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Irina Blaul studied elocution and speech training at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts with Annegret Müller, Sarah Lipfert and Thomas Grießbach. During her studies she received a German scholarship and was a scholarship holder of the Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst. After a teaching position at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts, she has been a lecturer in speech at the Thomas Bernhard Institute at Mozarteum University since 2022. As a speaker, she creates stage readings and performative spoken art programmes. She also lends her voice at the microphone to radio feature, audio book, audio guide and advertising productions.