Héloïse Koempgen

After beginning to study music as a child, Héloïse studied philosophy at the Sorbonne.She then devoted herself fully to opera studying with G.Ravazzi and earned a degree at the Ecole Normale de Musique, Paris, in the class of D.Ottevaere. Also receiving advice from S. Valayre, B. Frittoli, R. Raimondi, M.Plasson, and Tom Krause, she participated and won awards at numerous competitions : Béziers, Bordeaux and Arles, France; 'Ad honorem Mozart' , Prague; Giulio Neri, Garaventa, Spazio musica, Italy; Belvedere, Moscow, Varna,Bulgaria… Impassioned by chamber music, Héloïse sings un Russian, Hungarian, Czech...and also gives recitals of French and Italian music with the duo Kbz in ascolto, wich won the Cziffra (Paris) and Respighi (Verona) competitions. Her opera repertoire includes the gr