We train new talent
For nearly twenty years, we have been awarding excellence scholarships and supporting the Victoria de los Ángeles Master’s Degree in Lied taught at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya.
Scholarships
Undergraduate scholarships
The Victoria de los Ángeles Foundation annually awards excellence scholarships to the best undergraduate students at ESMuC.
2007
- Jorge Andés Abarza, baritone
- Anna Fernández, soprano
- Laia Frigolé, soprano
- Begoña Navarro, soprano
- Elsa Salard, soprano
2008
- Anna Bull, soprano
- Eulàlia Fantova, mezzo-soprano
- Anna Fernández, soprano
- Núria García Cadena, soprano
- Laia Frigolé, soprano
- Sheila Grados, soprano
- Christina Koch, soprano
2009
- Ferran Barrios, piano
- Francisco Fernández, tenor
- Kristina Koch, soprano
- Aina Martín, soprano
- Carmen Paula Romero, soprano
- Josep Ramon Olivé, baritone
- Míriam Zubieta, soprano
2010
- Francisco Fernández, tenor
- Aina Martín, soprano
- Josep Ramon Olivé, baritone
- Anabel Pérez Real, soprano
- Carmen Paula Romero, soprano
- Julia Sesé, soprano
- Núria Vinyals, mezzo-soprano
2011
- Aina Martín, soprano
- Maria Mauri, piano
- Josep Ramon Olivé, baritone
- Carmen Paula Romero, soprano
- Anabel Pérez Real, soprano
- Marc Serra, tenor
- Julia Sesé, soprano
- Núria Vinyals, mezzo-soprano
2013
- Luis Alberto Díaz Abellán, tenor
- Virginia Patterson, soprano
- Jordi Sabata, baritone
- Sílvia Sabater, soprano
2015
- Elena Plaza, soprano
- Maria Pujades, soprano
- Mireia Tarragó, soprano
- Noa Outumuro, soprano
2017
- Eudald Buch, piano
- Daniel Folqué, countertenor
- Brenda Sara, soprano
- Belén Vaquero, soprano
- Iria Souto, soprano
- Lucía Méndez, baritone
Master's Scholarships
The Victoria de los Ángeles Foundation annually awards excellence scholarships to the best students of the Victoria de los Ángeles Official Master’s Degree taught at ESMUC.
2015
- Ian Lleonart, piano
- Jesús López Blanco, piano
- Guillermina Gallardo, mezzo-soprano
2016
- Mercedes Gancedo, soprano
- Carmen Santamaría, piano
- Estitxu Sistiaga, piano
- Irune Liberal, piano
- Ana Maria Ollet, soprano (special mention)
2017
- Adriana Aranda, soprano
- Ana Belén Ayala, soprano
- Christian Camino, piano
- Núria Gómez, piano
- Elena Mateo, soprano
- Susana Puig, soprano
2018
- Miquel Carbonell
- Sofía Esparza, soprano
- Al Dresden, piano
- Ivet Frontela, piano
- Mireia Tarragó, soprano
2019
- Alberto Palacios, piano
- Arturo Asensi, piano
- Cristina Ruiz, soprano
- Gonzalo Manglano, tenor
- Helena Ressurreição, mezzo-soprano
- María Paz Sotullo, piano
- Elías Ongay, tenor
2020
- Elena Cid, piano
- Ester Lecha, piano
- Rita Morais, soprano
- Belén Roig, soprano
- Leyre Sáenz de Urturi, piano
Teatro Real de Madrid Crescendo Scholarship
The Crescendo Scholarship was created with the fundamental objective of complementing the academic training acquired by young singers, pianists, and assistant stage directors at their study centers, offering them workshops, masterclasses, meetings, and various cross-disciplinary activities to enrich their artistic and human development in preparation for a highly demanding professional career involving public exposure and competition.
2024
- Lucía Iglesias, soprano
- Ana Paula Cunningham Malagón, soprano
2025
- Rafael Quirant, countertenor
- María Ruiz Romero, soprano
Victoria de los Ángeles Legacy
at the Juilliard School in New York
The Victoria de los Ángeles Legacy is a program in collaboration with the Juilliard School in New York, focused on the promotion of Catalan and Spanish song and taught by mezzo-soprano Nancy Fabiola Herrera, an alumna of the school. In this way, the legacy of Victoria de los Ángeles is perpetuated in New York, where she debuted in 1950 at Carnegie Hall and in 1951 at the Metropolitan Opera House, where she performed for the last time in 1994.
2025
- Master Course in Catalan and Spanish song by Nancy Fabiola Herrera, mezzo-soprano.
2026
- Master Course in Catalan and Spanish song by Nancy Fabiola Herrera, mezzo-soprano, and Javier Arrébola, piano.
- Final recital 'Lorca voice and duende'.
Masterclasses with international figures
2007
- The songs of Frédéric Chopin. Elisabetta Artysz, director of the Frédéric Chopin Association of Warsaw, and Jerzy Artysz, baritone.
2008
- Diction applied to singing. Professor Miquel Peralta, musicologist.
2009
- Diction applied to singing: Italian. Professor Miquel Peralta, musicologist.
- Diction applied to singing: German. Professor Miquel Peralta, musicologist.
- The songs of Eduard Toldrà. Professor Narcisa Toldrà, daughter of Eduard Toldrà and specialist in his work.
2010
- Diction applied to singing: German. Professor Miquel Peralta, musicologist.
- The songs of Eduard Toldrà. Professor Narcisa Toldrà, daughter of Eduard Toldrà and specialist in his work.
- The songs of Frédéric Chopin. Elisabetta Artysz, director of the Frédéric Chopin Association of Warsaw, and Jerzy Artysz, baritone.
2011
- Rossini sessions. Professors Teresa Berganza, mezzo-soprano, and Luigi Alva, tenor.
- The songs of Eduard Toldrà. Professor Narcisa Toldrà, daughter of Eduard Toldrà and specialist in his work.
2012
- Rossini sessions. Professors Teresa Berganza, mezzo-soprano, and Luigi Alva, tenor.
- The songs of Eduard Toldrà. Professor Narcisa Toldrà, daughter of Eduard Toldrà and specialist in his work.
2013
- Singing masterclasses. Professor Ofèlia Sala, soprano.
- Masterclasses for duos (Lied). Professor Ulrich Eisenlohr, pianist.
2014
- Masterclasses for duos (Lied). Professor Adrian Thompson, tenor, and Iain Burnside, piano.
2015
- Masterclasses for duos (Lied). Professor Burkhard Kehring, piano.
2016
- Masterclasses for duos (Lied). Professor Adrian Thompson, tenor, and Iain Burnside, piano.
- Singing masterclasses. Professor Ofèlia Sala, soprano.
- Singing masterclasses. Professor Anna Hasler, soprano.
2017
- Masterclasses for duos (Lied). Professor Sholto Kynoch, pianist.
- Masterclasses for duos (Lied). Professor Manuel García Morante, pianist.
- Opera vs. Lied. Professors Francisco Poyato, piano, and Pablo Assante, conductor.
- Singing masterclasses. Professor Fiorenza Cedolins, soprano.
- Singing masterclasses. Professor Nancy Fabiola Herrera, mezzo-soprano.
2018
- Masterclasses for duos (Lied). Professor Malcolm Martineau, pianist.
- Masterclasses for duos (Lied). Professor Simon Lepper, piano.
- Singing masterclasses. Professor Ketevan Kemoklidze, soprano.
- Singing masterclasses. Professor Fiorenza Cedolins, soprano.
2019
- Masterclasses for duos (Lied). Professor Julius Drake, pianist.
- Masterclasses on the work of Antón García Abril. Professors Antón García Abril, composer, and Rubén Fernández Aguirre, pianist.
- Singing masterclasses. Professor Frederica von Stade, soprano.
- Singing masterclasses. Professor Fiorenza Cedolins, soprano.
2021
- Masterclasses for duos (Lied). Professor Malcolm Martineau, pianist.
- Masterclasses for duos (Lied). Professor Simon Lepper, piano.
- Masterclasses in Catalan and Spanish song. Professors David Alegret, tenor, and Rubén Fernández Aguirre, pianist.
- Masterclasses in Lied and opera. Professor Iréne Theorin, soprano.
- Masterclasses for duos (Lied and mélodie). Professors Stéphane Degout, baritone & Simon Lepper, piano.
2022
- Masterclasses for duos (Lied). Professor Dame Sarah Connolly.
- Masterclasses for duos (Lied, song, and mélodie). Professor Simon Lepper.
- Masterclasses for duos (Italian song, Bel Canto, and Mozart). Professor Anna Bonitatibus.
- Masterclasses for duos (Lied, Strauss, and Offenbach). Professor Dame Felicity Lott (Barcelona).
- Masterclasses for duos (Lied, Strauss, and Offenbach). Professor Dame Felicity Lott (Madrid).
2023
- Masterclasses for duos (Lied, song, and mélodie). Professors Stéphane Degout & Simon Lepper.
- Masterclasses for duos (Lied). Professor Sholto Kynoch.
- Session on career management. Professor James Newby.
- Masterclasses for duos (Lied). Professor Sholto Kynoch.
- Masterclasses for duos (Lied, song, and mélodie). Professor Roger Vignoles.
2024
- Masterclasses for duos (Lied, song, and mélodie). Professor Dame Felicity Lott.
- Masterclasses for duos (Lied, song, and mélodie). Professor Simon Lepper.
- Opera masterclasses. Professor Isabel Rey.
2025
- Masterclasses for duos (Lied, opera, and song). Professor Nancy Fabiola Herrera.
- Masterclasses for duos (Lied, opera, and song). Professor Nancy Fabiola Herrera (Madrid).
- Masterclasses for duos (Lied, song, and mélodie). Professor Sholto Kynoch.
- Masterclasses for duos (Lied, song, and mélodie). Professor Sholto Kynoch.
- Career management session. Professor Brian Zeger.
Victoria de los Ángeles Official Master's Degree in Lied
at ESMUC
The “Victoria de los Ángeles” Master’s Degree in Higher Artistic Education in Advanced Performance Studies: Lied, Spanish Song, and Catalan Song is the only one of its kind in Spain. It is also one of the few master’s programs in Europe that approaches Lied as true chamber music for a singer-pianist duo.
Regarding the students of the Lied master’s degree, ESMUC has agreements with the Victoria de los Ángeles Foundation, the singer after whom the Master’s is named, as well as with the Goethe Institute of Barcelona and the Franz Schubert Association of Barcelona.
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