Background
Elisabeth von Trapp is the granddaughter of Georg and Agatha von Trapp and the daughter of Werner von Trapp.
Elisabeth von Trapp is the granddaughter of Georg and Agatha von Trapp and the daughter of Werner von Trapp.
The Trapp Family Singers, which Maria and Georg founded in Austria and brought with them to the United States when they escaped Austria in 1938, included Elisabeth"s father, Werner von Trapp. The Family Singers disbanded in 1957, but Trapp grew up with her father"s guitar playing and singing, and around the musical family"s home, the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vermont. Trapp performed at the Mountain.
Tabor Church, Winston-Salem, on 23 September 2012, among her other recent performances across the United States.
Her musical style draws on many genres, including modern and Gregorian Chant, Hymns, Psalms, and works by Hildegard von Bingen. She has appeared together with Erich Kory and has performed in the United States., Russia, and Austria, including European cathedrals and Washington District of Columbia’s Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.