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The soprano Maren Schwier completed her master’s degree in opera singing with Prof. Ursula Targler-Sell at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts in 2017 and already during her studies established herself as a sought-after interpreter in a wide-ranging repertoire from classical to contemporary.
Since the 2016/17 season she has been a soloist at the Staatstheater Mainz - first in the young ensemble and since the 2018/19 season as a permanent member of the ensemble.
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Maren Schwier made her music theater debut in 2013 at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden in the premiere of Büchner's Frauen by the composer Paul L. Schäffer. Her special talent and her passion for contemporary compositions were already evident back then; this was followed by numerous engagements at renowned festivals and organizers, such as the Musikfesttage Wien (2015), the SWR Schlossfestspiele Schwetzingen (2018), the Darmstadt Summer Courses (2018), the Alte Oper Frankfurt (2018/19), the German Embassy in Paris (2018) or the Rheingau Music Festival (2016 and 2018).
Maren Schwier has also appeared in numerous productions of contemporary works and piece developments at the Staatstheater Mainz, such as the long-standing music theater series (2016-2019) audio theater by Anselm Dalferth or the co-production argon with the SWR Festival Schwetzingen (2018).
For her portrayal of Aphrodite in Argo, she was recognized by the trade journal opera world Nominated for Young Artist of the Year.
Maren Schwier is regularly involved in premieres of contemporary works, develops and performs her own solo performances. She is constantly working with composers of our time and various instrumental ensembles (including the Mutare Ensemble, the ensemble hand werk, the IEMA and the Ukho Ensemble Kiev).
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Also in other ensembles (such as the duo blank space ensemble with the percussionist Max Gaertner or the ensemble in transition an ensemble for new music, sign poetry and dance founded and developedby Désirée Hall) she drives the development and conception of new pieces and performances. She was also selected by the German Music Fund as a scholarship holder for the development of new concert formats and programs.
In addition to their commitment to new music, Maren Schwier's versatile voice and her acting strength are also regularly featured in the classical opera repertoire.
At the Staatstheater Mainz she was in the past seasons u.a. as Adele in The bat, Anna in Nabucco and Gretel in Hansel and Gretel to experience.
Earlier guest engagements included productions such asCosi fan tutte (Fiordiligi, 2015 Young Opera Rhein-Main e.V.),The abduction from the Seraglio as a children's opera (Konstanze, 2014 Bad Vilbel Castle Festival),The Turn Of The Screw (Miss Jessel, 2016 Studiotheater Belvedere Weimar).
In the current season, Maren Schwier can still be seen as Gretel and numerous revivals from the last season at the Staatstheater Mainz. She also sings in the new productions of Peter Pan (R. Ayres - Wendy),The conquest of Mexico (W. Rihm - high soprano) and Miss Donnithorne's Maggot (P.M. Davies - Miss Donnithorne).
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In addition to her artistic work on stage, Maren Schwier is also involved in promoting young talent. Among other things, she teaches singing as a lecturer at the Musical Dance and Arts Academy Mainz and this year she was a member of the jury for the Hessian state singing competition of Jugend Musiziert.
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