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Jane Irwin studied at
Lancaster University and at the Royal Northern College of Music. Her many
prizes include the 1993 Singers' Competition at the Geneva International
Music Competition and the 1991 Decca Kathleen Ferrier Prize.
As a concert and recital singer she has appeared regularly in Europe
and America. With the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) she
has sung Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder (conducted by Walter Weller), and
Elgar's Dream of Gerontius, Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, Bernstein's
Symphony No. I, Jeremiah, and Mahler's Symphony No. 2 (conducted by Sakari
Oramo). She has appeared regularly at the Edinburgh International Festival,
most recently Britten's Phaedra with the Scottish Ensemble.
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