Voice

Our beloved friend and mentor Andrea von Ramm died suddenly in Munich last November. Her disappearance leaves a hole in the center of our very being. The image you see was taken during rehearsals for Andrea’s last appearance with us, the Tristan we gave in Graz, Austria in June, 1999. This is the Andrea we will always remember: gossiping on a cell phone as she cradles a medieval organetto, full of contradiction, full of life and spunk.

What an incredible privilege to have known her, for more than twenty-five years of meals, jokes, speculations, arguments, and musical collaborations. And what a fantastic legacy of song and performance she leaves behind. There is noone like her, she can never be replaced, but she can at least inspire us as we try to measure up to the standards she set.

-Joel Cohen