Lisa Magdalena Fornhammar
The Swedish soprano Lisa Fornhammar is particularly known for her work in modern and contemporary repertoire. She has appeared at major European opera houses and concert venues and has collaborated closely with leading composers of our time. Alongside her performing career, she is also active as a teacher and specialist in contemporary vocal techniques.
Lisa Fornhammar has performed key works of the modern and contemporary repertoire, including Schönberg's Pierrot Lunairre, Gepopo in Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre, Beriot's Sequenza, Saariaho's Lonh and Nono's La Fabbrica Illuminata. She was also a guest at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg with the series Das neue Werk with works by Morton Feldmann.
She has worked with composers such as Kaija Saariaho, Lisa Streich, Fabien Lévy, Isabel Mundry, Helmut Lachenmann and Violeta Dinescu. In addition to contemporary repertoire, she has sung leading roles of her Fach, including Blonde, Konstanze, Donna Anna, Olympia and Adele. Engangements have taken her to the Norwegian National Opera in Oslo, the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm, the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki, the National Theatre of Iceland in Rekjavík, the Prinzregententheater in Munich, Oper Leipzig, Theater Chemnitz, Theater Luzern and Stadttheater Bern.
Most recently, Lisa Fornhammar has appeared in the artistic intervention L'Opra Fatale together with performance artist Lulu Obermayer at the Schaubühne Lindenfels, where she sang the role of Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor, and in the world premiere LUFT by Peter Lang at Peterskirche Leipzig. Other recent solo engagements include Aventures and Nouvelle Aventures with Ensemble Musikfabrik at the Philharmonie Köln, the radio opera do krve - bis auf's Blut by Franz Martin Olbrisch, and Nature Vivre by Helena Winkelman at the Konzerthaus Berlin.
Lisa Fornhammar has taught New Music Performance Practice at the Mozarteum University for over a decade. In October 2023, she was appointed Visiting Professor of Innovative Vocal Techniques and Interpretation at the Dresden University of Music. She also heads the International Master's Programme in New Music (Bern - Dresden - Salzburg).