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Luzia Ernst performs regularly as a soloist in concert and lieder, as well as expanding her opera repertoire. In 2022, the young singer made her operatic debut as Dorabella in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera "Così fan tutte". Luzia Ernst is also represented on the international stage, visiting China for Gala concerts in Summer 2025 and singing in the German Pavilion at the Expo in Dubai 2022. For the 2025/26 season, she succeeded in becoming a member of the soloist ensemble at the Opernloft Hamburg. Her studies took her to institutions including the Folkwang University of the Arts, the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar and the University of Music Freiburg. In November 2022, she was awarded a special prize at the International Student LiedDuo Competition in Groningen. She gained further musical inspiration through the Liedakademie under the direction of Thomas Hampson, Brigitte Fassbaender, Anne Sophie von Otter and Ton Koopman.

www.luziaernst.com

Born in Frankfurt am Main, Natascha Ziegler began her training as a harpist at the Dr. Hoch’s Conservatoire there under Karin Franke-André. After completing her undergraduate studies, she moved to the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, where she completed her Master’s degree in Professional Performance in 2022 in the class of Manuela Randlinger-Bilz. As a harpist, she is in high demand throughout Germany and, alongside her solo concerts featuring her own programmes and presentations, regularly performs with renowned orchestras and venues such as the Bavarian State Opera, the Deutsche Philharmonie Merck and the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra. She is also a member of several chamber music ensembles that develop their own programmes and perform them regularly. Her focus here is also on expanding the cross-genre repertoire for the harp. Since 2025, she has also been devoting increasing attention to film and gaming music, broadening her artistic scope as a member of the Klangfabrik Scoring Orchestra.

www.nataschaziegler.com