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“… the young soprano's advantages are evident, as she has no problems with the sometimes extreme intervallic leaps. (...) This continues in five songs by Ernest Chausson, which are somewhat simpler than Debussy's, when different emotional states are also rendered here with perfect legato and thus extremely soft voice leading. (...) Four fine miniatures by Cécile Chaminade are performed with effervescent lightness and restrained dreaminess. The well-done CD concludes with five songs by Reynaldo Hahn, which are again performed with a natural purity of intonation and light voice leading in excellent partnership.” Geerd Heinsen on operalounge.de (14.06.2024, translated from german)
"The voice is of austere beauty, the expressive palette very versatile, in Chaminade and Hahn she can sound very girlish, but elsewhere she does not shy away from sharp accents.” Ekkehard Pluta on klassik-treff.de (21.06.2024, translated from german)
The program finds the appropriate sonorities for each passage, from tender reverie to violent passion. (...) Delicacy, emotion, sensuality and serene plenitude (Si mes vers avaient des ailes) are the hallmarks of a generous interpretation. (...) Viviane Hasler's voice reveals an uncommon richness: the palette is wide, the dynamics extreme, the delivery masterly, matched by the most varied colors. (...) Yvan Beuvard on forumopera.com (20.6.2024), translated from french
‘Viviane Hasler's voice demonstrates its creative potential here (…), which tends towards the seemingly will-o'-the-wisp and sleepwalking-like; ’ Andre Sokolowski on kultur-extra.de (18.7.2024), translated from german
Viviane Hasler works as a freelancer. She is particularly interested in scenic work and contemporary classical music (premieres by Samuel Langmeier, Anda Kryeziu, Rafael Baier, Victor Alexandru Coltea, Grzegorz Mackiewicz, Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin, Léo Collin, Edward Rushton, Johannes Marks, Helga Arias, Daniel Fueter, Jochen Neurath, Beat Gysin, Louis Franz Aguirre, Niels Christian Rasmussen).
Her own projects make up an important part of her artistic work. She develops interdisciplinary projects with NEON Ensemble, which she founded in 2018. She regularly performs with the duo Mélodies d'ailleurs with pianist Maren Gamper. She also develops her own programs with contemporary music in the duos Hier&Jetzt with flutist Katrin Szamatulski and Hekate Duo with Antonio Jiménez-Marín (trombone). Viviane Hasler is a regular member of the professional vocal ensemble Basler Madrigalisten. She is part of the FemaleClassics team.
In spring 2024, Viviane Hasler will sing at the opening of the Female Classics Festival (Bern/Zurich), give a song recital in Dortmund and will be heard in the new music theater "Nichts Schöneres" inspired by Robert Schumann with the Ensemble für Neue Musik Zürich.
Her Duo Hekate with trombonist Antonio Jimenez-Marin, has been invited to the Ultima Festival in Oslo.
Her first solo CD with songs by Debussy, Chausson, Chaminade, Hahn and Rihm will be released by Carpe Diem Records on May 17 2024.
Portrait Kulturmagazin 041
Portrait Aargauer Zeitung
World premiere of The Imaginary Invalid by Johannes Marks after Molière in Cologne, Dortmund and Düsseldorf Tour with the Basler Madrigalisten and the Basel Chamber Orchestra with Mozart's Cosi fan tutte to Luxembourg, Basel, Paris and Hamburg (Elbphilharmonie) World premieres of Louis Aguirre and Niels Christian Ramussen in Aalborg (Denmark) with Antonio Jimenez-Marin Revival of Philipp Glass' music theater Einstein on the beach with the Basler Madrigalisten and Ensemble Phoenix in Paris
Philipp Glass' music theater Einstein on the beach with Basler Madrigalisten at Theater Basel, Wiener Festwochen and Berliner Festspiele HAUS (world premiere) by Beat Gysin at Kurtheater Baden and in Graubünden (CH) Heaven - Earth - Abyss with the Broken Frames Syndicate in Ludwigsburg William Walton's Façade as narrator with the Neue Kurkapelle Baden
News of the end of the world by Johannes Marks in Dortmund (premiere) Odyssey by Jochen Neurath with the Ensemble for New Music Zurich (premiere) Tage für Musik zwischen den Welten with Yang Jing (pipa) and Lisa Hofer (violoncello) Bern Music Festival (premiere by Helga Arias)