Zang (klassiek)

Coaching
After a wonderful, 40 year career of singing all possible disciplines including opera, lied and oratorio as well as the great adventure of contemporary music, having found my own voice and  discovered all the possibilities it presents, I feel the need to coach classical singers more and more.
Technique
I work in a manner I have developed myself, ultimately extremely rewarding: clearly traditional in the use of the vocal cords, position of the vocal box, treatment of vowels, respiration, vibration and resonance, legato, phrasing and flexibility of the voice, an open throat, passaggio, tongue position, support and breath control.
Multifaceted artist
Mezzo-soprano Marion van den Akker is a multifaceted artist. She gave masterclasses on the songs of Schumann, Liszt, Strauss Brahms and lectures on the oeuvre of the Canadian composer Claude Vivier and the Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina.
Marion van den Akker founded the series ‘Royaal Vocaal’ in 2005 in the Nieuwe Kerk (The Hague).
In april 2024 Marion received, as first female, the “Cultuurprijs van de provincie Drenthe”
She is a singing teacher
Marion van den Akker was programmer of the Chamber music series ‘Klassiekintveen’ at the concert farm d’Rentmeester  untill 2021
Marion van den Akker was head of the vocal department and vocal teacher at the Prins Claus conservatorium until September 2015. Recently Marion van den Akker has a private vocal school together with her accompanists Dr. Willem Kersing, Ben Martin Weijand, Jeroen Sarphati and Gilbert den Broeder.
Please contact me for coachings to develop your lovely voice in a professional way at: mezzo@marionvandenakker.com