Classical singers

Professional singers

• Do you want an encouraging presence and support during CD recordings and concerts?

• Do you need someone who reminds you of things to help you maintain your highest level throughout?

• Are you looking for someone to take a couple of organisational worries out of your hands, so you can stay focused?

• Do you want someone to be there, who is there for you?

Here I present myself to support and enable you to be at your best in your performance, taking away a load of your stress and responsibility by having an overall view from the outside, enabling you to be focused completely on your task at hand.

What happens?

• We would discuss during the intake your expectations, where you need support with and what your main goal is.

• I am present, and be it a concert or recording, can give you feedback to support you on a mental, physical and/or musical level.

• I can equally help out the people you are working with on a technical and organisational level.

Results for you:

• a fresh and open view from the outside

• encouragement and personal feedback

• tools and tips to maintain your highest level

• more efficiency and coordination in your team

• enabling you to focus completely on the task at hand.

Who am I?

Having been in music as a soprano for the last 25 years, of which 15 years in opera and music-theatre, I have come across and worked with great directors, conductors, singers and instrumentalists, in both the theatre and chamber music field.

I know and have experienced what are the challenging parts for us performers in the classical music field. As an empathic, but a pragmatic problem solver at heart I help out where necessary. Through the years I have developed many tools to support the people I work with and established an intuitive feel how to enhance the overall feeling in their performance.

The work with me is always to allow you the performer, and the music, to take center stage.

So... when you have a recording coming up, or concerts, or need advise and support during your production: send me a note with your details and get in touch here!

This is what others have said so far:

“Above all, Mrs. Simone Riksman is distinguished by her excellent hearing, her enormous power of concentration, and the knowledge of the hurdles that a singer has to overcome during a scenic development, in addition to the tactful handling in connection with musical and scenic direction.” Anke Berndt – Sängerin

“Due to her sensitive personality she was able to bring calmness and level-headedness into many a communication between the different disciplines. She is a very good team player with regard to questions of content and aesthetics, as well as problem solving in an opera production. She is an outstanding connecting element." Stephan Prattes - Bühnenbildner

"Thank you for your wisdom and sharp ears this afternoon. It was a good idea to ask you as an independent listener and vocal psychologist, and you immediately became 'part of the crew'." Onno van Ameijde - Video producer at Ovamus.nl