Pepe Becker

Pepe Becker, renowned for her vocal purity and flexibility, began her musical training in Nelson, as a Cathedral Choir chorister, pianist and oboist. Completing a BMus (in Composition) at Wellington’s Victoria University in 1987, she then studied (baroque) singing - with Jessica Cash in London, and at The Hague’s Koninklijk Conservatorium. She has sung professionally with a number of early music groups in Europe; has been a soloist alongside renowned international singers such as Emma Kirkby, Richard Wistreich and Andreas Scholl, and now appears regularly as soprano soloist with chamber groups, choirs and orchestras throughout New Zealand. As well as being a member of Voices NZ Chamber Choir since 1999, Pepe: directs her own vocal ensemble, Baroque Voices ( www.baroquevoices.co.nz ), which she founded in 1994; is a recording artist for Radio NZ Concert; has featured as a soloist on several commercial CDs; has released two duet CDs, “Rustic Revelry” (2006) and “Love’s Nature” (2011); composes music, and teaches piano, theory and singing.