Julia Hamari was born on 21 November 1942 and is a Hungarian mezzo-soprano and alto singer in opera and concert, appearing internationally.
11 Facts About Julia Hamari
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Julia Hamari was born in Budapest where she received her vocal training with Fatime Martins and Jeno Sipos.
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Julia Hamari studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music and received her diploma for both singer and singing teacher.
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Julia Hamari then continued her studies at the Staatliche Hochschule fur Musik Stuttgart until 1966.
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Julia Hamari recorded the role of Elzire in the premiere recording of Don Sanche on Hungaroton.
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Julia Hamari recorded even more Bach cantatas with Helmuth Rilling and his Gachinger Kantorei in their complete recording, including the solo cantata for alto Vergnugte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170, written for the sixth Sunday after Trinity, which notable singers such as Maureen Forrester and Andreas Scholl had recorded before.
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Julia Hamari performed the alto solo in Mozart's Requiem in a recording of 1970 with Edith Mathis, Wieslaw Ochman, Karl Ridderbusch, the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera Concert Choir, conducted by Karl Bohm.
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Julia Hamari participated in the 1975 premiere and 1993 recording of Gottfried von Einem's cantata An die Nachgeborenen, written in 1973 as a commission of the UN, both with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and the Wiener Symphoniker conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini.
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In 1989, Julia Hamari was appointed professor of singing at the Hochschule fur Musik Stuttgart.
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Julia Hamari has conducted master classes and has been teaching at the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart and the Oregon Bach Festival since 1982.
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Julia Hamari's students have included the countertenor Patrick Van Goethem.