Biography
Specialized in vocal, chamber music and orchestral repertoire, Spanish pianist Irene Alfageme has performed in recital with Bryn Terfel, Placido Domingo, Raquel Lojendio, Sandra Ferrández, Angeles Blancas, Susana Cordón and Lucía Martín Cartón, and has collaborated in rehearsals with soloist as Felicity Lott, Magdalena Kozena, Iain Bostridge, Angela Denoke or Erwin Schrott and conductors as Jesús López Cobos, David Afkham, Lepold Hager, Jean Christophe Spinosi, Lionel Bringuier or Vasily Petrenko. As repetiteur, she has worked at Hoffmann Theatre of Bamberg and Teatro Calderon de Valladolid. Besides, she regularly collaborates with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España and she is a founder member of the Natalia Ensemble. In 2018 she became artistic director of the project "Calderón Lírico" of the Teatro Calderón de Valladolid.
Irene has offered concerts in Europe, Canada, South Africa and Japan in festivals and auditoriums as Teatro Real, Palau de la Música de Barcelona, Kursaal de San Sebastián, St. Martin in the Fields, Barceló Hall of the United Nations (Geneva), Hill Side Darayama (Tokio) and Brooklyn Theater (Pretoria). As soloist, she has performed with the Amersham Festival Orchestra, Orquesta Andres Segovia and Orquesta Sinfónica de León. Her concerts have been broadcasted by Radio Nacional de España, Radio Clásica and Radio Cataluña Musica and have recorded for Eudora and Cobra Records. She has been awarded at the following competitions: Janet Duff Greet Prize, International Piano Competition Ciudad de San Sebastián, International Competition Pedro Bote, Young Emergent Artists Junta de Castilla y León, Ateneo Guipuzcoano, Chamber Music Competition Ciudad de Manresa and Monserrat Alavedra.
She began her musical studies in Valladolid and continued at the Conservatorio Superior de Salamanca, Royal Academy of Music in London and Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève and completed her PhD Cum Laude at the University of Valladolid. She attended to the prestigious Masterclasses for repetiteurs at the Accademia Solti-Te Kanawa, Residence Mozart du Festival d'Aix en Provence and the International Lied Masterclasses in Brussels.
She is Professor of the Escuela Superior de Canto de Madrid. She has given masterclasses in Europe, Switzerland and Southafrica.