Lara Morger wins Leipzig Bach Competition
The Swiss alto Lara Morger has won this year's Leipzig Bach Competition in the vocal category. She also won an audience prize.
Lara Morger studied at the Bern University of the Arts with Tanja Baumgartner, among others. She is a prizewinner of the Telemann Competition Magdeburg and the Salvat Bach Grant of the Bachcelona Foundation. As a soloist, she has worked with conductors such as Jordi Savall, Ton Koopman and Christoph Prégardien and has sung with ensembles such as Hespèrion XXI and lautten compagney Berlin. She has been a member of the Capella Reial de Catalunya since 2021. She last appeared on the opera stage in 2022 in the title role of Handel's Alessandro at the ETA Hoffmann Theater Bamberg under the direction of Gottfried von der Goltz.
As part of the 24th International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition, 108 musicians from 19 countries competed for the title of Bach Prize winner in the fields of organ, voice and cello/baroque cello. Of these, 18 young musicians from eight countries made it to the final on July 26, including eight participants from Germany, three from the USA and two from Spain.
