Maria Keohane
{{Short description|Swedish soprano (born 1971)}}
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Maria Keohane (born 13 May 1971) is a Swedish soprano who has performed at festivals in Europe and made many recordings, especially of sacred music.{{cite web|url=https://www.carus-verlag.com/en/persons/maria-keohane/|access-date=30 March 2022|title=Maria Keohane – Carus Verlag}}
Life and career
Keohane was born in Manchester to a Swedish mother and an Irish father. She and her mother moved to Smedjebacken in Sweden when she was five.{{cite news |last1=Fahlander |first1=Ragna |title=Sångfågel och hästvila |work=Södra Dalarnes Tidning |date=19 December 2015 |pages=14–15 |language=Swedish}} She still resides there.{{cite web |last1=Karlsson |first1=Sören |title=Maria – sopran och stolt företagare |url=https://www.svensktnaringsliv.se/regioner/dalarna/maria-sopran-och-stolt-foretagare_1083218.html |website=Svenskt Näringsliv |access-date=11 July 2022}} She had many fiddlers in the family on her mother's side, and started playing the violin at the age of nine. She also sang in the local church children's choir. Keohane planned to become a veterinarian, and interned at Falu djursjukhus, where she was offered a job, but was encouraged to pursue a career in music. She studied at the {{ill|Falun Conservatory|sv|Musikkonservatoriet Falun}}, the University of Gothenburg and the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen.
In 1998 and 1999, she performed with the Texas Bach Choir and baroque trumpet virtuoso Niklas Eklund as a guest artist.{{cite news |last1=Greenberg |first1=Mike |title=Texas Bach Choir's voice marked by precision, clarity |work=San Antonio Express-News |date=December 1, 1999|id={{ProQuest| }}}} She won a prize at the international van Wassenaer competition in 2000 and has received a number of scholarships from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. In 2009 and 2010, she performed with the European Union Baroque Orchestra.{{cite news |last1=Walton |first1=Kenneth |title=International Festival Review: Maria Keohane/ European Union Baroque Orchestra |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A206768587/STND |access-date=10 July 2022 |work=The Scotsman |date=August 28, 2009|via=Gale}}{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Andrew |title=Edinburgh Festival: Bach/Battistelli |work=Financial Times |date=Aug 27, 2009|id={{ProQuest| }}}}{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Andrew |title=European Union Baroque Orchestra |work=Financial Times |date=December 15, 2010|id={{ProQuest| }}}} Reviewer Lindsay Kemp from Gramophone noted about a collection of Baroque arias: "Keohane shows sparkling virtuosity in Jauchzet Gott, but also affecting vulnerability in Ferrandini's poignant Il pianto di Maria".{{cite news |last1=Kemp |first1=Lindsay |title=Joy & Sorrow Unmasked: Arias and Orchestral works by Bach and Handel |url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/joy-sorrow-unmasked-arias-and-orchestral-works-by-bach-and-handel |access-date=10 July 2022 |work=Gramophone |date=April 2014}} In 2012, she performed with the RTE Vanbrugh String Quartet.{{cite news |last1=Dervan |first1=Michael |title=A melting pot of chamber music |work=Irish Times |date=July 4, 2012|id={{ProQuest| }}}} Since 2013, she has recorded 24 works, mostly cantatas, in the Netherlands Bach Society's "All of Bach" project. In 2014, she received the Jussi Björling scholarship. In 2016, she performed at the Festival Musikdorf Ernen.{{cite news |last1=Batschelet |first1=Sarah |title=Bringing up Baroque: A visit to Musikdorf Ernen |url=https://bachtrack.com/review-musikdorf-ernen-barockensemble-maria-keohane-july-2016 |access-date=10 July 2022 |work=Bachtrack |date=July 28, 2016}}
Keohane teaches at the Falun Conservatory.
Discography
- Magnificat, Johann Sebastian Bach / Maria Keohane, Anna Zander, Carlos Mena, Hans Jörg Mammel, Stephan MacLeod, Francis Jacob, Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot, Mirare 2009
- Passion Selon Saint Jean, BWV 245, Bach – Maria Keohane, Carlos Mena, Hans Jörg Mammel, Ricercar Consort, Jan Kobow, Matthias Vieweg, Stephan MacLeod, Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot, Mirare-MIR 136 2011
- Handel: Cantatas, Arias, Orchestral Pieces – Maria Keohane, European Union Baroque Orchestra / Lars Ulrik Mortensen, ERP 6212–79 minutes{{cite journal |last1=Barker |title=Handel: Cantatas; Aria; Orchestral Pieces |journal=American Record Guide |date=September 1, 2013 |volume=76 |issue=5 |pages=123–124|via=MasterFILE Complete}}
- Handel: L'Allegro, il Peneroso ed il Moderato – Peter Neumann, cond; Maria Keohane, Julia Doyle, Benjamin Hulett, Andreas Wolf, Kölner Kammerchor, Collegium Cartusianum (period instruments), Carus 83.395 (2 CDs: 119:18) {{cite journal |last1=van Boer |first1=Bertil |title=Handel L'Allegro, il Peneroso ed il Moderato |journal=Fanfare |date=March 1, 2014 |volume=37 |issue=4 |pages=255–256|via=Academic Search Complete}}{{cite journal |last1=Barker |first1=John W. |title=Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso, & il Moderato |journal=American Record Guide |date=January 2014 |volume=77 |issue=1 |pages=112–113|id={{ProQuest| }}}}
- Beethoven: Mass in C; Cherubini: Sciant Gentes – Maria Keohane, Margot Oitzinger, Thomas Hobbs, Sebastian Noack, Kammerchor Stuttgart & Hofkapelle / Frieder Bernius, Carus 83.295, 48 minute{{cite journal |last1=Althouse |title=Beethoven: Mass in C; Cherubini: Sciant Gentes |journal=American Record Guide |date=September 1, 2013 |volume=76 |issue=5 |page=73|via=MasterFILE Complete}}
- Handel: Water Music – Maria Keohane, European Union Baroque Orchestra, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (cond), ERP 6212, 2013{{cite journal |last1=Holman |first1=Peter |title=Handel: gimmicks or novelties? |journal=Early Music |date=August 2015 |volume=43 |issue=3 |pages=539–541 |doi=10.1093/em/cav043 |jstor=24750858 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24750858 |access-date=10 July 2022|doi-access=free }}
- Joy & Sorrow Unmasked: Arias and Orchestral works by Bach and Handel – Maria Keohane, European Union Baroque Orchestra, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (cond)
- Mass In B minor, Bach – Maria Keohane, Joanne Lunn, Alex Potter, Jan Kobow, Peter Harvey, Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, 777-851 2015
- Membra Jesu Nostri, Dieterich Buxtehude – Maria Keohane, Hanna Bayodi-Hirt, Carlos Mena, Jeffrey Thompson, Matthias Vieweg, Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot, 2018
- Bach: Cantatas 21 & 76, organ chorales – Bernard Foccroule (organ). Maria Keohane, Carlos Mena, Julian Pregardien, Matthias Vieweg, Collegium Vocale Gent; Ricercar Consort / Philippe Pierlot, Mirare 490, 83 minutes{{cite news |last1=Gatens |title=Bach: Cantatas 21 & 76; organ chorales |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A665203711/AONE |access-date=10 July 2022 |work=American Record Guide|volume=84 |issue=4 |date=July 2021|via=Gale}}
- Bach: Soli Deo Gloria – Philippe Pierlot (cond.), Maria Keohane, Carlos Mena, Julian Prégardien, Matthias Vieweg, Bernard Foccroulle, Mirare, 2021{{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Holly |title=New music: Reviews of this week's CD releases |work=Winnipeg Free Press |date=December 24, 2020|id={{ProQuest| }}}}
- Beethoven: Irish Songs, Maria Keohane, Ricercar Consort, Mirare 540, 57 minutes{{cite journal |last1=Thomson |first1=Michelle |title=Beethoven: Irish Songs |journal=American Record Guide |date=March 2022 |volume=85 |issue=2 |pages=47–48|id={{ProQuest| }}}}
References
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External links
- {{cite web|url=https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Keohane-Maria.htm|access-date=30 March 2022|title=Maria Keohane (Soprano)}}
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