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Stefan Berghammer studied piano
pedagogics,
trombone, vocal pedagogics and secondary school
music teaching, gaining a first-class honours degree at the
University Mozarteum in Salzburg.
In 1998 he received a Master of Music Degree in Vocal Performance at
the Royal Academy of Music in London.
He has since studied with
Prof. Albert Hartinger,
Karl-Heinz Jarius, Paula de Wit, Barbara Pearson, Ron Murdock,
Cathy Pope,
Renate Schulze-Schindler (Sonne, Mond und Stimme), Alberto ter Doest
(Estill Voice Training)
and Maestro David Jones in New York
(swedish-italian singing method).
At the moment Stefan is coached by Ronald
Kleekamp in Haarlem.
He has followed masterclasses with John Mark Ainsley, Franzisco Araiza,
Robert Tear, Nicolai Gedda, Diane Forlano, Barbara Bonney,
Wolfgang Holzmair, Nigel Rogers, Kurt Widmer, Jessica
Cash, Phillip Langridge and Paul Esswood (Baroque).
He
won the Elena Gerhardt Lieder Prize in London and
was prize winner at "The
Croft Original Trophy for Early Music". He was also a
finalist at the Flora Nielsen Prize for
English, French and German Lieder at the Royal Academy of
Music and a prize winner at the St. John Festival Choir
Oratorio Singing Competition in London.
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Stefan Berghammer has collaborated in his beginning with the ensembles Les solistes
de Lyon, Basler Madrigalisten, Schweizer Kammerchor, Collegium Vocale of the
Salzburger Bachgesellschaft, Salzburger
Vokalsolisten, Studio Vocale Karlsruhe, Keplerconsort Linz,
the English Brandenburg Ensemble, the Egidius Quartet, and
with the solo ensemble of De Nederlandse Bachvereniging,
Capella Figuralis. In London he held
the post of tenor in the professional vocal quartet at St.
Steven’s Church (Gloucester Road) and was a deputy for
Ealing Abbey Cathedral Choir and for the Choirs of St.
Michael’s Cornhill and The Grosvenor Chapel. He also
made a very successful appearance in the Young Artists
Showcase on BBC Radio 3.
Since the year
1998 he has
been a permanent member of the renowned
Nederlands
Kamerkoor. He also works regularly with the
internationally famous Huelgas Ensemble (Paul van Nevel),
specialised in Renaissance music, with whom he performs at
many international music festivals.
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