Nuria Rial facts for kids
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Núria Rial
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Núria Rial (Catalan)
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| Occupation | Operatic soprano |
| Years active | 1997–present |
Núria Rial (born in 1975 in Manresa, Catalonia) is a talented Spanish singer known as a soprano. A soprano is a female singer who can sing very high notes. Núria is famous for her beautiful voice and for specializing in music from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. These are old styles of music from hundreds of years ago, with composers like Handel and Monteverdi. She also sings music by other famous composers like Johann Sebastian Bach and Mozart, and different types of songs in German, French, Catalan, and Spanish.
Her Musical Journey
Núria began her music studies in 1995 at the Barcelona Conservatory. There, she earned diplomas in both singing and piano. From 1998 to 2002, she continued her advanced studies at the Music Academy of Basel in Switzerland. She was part of a special concert class with her teacher, Kurt Widmer, and received a diploma to perform as a soloist.
Awards and Recognitions
Núria Rial has won several important awards for her music:
- In 2009, she received the ECHO Klassik Award, which is a major classical music award in Germany. She won in the category of Young Female Artist of the Year.
- In 2012, she won the ECHO Klassik award again, this time for the Opera Recording of the Year. This award was for her recordings of arias (songs for a solo voice) by Georg Philipp Telemann, which she performed with the Kammerorchester Basel.
- In 2021, she was given the Traetta Prize (Italian: Premio Traetta). This award is given by the Traetta Society to people who have done great work in rediscovering the roots of European music.
See also
In Spanish: Núria Rial para niños
