Martina JankovĂĄ
Biography
Meine Quelle der Musik
âGerne höre ich der Amsel auf dem Baum zu: die Dringlichkeit ihres Singens kann ich tief nachempfinden. Als Kind sang ich ohne Unterlass, weil es in mir drinnen nur so sprudelte. Bis heute darf ich diese Quelle der Musik anzapfen, strebe nach der AuthentizitĂ€t, die ich aus meiner Kindheit kenne.â
Ein persönliches Interview
Das persönliche Interview mit Radio Klassik 2019 Wien.
The Swiss Soprano
Martina JankovĂĄ, a Swiss soprano with Czech roots, is an internationally famous interpreter of Mozart and Baroque music. She was enthusiastically received as Susanna and Despina in the Mozart/Da Ponte cycles at the Zurich Opera House under Franz Welser-Most and at the Salzburg Festival (2013-2016). Her dĂ©but role at La Scala Milano in 2016 was Bellezza in Handel's il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, and she had appeared here also in Mendelssohn Symphony Nr.2. She toured Europe with Les Arts Florissants under William Christie, as well as at the Lucerne Festival, in the title role of Mozart's IL RE Pastore. In May 2017 she gave her dĂ©but as MĂ©lisande in Debussyâs PellĂ©as et MĂ©lisande with Cleveland Orchestras under Franz Welser-Möst.
A Premiere 200 years later, Helsinki 2018
The leading role in the opera Gustav Vasa became a great success for Jankova. Kozeluhâs only opera that survived to present days, was revived two centuries after the composerâs death. The Czech-born composer Leopold Kozeluh was a significant competitor of Mozart, and was the even more acknowledged one among their contemporaries.
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Over the course of many years she collaborated with the legendary conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt, who repeatedly engaged her for important opera and oratorios performances.
H.Purcell: Fairy Queen, Styriarte Festival, M. Jankova with N.Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus und Arnold Schönberg Chor.
In 2019 she renewed her collaboration with N. Harnoncourtâs Concentus Musicus under the musical direction of Stefan Gottfried, in a production of Henrey Purcellâs King Arthur at the Theater an der Wien.
Paraderolle
Signature role
One of Martina Jankovaâs signature roles is the Vixen in Janacekâs Cunning Little Vixen, which she sang to great acclaim in Geneva, Zurich, and Cleveland. The unique performance of the Cleveland Orchestra under Franz Welser-Möst guested in October 2017 on a European tour in Vienna and Luxembourg with enormous success. In 2018, Welser-Möst conducted this opera in the concert with Martina Jankova and the Bavarian Radio Orchestra in Munich.
Weitere Opernrollen
Significant opera roles
Among the opera roles which Martina Jankovå has sung in Paris, Prague, Zurich, Geneva, and Vienna, are Mozart's Pamina/Zauberflöte, Rosina/La Finta Semplice, Serpetta/La Finta Giardiniera, Madame Silberklang/Der Schauspieldirektor, Celia/Lucia Silla, Ilia/Idomeno, Haydn's Celia/La Fedelta Premiata, Humperdinck's Gretel/HÀnsel und Gretel, Verdi's Nannetta/Falstaff, Handel's Angelica/Orlando, Beethoven's Marzelline/Fidelio and Leonore-Version, Monteverdi's Drusilla, Giunone, and Fortuna/Il Ritorno D'ulisse, L'incoronazione di Poppea, and Rossini's Sophia/IL Signor Bruschino.
Not only the opera stage
In addition to her work in opera, Martina JankovĂĄ is a much sought-after concert singer. She has performed with conductors such as Jiri BelohlĂĄvek, Ivor Bolton, Bertrand de Billy, Riccardo Chailly, IvĂĄn Fischer, ĂdĂĄm Fischer, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Danielle Gatti, Philippe Herreweghe, Marek Janowski, VĂĄclav Luks, Sir Charles Mackerras, Andrea Marcon, Sir Neville Marriner, Ingo Metzmacher, Trevor Pinnock, Sir Simon Rattle and Wolfgang Sawallisch, Franz Welser-Möst and with orchestras such as the Berlin and Munich Philharmonic Orchestras, the Czech Philharmonic, the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, the Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Champs-ElysĂ©es, the Israel Philharmonic, and the Cleveland Orchestra.
Lied-Recitals
Martina Jankova has sung Lied-Recitals in Londonâs Wigmore Hall, at the Festival âPrague Springâ, the Rheingau-Festival, the Festival Styriarte in Graz, and the Salzburg Festival.
Recordings
Numerous CDâs and DVDâs document the artistry of M.Jankova. Her newest CD with Songs of B.Martinu (released by Supraphon February 8th 2019), was awarded the âDiapason dâOr 2019â, as was her previous CD âPrague -Viennaâ (Diapason dâOr 2017). Further examples are Moravian Folkssongs with 51 rare songs by LeoĆĄ JanĂĄÄek; Bach Kantaten with the Collegium 1704 under VĂĄclav Luks; and Le Nozze Di Figaro from the Salzburg Festival 2015 with Martina JankovĂĄ as Susanna.