Maja Bader

As a soprano, Maja Bader stands out for her versatility. In opera she has sung several roles, including at the Luzerner Theater and the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, and in concert at the KKL Luzern, the Gotthard Klassik-Festival Andermatt, the Bösendorfer Salon in Vienna and the Talent Summer Festival in Brescia. She has worked with renowned conductors including Howard Arman, Javier Ulises Illán, Clemens Heil, Pascal Meyer and Rick Stengårds, has sung with the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester and the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg among others, has shared the stage with the acclaimed vocal artist and actor Graham F. Valentine, and has recorded in the studio in a duo with the countertenor Andreas Scholl. In 2023 the composer Jalalu Kalvert Nelson wrote a full-length work for Maja Bader, which she premiered at the Festival Sempach. In 2022 she worked with the double bassist and composer Aleksander Gabryś on the production and premiere of the new music-theatre piece “Beelzebub-Sonate” at the Gare du Nord in Basel, and sang the Swiss premiere of Johan de Meij's Symphony No. 5 at the Theater La Poste in Visp. As guest lead singer of the band Ohohohs she gave several concerts at the Fusion Festival Berlin 2022. In summer 2021 she made her solo debut in two open-air gala concerts of the Mousonturm in the Palmengarten in Frankfurt am Main and performed at the Jahrhunderthalle Frankfurt. In 2021 she won the Elvirissima singing competition as well as the Marianne und Curt Dienemann singing competition. Since 2021 she has been a scholarship holder of the Aebi Lüthy and Thyll-Dürr foundations.

Maja Bader was born in Lucerne and graduated with distinction with a Master Performance under Prof. Barbara Locher at the Lucerne School of Music. Artistically, she was shaped by masterclasses and lessons with Malcolm Walker, Thomas Hampson, Sarah Maria Sun, Brigitte Geller, Margreet Honig, Wolfgang Rihm, Bernhard Lang, Michael Richter, Micaela Haslam, Josy Santos and Sandra Trattnigg.