 Eve-Maud Hubeaux was born in 1988 in Geneva (Switzerland). She had her first contact with music when she was still a child, at the “Institut Jacques Dalcroze”. Then, she was tought piano, first with Daniel Spiegelberg, then with Georgy Popov, from the “Conservatoire de Lausanne”. She completed her piano curriculum diploma end of 2006. Having always been attracted to opera, she started in 2001 her vocal education with Hiroko Kawamichi at the “Conservatoire de Lausanne” and simultaneously joined actor stage clinics led by Christophe Balissa.
Meanwhile she won several awards: “Prix Jacquart” in 2004, Prix De Crouzaz” in 2006, she was also granted a special Award for her great performance at the “Schlossoper Haldenstein Contest” and won 2 Prizes at the International Singing Competition Ernst Haefliger (2010/Switzerland) ; amongst them an engagement at the Operahouse of Bern. Furthermore she got a Special Grant for "Bayreuth 2011" presented by the Alsace Richard Wagner Association. June 2011, she won the "Prize of the Jury" as well as the "Prize of France Musique" at the international singing competition of Arles. The jury of the 66th Competition of Geneva recently awarded her the Special Wagner Prize « Cercle Romand Richard Wagner » for the best interpretation of a work by Wagner. April 2012 Eve-Maud Hubeaux was for the 2nd time awarded by the Jury of the "Pour-cent-culturel Migros Fondation" competition, besides a bursary, she was also called “Soloist of “Migros culture Percentage”, amongsts the highest and most prestigious awards in Switzerland.
Last sesaon Eve-Maud made her successful debut at the Frankfurt Opera House as Waltraute (Walküre). Amongst her most recent projects, the main mezzo part of Folia in the world creation of "La Nuit de Gutenberg" by the renowned French composer Philippe Manoury, at ONR Strasbourg (Première September 24, 2011 and awarded with “Les Victoires de la Musique”). Other recent engagements included Marcellina (Nozze) in Avignon and Massy (Paris) and 3rd Maid (Elektra) at Montpellier Opera House. In the roles of "La tasse, La Maman and La Libellule" (L'Enfant et les sortilèges) she will make her debut at Aix-en-Provence, Festival, Summer 2012.
Future roles will a.o. include : 3rd Lady (Zauberflöte), Mary (Fliegende Holländer) and Brangäne (Tristan und Isolde). With l'Orchestre national d'IÎe de France she will tour with Wagner's Wesendoncklieder under the baton of Enrique Mazzola.
The past two seasons, Eve-Maud Hubeaux wais a member of the Opera Studio linked to the “Opéra National du Rhin”, in Strasbourg/Colmar (France), where she sung parts such as Aladin’s mother in Aladin et la lampe magique (Nino Rota), Driade (Ariadne auf Naxos), Fidelma (Il Matrimonio Segreto), Morgiane in "Ali Baba ou les quarante voleurs" (by Cherubini) and was cast as the Maid in the "Makropoulos Affaire" (Janacek). Earlier engagements included Ines in Il Trovatore (Verdi), at the Opera House of Lausanne, and revivals in Vichy (France).
Studies and vocal education: in June 2009, after having already successfully passed a Bachelor in Swiss law at the “Université de Lausanne” and a Master’s degree in French private law, Eve-Maud Hubeaux also completed a Master in Law in “Research, Contracts et Responsabilities” at the University of Savoie-Chambéry (France). In parallel with opera singing, she decided to continue her legal studies curriculum and started a Phd. Additionally, since 2005 she is a member of the Sweizerische Studienstiftung. Meanwhile, 2007, she passed her Opera Singing certificate with special distinction; she also won two first prizes at the SMJW Contest. Willing to improve her practice, she participated to several Master Classes, with Peter Galliard, with Julian Gavin and with Laura Sarti. Since 2006, she regularly participated to concerts, singing Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schubert or Vivaldi. Moreover, she gave several recitals, the last one having been broadcasted on the regional Swiss TV channel. For the 2007-2008 season, she was a choir singer and the soloist stand-in singer for Mercedes, in Carmen from Bizet, with the “Opéra de Lausanne”. She also participated to the 3-week tour in Japan. During the Tour, she could work on significant parts of the Carmen role, under the privileged tutorship of Beatrice Uria-Monzón. Cv-update: May 2012 |
