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The choir's musical Director,
Russell du Plessis

Mona Hess

Voice: soprano

Nationality: German

Occupation: Research Assistan/ PhD student at UCL

Home: N16 London

Started singing: voice lessons in school, several workshops for early
music in Germany and Switzerland, choirs and ensembles in 5 countries
mostly with a mixed repertory of early and contemporary music

Favourite music:  early music, jazz, live music of any kind

Fave composer: Monteverdi, Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Ravel. I particularly
enjoy early Christian music from the 'new world', performed Gabriel
Garrido and his ensemble Elmya.

Fave director: John Eliot Gardiner

Fave CML concert: Bach B-minor mass in 2008, my first concert with the CML

Hobbies: museums and architecture, 1000 UNESCO heritage sites you must see
before you die, hiking, alpine skiing, golf, indoor climbing

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