"Singing is a conversation between the soul and the world"

Lotte Lehmann (1888 - 1976)


Voice & Language

  • Voice training & choir conducting
    Helen has been working as a choir conductor since around 2020 (H. Böll Foundation staff choir, GEW senior choir; substitutes for: Chorellen, Leo Wistuba Choir, Acapelli, Voices). She is also a sought-after voice coach, working with individuals and choirs (Max Reger Choir, Pankow Mixed Choir, etc.).
  • Language coach for international opera singers
    - Services: Pronunciation training for the German language in vocal literature; Helen has several years of experience as an individual German trainer (including for employees of VW, Bayer, Billa, Tobacco, RGGU Moscow, among others)
     -  Transcription and collaboration on the pronunciation of a Prokofiev choral piece for Sikora Publishing and the Ernst Senff Choir Berlin; performance with the Staatskapelle Weimar; live recording awarded the ICMA 2019.
    - Language coach/phonetics for actors at the German Theater Almaty (DTA) Kazakhstan.
  • Translator, editor
    e.g. German subtitles for Russian films at German festivals, translation of interviews in documentaries, editing – ZDF report, Let’s Cee International Film Festival program catalog
  • Project coordination
    Heinrich Böll Foundation Moscow, Berliner Theatertreffen (Young Forum), Goethe Institute Berlin/Munich & Moscow