These include Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Colin Davis; Les illuminations with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Bernard Haitink, Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with the Orchestra of the Bastille under James Conlon, with Sydney Symphony Orchestra under Edo de Waart and with Toronto Symphony Orchestra under Thomas Dausgaard; Strauss’ Brentano Lieder with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under Jesus Lopez-Cobos; Mahler’s Second Symphony with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Christoph von Dohnányi; and the Final Scene from Strauss’ Daphne and Vier Letzte Lieder with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Ashkenazy. She has also appeared under the baton of Daniele Gatti, Yuri Temirkanov, Jun-ichi Hirokami, Seiji Ozawa, Simone Young, Sir Charles Mackerras, Rene Jacobs and Kurt Masur.
Inger Dam-Jensen’s operatic roles include Pamina (Die Zauberflote) for Opera Bastille, Despina (Così fan tutte), Blondchen (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) and Lisa (La sonnambula) for the Royal Opera, Covent Garden and Sifare (Mitridate) for Geneva Opera. At home in Denmark with Royal Danish Opera roles include Cleopatra (Giulio Cesare), Zdenka (Arabella), Ophelia (Hamlet), Norina (Don Pasquale), Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Adina (L’elisir d’amore), Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Musetta (La bohème) and Gilda (Rigoletto).
In recital Inger Dam-Jensen has appeared at the Cologne Philharmonie, Wigmore Hall, on BBC Radio 3, in the Proms Chamber Series and last season in a recital for Radio France. Her discography includes Peer Gynt for Teldec and Solomon with the Gabrieli Consort under Paul McCreesh.
Future highlights include Mahler’s Second Symphony with Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Ein deutches Requiem with Copenhagen Philharmonic under Helmut Rilling and with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra under Neeme Järvi, Pamina at Opera Bastille and Bella in Tippett’s The Midsummer Marriage at Royal Opera House Covent Garden.
Winner of the coveted Cardiff Singer of the World Competition in 1993, Inger Dam-Jensen began her formal music education at the Royal Danish Academy of Music before moving to the Danish Opera School in 1990 to study with Professor Kirsten Buhl Møller. She has won many scholarships in Denmark and was a finalist in the Nordic Soloist Biennial Competition in 1991. She has taken part in master-classes with Judith Beckmann, Elizabeth Söderström, Oren Brown, Roger Vignoles, Paul Schilhawsky and Ingrid Bjoner.