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Johanna Krokovay (Contralto)

Born: 1985 - Baden, near Vienna, Austria

The Austrian contralto, Johanna Krokovay ((Aschenbrenner), received her musical education at the Vienna Conservatory.

Since 2004, Johanna Krokovay is a member of the Arnold Schoenberg Chor (Director: Erwin Ortner), with whom she has appeared in numerous concert and opera performances in Germany and abroad performes with them also as a soloist. She has gained concert and opera experience in Austria, France and Switzerland. She was alto soloist in concert and opera productions with Nikolaus Harnoncourt (including Kantate zum Tod Kaiser Josefs II, Witch in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas). In Vienna she appeared as a soloist at the Wiener Festwochen, at the Musikverein and at the Theater an der Wien, among others, as well as the Grand Theatre in Aix en Provence (France) and Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern (Switzerland). She has regular church music performances as a soloist broadcast on the radio. She married Marcel Krokovay on March 30, 2012 and currently lives in Vienna, Austria.

Source: Nikolaus Harnoncourt Tage Website, English translation by Aryeh Oron (August 2018); Bits & pieces from other sources
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Aryeh Oron (August 2018)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

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Erwin Ortner

Alto

[V-4] (2017): BWV 232 [2nd recording]

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Johanna Krokovay (Nikolaus Harnoncourt Tage) [German]
Johanna Krokovay (Aschenbrenner) on Facebook


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