. In April 2007, Bettina and Mr. Nelleke gave a highly acclaimed recital in the Concertgebouw De Vereiniging Nijmegen, and in May 2007, Bettina gave a solo recital at the Bergen International Festival, together with the Norwegian pianist Einar Røttingen. This duo has also performed together at the Fartein Valen Festivalen in Haugesund, Euterpe- series, Oi-Oi Festival and AVGARDE- series, as part of the Grieg -07 Festival. Bettina has made radio recordings for Dutch, German, Swiss and Norwegian broadcasting and has received several prestigious scholarships, a.o. the Edwin Ruud Stipend and the Herbert von Karajan Music Legacy. She was a prizewinner in the Françesco Viñas competition in Barcelona 2001, and was awarded a special prize given by Dalton Baldwin for outstanding lieder-singing. Bettina has released four solo CDs with pianists Einar Røttingen and Jan Willem Nelleke, all to great acclaim, on label LAWO. (www.lawo.no). The first containing songs by G. Fauré, E. Chausson and C. Saint-Saëns, the second containing works by contemporary Norwegian composers F. Valen, K. Hvoslef and J. Stalheim, the third with songs by G. Fauré and C. Debussy, and the fourth containing cycles for voice and piano by G. Fauré. With these four CDs, Bettina has recorded all the cycles for voice and piano by Gabriel Fauré. Her fifth solo CD , containing works by women composers, is to be released in 2020. Bettina Smith has worked with renowned conductors and stage directors such as Nello Santi, Franz Welser-Möst, Adam Fischer, Thierry Fischer, Petr Altrichter, Fabrizio Ventura, Phillippe Jordan, Kenneth Montgomery, Jos van Veldhoven, Erkki Korhonen, Philip Ledger, RobertWilson, Grischa Asagarof, Claudia Blersch, Daniel Bohr, Ulrich Peter, Birgitte Fassbänder, Javier López Piñón, Hans Niewenhuis. Bettina has participated in masterclasses with a.o. Elly Ameling, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Dalton Baldwin, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Oren Brown, Nigel Rogers, Jill Feldman, Robert Holl, Rudolf Jansen, Helmuth Deutsch, Ernst Haefliger, Walter Berry, Jörg Demus, Hans-PeterBlochwitz, Susanna Eken, Hans Gertz and Lorraine Nubar. Bettina has also been active as a music educator in the educational initiative "Write a Science Opera" (WASO), and has taught workshops at the WASO sessions at the Scottish National Opera, Stord Haugesund University College, and the University of Stavanger. Languages spoken:Norwegian, English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish

Publikasjoner

Formidling

Smith, Bettina; Meling, Lise Karin

(2024)

Presentation of Voices of Women.

ECIU ERASMUS+ Projects event 2024;

2024-01-17.

Mattes, Arnulf Christian; Smith, Bettina; Bakke, Signe

(2023)

Skjulte stemmer: Anne-Marie Ørbecks sanger fra 1942.

KODE komponisthjems populærvitenskapelige serie;

2023-03-08.

Smith, Bettina

(2023)

Verkspresentasjon "Sheherazade" M. Ravel.

Inn i musikken;

2023-03-09.

Meling, Lise Karin; Smith, Bettina

(2023)

Voices of Women: Educating agents of change .

Grieg Research School;

2023-06-19 - 2023-06-21.

Smith, Bettina

(2023)

Presentation ERASMUS+ Project "Voices of Women".

Cooperation partnerships for sustainability, SDG Conference 2023;

2023-02-08.

Meling, Lise Karin; Smith, Bettina

(2022)

Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre (1665-1729): The Miracle of Our Century .

The Erasmus+ VOW Project Conference: Voices of Women: Materialities, Cultural Transfer and Musical Authorship;

2022-12-01 - 2022-12-02.

Hestholm, Marion; Smith, Bettina

(2021)

"Spillerom" Søndag NRK P2.

Mattes, Arnulf Christian; Hestholm, Marion; Smith, Bettina; Kjølberg, Kristin

(2021)

Nina Grieg 175-festival KODE komponisthjem - panelsamtale 'Kvinnestemmen i musikken' .

Nina Grieg 175-års-jubileet ;

2021-11-21.

Smith, Bettina; Hestholm, Marion

(2018)

Gavepakke til Den Norske Opera.

Smith, Bettina

(2017)

Presentasjon av "Orfeo" av Claudio Monteverdi på "Spillerom", NRK P2.

Smith, Bettina

(2017)

The Development of The French Melodie- Lecture.

Foredrag/presentasjon;

2017-02-22.

Smith, Bettina

(2017)

Fransk uttale for sangere.

workshop;

2017-02-23.

Meling, Lise Karin; Smith, Bettina

(2017)

Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre: the miracle performer, and the use of gestures in Baroque vocal music..

Konferanse ;

2017-08-02 - 2017-08-06.

Hestholm, Marion; Smith, Bettina

(2016)

På konsert. Intervju på "Spillerom", NRK.

Smith, Bettina; Meling, Lise Karin

(2016)

Elizabeth Claude Jacquet de la Guerre- The Miracle Performer and Gestures in Baroque Vocal MUsic.

Presentasjon med kunstnerisk opptreden på Artistic Research Forum 2016;

2016-10-18.

Meling, Lise Karin; Smith, Bettina

(2015)

Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre: the miracle performer.

Konsertforedrag IMD, UiS, for Masterstudenter;

2015-10-13.

Meling, Lise Karin; Smith, Bettina

(2015)

Practitioner Knowledge in Music and dance - a melting pot of tradition, identity and innovation: Keynote presentasjon: Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre: the miracle performer Foredrag og fremføring av verk av La Guerre..

Grieg Research School Autumnl conference: The study of musical practices.;

2015-11-27.

Smith, Bettina

(2015)

Master class i klassisk sang på Norges Musikkhøgskole i Oslo.

master class;

2015-09-10.

Smith, Bettina

(2008)

Undervisning på Franz Schubert Institut Baden bei Wien, 28 juni-1 august 2008.

Artist in Residence;

2008-06-28 - 2008-08-01.

Kunstnerisk produksjon

Smith, Bettina; Bakke, Signe; Mattes, Arnulf Christian

(2023)

Vonir i Blømetid.

Smith, Bettina; Bakke, Signe; Mattes, Arnulf Christian

(2023)

Anne Marie Ørbeck - presentasjon og fremføring av sanger.

Smith, Bettina

(2023)

Women Composers.

Meling, Lise Karin; Smith, Bettina; Wildschütz, Friederike; Sollied, Anne-Lise

(2023)

Konsert på Hochschule für Musik FRANZ LISZT Weimar. Verk av La Guerre, Caccini, Clarke og Bosmans for sang, cembalo og klaver..

Smith, Bettina; Sollied, Anne-Lise; Wildschütz, Friederike; Osadchuk, Sergey Evgenievich

(2023)

ERASMUS+ prosjekt Voices of Women: "Listening to the unheard" Konsert .

Smith, Bettina; Wildschütz, Friederike

(2023)

Master Class Art Song Women Composers.

Training activities and conference ERASMUS+ project Voices of Women.

Smith, Bettina; Wildschütz, Friederike

(2023)

Master Class Women Composers.

Conference and Training activities ERASMUS+ project Voices of Women.

Smith, Bettina; Wildschütz, Friederike

(2023)

Mesterklasse Kvinnelige komponister.

Conference and Training activities ERASMUS+ project Voices of Women.

Smith, Bettina; Nelleke, Jan Willem

(2022)

"Vrouwen in de muziek".

Smith, Bettina; Nelleke, Jan Willem

(2022)

Werken van vrouwelijke componisten.

Meling, Lise Karin; Smith, Bettina; Haselmann, Lena

(2022)

Into the Unknown: Duets for Mezzo Sopranos.

Smith, Bettina; Wildschütz, Friederike

(2022)

Musikalsk fremføring i forbindelse med ERASMUS+ prosjekt "Voices of Women", Stavanger.

Smith, Bettina; Wildschütz, Friederike

(2022)

Master Class ERASMUS+ prosjekt Voices of Women.

Smith, Bettina; Wildschütz, Friederike; Sollied, Anne-Lise

(2022)

Master Class ERASMUS+-prosjekt Voices of Women.

Smith, Bettina; Wildschütz, Friederike

(2022)

Master Class, Voices of Women, konferanse i Groningen, Nederland.

Smith, Bettina; Nelleke, Jan Willem

(2021)

The Artist`s Secret.

Smith, Bettina

(2021)

I Know That My Redeemer Liveth.

Smith, Bettina

(2020)

Konsert med Musica Celines.

Smith, Bettina; Gourvennec, Ghislain Marie

(2019)

Konsert med fransk samtidsmusikk for sang og orgel.

Brækhus, Stein Inge; Smith, Bettina

(2019)

My Dear Michael.

Smith, Bettina

(2018)

"Mirages".

Smith, Bettina; Brækhus, Stein Inge; Stergiopoulos, Petros; Ben-Horin, Oded

(2018)

Liebe Radioaktive Damen und Herren.

Smith, Bettina; Brækhus, Stein Inge; Røttingen, Einar; Yttredal, Tor; Hammersland, Frode; Stergiopoulos, Petros; Ben-Horin, Oded; Yakira, Hagit

(2018)

The Big Bang.

Smith, Bettina

(2018)

40 års jubileumskonsert Franz Schubert Institut Baden bei Wien, Østerrike.

40 års jubileumskonsert Franz Schubert Institut Baden bei Wien, Østerrike.

Smith, Bettina

(2017)

Mesterklasser om den franske melodie.

Mesterklasser.

Smith, Bettina

(2016)

Sheherazade, en verkpresentasjon.

verkpresentasjon.

Smith, Bettina; Meling, Lise Karin

(2016)

Elizabeth Claude Jacquet de la Guerre-The Miracle Performer and Gestures in Baroque Vocal Music.

Mestermøte for Masterstudenter.

Smith, Bettina; Røttingen, Einar

(2016)

Fetes Galantes.

Eriksen, Erling Ragnar; Smith, Bettina

(2015)

Recital Porto.

Smith, Bettina

(2015)

Intervju og presentasjon av cd "voices of Women" på programmet "Spillerom" på NRK P2. 8 mars 2015..

Deltagelse på radioprogramm.

Smith, Bettina; Bakke Braut, Turid

(2015)

Kvinnelige komponister- fortjener de å være ukjente? Konsert med kvinnelige komponister i anledning Nina-dagen på Troldhaugen Bergen..

Smith, Bettina

(2015)

Master class Skeisvang Videregående Skole Haugesund.

Master Class.

Smith, Bettina

(2015)

CD release "Voices of Women".

CD release "Voices of Women".

Smith, Bettina; Røttingen, Einar; Stalheim, Jostein; Hvoslef, Ketil; Valen, Fartein

(2014)

Voices of Women.

Smith, Bettina; Bjøranger, Jan

(2014)

Antonio Vivaldi "Gloria".

Smith, Bettina; Meling, Lise Karin

(2014)

Elisabeth Jaquet de la Guerre- vårt århundres mirakel.

Smith, Bettina; Nelleke, Jan Willem

(2014)

An die Natur.

Smith, Bettina

(2014)

masterclass Høgskulen Stord/Haugesund.

Smith, Bettina

(2014)

masterclass Skeisvang Videregående skole.

Smith, Bettina

(2014)

Vocal Workshop WASO Summer School 2014.

Smith, Bettina; Eriksen, Erling Ragnar; Drews, Mark William

(2014)

Daemmrung senkte sich von oben.

Smith, Bettina

(2014)

Workshop Scottish National Opera for the European network for opera and dance education (RESEO).

Smith, Bettina; Nelleke, Jan Willem

(2014)

Le travail du peintre.

Bjøranger, Jan; Smith, Bettina; Wensberg, Morten; Wildschütz, Friederike

(2013)

Universitetets julekonsert 2013.

Smith, Bettina; Bilotta, John G.

(2013)

Quantum Mechanic.

Smith, Bettina; Nelleke, Jan Willem

(2013)

Auf dem See.

Smith, Bettina; Bakke Braut, Turid

(2013)

Kvinner musiserer kvinner.

Smith, Bettina; Bjøranger, Jan; Myklebust, Jostein; Gudevold, Trond

(2013)

Messiah.

Smith, Bettina

(2013)

Vier Ernste Gesaenge.

Konsert.

Smith, Bettina

(2013)

Johannes Brahms Lieder.

Smith, Bettina; Røttingen, Einar; Chausson, Ernest; Faure, Gabriel; Saint-Saens, Camille

(2012)

Serres Chaudes.

Smith, Bettina

(2012)

Harawi.

Smith, Bettina

(2011)

Fransk Matine.

Smith, Bettina

(2011)

From the Gospel According to Maria Magdalena.

Smith, Bettina

(2011)

Italienisches Liederbuch.

Smith, Bettina

(2011)

Haugtussa.

Smith, Bettina

(2008)

Le Jardin Clos.

Smith, Bettina; Smith, Bettina; Stalheim, Jostein

(2008)

Movimenti.

Smith, Bettina

(2008)

Kirkemusikkdagene i Bergen, Bach kantate.

Smith, Bettina; Røttingen, Einar

(2008)

Olivier Messiaen: Harawi.