Anne Grimm

Dutch Soprano Anne Grimm began her studies at the Sweelink Conservatory, Amsterdam in violin and voice. After graduation she received a scholarship from the Fonds voor de Podiumkunsten to pursue her vocal studies in London. During that time she was a member of the International Opera Centre Nederland, which gave her her stage debut as Musetta in La Boheme and toured to New York presenting concerts at Lincoln Center. She also participated in the Steans Institute at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago.

On the concert stage, Miss Grimm has appeared frequently with Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir focusing on the works of Bach and appearing at the festivals of Salzburg and Ambronay as well as recording several of the Cantatas for Erato Records. She has also appeared with De Nederlandse Bachvereniging under Jos von Veldhoven and Capella Figuralis, recording for Channel Classics. Other collaborations include work with Wieland Kuijken, Hermann Max, Ivor Bolton, and Roy Goodman, performing in Bach's Christmas Oratorio with the Amsterdamse Bachsolisten in the Concertgebouw. She also sang in performances of the Faure Requiem with the Radio Symphony Orchestra Holland under Gabriel Chmura and in Bach's B Minor Mass at Tanglewood, USA under Paul Halley.

An active recitalist, Anne Grimm has performed Lieder programs for the Goethe Institute in Amsterdam and for festivals throughout Holland, including the Grachten Festival and Groningen Chamber Music Festival. She has recorded songs of Dutch composer van Eijken for NM Classics and will be participating on a disc of the works of Constantijn Huygens.

In Opera she has performed at the Netherlands Opera in Monteverdi's Orfeo and has sung in Handel's Rinaldo under Christophe Rousset in France. Miss Grimm recorded Los Elementos in Spain with Al Ayre Espanol for Harmonia Mundi; she has performed at the Handel Festspiele - Halle and recorded Sartorio's L'Orfeo for Vanguard Classics under Stephen Stubbs. Most recently Miss Grimm toured throughout Europe in Handel's Samson, singing the role of Dalila under Ton Koopman. She also performed at the Holland Festival in Purcell's King Arthur with the Combattimento Consort conducted by Jan Willen de Vriend as well as singing the role of Xenia in Boris Godunov at the Concertgebouw with Rozhdestvensky.

Highlights of the 2000-2001 season include a performance of Mozart's Exultate Jubilate for the combined Royal Households of Belgium and the Netherlands, Die Zauberflöte for Reise Opera, Holland under Ton Koopman, and she will sing with members of the Concertgebouw Orchestra and Rotterdam Philharmonic in a program of contemporary chamber music at De Beurs in Amsterdam. In Canada she also wil be heard in a recital program for the CBC McGill Recital series to be broadcast on Music from Montral, in the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, Festival Vancouver and in the USA with the Bach Choir of Bethlehem singing in Bach's Weihnachtsoratorium.