Andreas Kohn

Andreas Kohn (born March 11, 1964 in Munich ) is a German opera singer (bass) and lecturer.

Life

After his training at the Mozarteum in Salzburg , where he studied with his father Kammersänger Karl-Christian Kohn and graduated with honors in 1987, he began his career in the opera studio of the Bavarian State Opera . During this time he was in the final round of the New Voices competition of the Bertelsmann Foundation , a finalist in the Mozart Festival competition for singing in Würzburg and a prize winner at the National Singing Competition in Berlin (scholarship from the Richard Wagner Society Bayreuth ). His first professional contract led the bassist to the Hessian State Theater in Wiesbaden , where he a. a. Don Basilio ( The Barber of Seville ), Masetto ( Don Giovanni ), Colline ( La Bohème ) and Fafner ( Das Rheingold ) sang. In 1993 Daniel Barenboim engaged him in the ensemble of the Berlin State Opera . Here he took over roles in his field, u. a. Don Fernando ( Fidelio ), Don Basilio ( The Barber of Seville ), King ( Aida ) and Kaspar ( Der Freischütz ).

Guest performances and concert tours led Kohn u. a. to the Salzburg Festival ( Salome , conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi , director: Luc Bondy ; Don Giovanni , part: Masetto, conductor: Daniel Barenboim, director: Patrice Chéreau ), to Cleveland and Israel, to Tokyo and Rome ( Elektra and Parsifal in concert , Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli ), Geneva, Barcellona, Venice, Brussels and Athens, the Semperoper Dresden and the Staatsoper Stuttgart . In 2002 Andreas Kohn returned to his hometown Munich, where he has since performed as a guest at the Bavarian State Opera a. a. in Carmen , Die Zauberflöte , Salome , Billy Budd , Moses and Aron , Tosca , Les Troyens , Nabucco , Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Here he worked a. a. with Kent Nagano and Zubin Mehta . In oratorios and concerts he sang a. a. with Enoch zu Guttenberg , and Peter Schreier together. Andreas Kohn also took master classes in Lied with Paul Schilhafsky in Salzburg and Hans Hotter in Munich. Since 2004 Andreas Kohn has been teaching singing at the August Everding Theater Academy , and since 2014 at the Munich University of Music and Theater .

Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio , La Fenice / Venice, 1998, Mondo Musica MFON 20141
Ludwig van Beethoven: Finale Fidelio , United Nations 50th Anniversary Concert, conductor: Sir Georg Solti, 1995, Decca 448901-2
Manfred Gurlitt : Soldiers , DSO Berlin, conductor: Gerd Albrecht , 1999, Orfeo C 482992 H
Paul Hindemith: The Harmony of the World , conductor: Marek Janowski , RSO Berlin, 2002, Wergo WER 66522
Engelbert Humperdinck: Königskinder , conductor: Fabio Luisi , Münchner Rundfunkorchester, 1996, Calig CAL 50968-70
Wilhelm Kienzl : Don Quixote , conductor: Gustav Kuhn , 1998, Deutschlandradio, cpo 999873-2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni , conductor: Martin Haselböck , Vienna Academy, 1991, Novalis 150084-2
Richard Strauss: The shadow of a donkey , narrator: Peter Ustinov , 1997, Koch Schwann 3-1792-2 H1
Richard Strauss: Peace Day , conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch , 1987, Bayerischer Rundfunk, EMI classics 7243 5568502 5
Richard Strauss: Salome , Vienna Philharmonic, 1995, Decca 444178-2

Circus around the Magic Flute, directed by Percy Adlon / George Tabori, part: Sarastro, Luna Film 1998
United Nations 50th Anniversary Concert Live, Télévision Suisse Romande 1995
Reopening of the Prinzregententheater live, ZDF 1987

personal data
SURNAME	Kohn, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German opera singer (bass) and lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 11, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH	Munich