Christian Gerhaher

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Christian Gerhaher (born July 24, 1969 in Straubing , Lower Bavaria ) is a German opera singer ( baritone ) and singing teacher. Gerhaher holds a professorship for singing and oratorio at the University of Music and Theater in Munich .

Life

During his studies with Paul Kuën and Raimund Grumbach, Christian Gerhaher attended the opera school of the Munich University of Music . Together with his regular piano partner Gerold Huber , he also studied song singing there with Helmut Deutsch and rounded off his vocal training in master classes with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Inge Borkh . He is now a teacher himself, teaches in master classes or gives workshops at the Munich University of Music as part of an honorary professorship.

Several recordings together with Gerold Huber were awarded prizes: Her recording of Winterreise received the Echo Klassik 2002 for the best song recording and in autumn 2003 she received the Record Geijutsu Magazine Award from the most important Japanese trade journal. Her CD with Schubert's Die Schöne Müllerin (Arte Nova) was honored with the Echo Klassik 2004, also for the best song recording. Her CD Abendbilder received the Gramophone Award 2006.

In 1998 Christian Gerhaher completed his medical studies and won the Prix International Pro Musicis Paris / New York that same year. Shortly afterwards he made his first solo debuts a. a. in the chamber music hall of Carnegie Hall . Since then he has appeared in all international song centers, including the London Wigmore Hall , the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Paris Musée d'Orsay , the Cologne and Berlin Philharmonics , Konzerthaus and Musikverein in Vienna, Alte Oper Frankfurt and is a guest at such renowned festivals as the Schwetzingen Festival , the Rheingau Music Festival , the Wiener Festwochen and the Sound Arch Festival , the Edinburgh Festival and the Lucerne Festival . In 2006 he made his debut at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival with a recital, where he was awarded the 2006 NDR Music Prize.

In addition to his extensive work in the concert and lied sector, he takes part in selected opera productions: in 2005 he took on the title role in Monteverdi's L'Orfeo at the Frankfurt Opera , for which he received rave reviews. In 2006 he made his first appearance at the Salzburg Festival as Papageno under Riccardo Muti . In January 2007 he made his debut as Wolfram in Richard Wagner's Tannhauser and the Singers' War at the Wartburg at the Frankfurt Opera: "Christian Gerhaher's Wolfram was the event of the evening: a supple, timbred baritone of seldom noble, finely shaded expressiveness." (Frankfurter Rundschau, January 30, 2007). Shortly afterwards, in April 2007, he made his debut at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris in a staging by Robert Wilson of Bach's St. John Passion under Emmanuelle Haïm . As Wolfram von Eschenbach, he performed at the Teatro Real in Madrid in 2009 and at the Vienna State Opera in 2010 .

His collaboration with conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt , Nikolaus Harnoncourt , Neville Marriner , Helmuth Rilling , Heinz Holliger , Trevor Pinnock , Riccardo Muti , Simon Rattle , Kent Nagano , Riccardo Chailly , Mariss Jansons , Christian Thielemann , Daniel Harding and Gustavo Dudamel lead him to the major concert halls in the world. The important orchestras that Christian Gerhaher regularly invite include the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra , the Concentus Musicus Wien , the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic or the Concertgebouw Orchestra . He is also a guest with major orchestras outside Europe, such as the NHK Symphony Orchestra , the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra , the Cleveland Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra . With the latter he performed Brahms' German Requiem under Kent Nagano in May 2007 .

Christian Gerhaher is an exclusive artist at Sony Music (before August 2008 RCA Red Seal). His debut CD on this label contains Robert Schumann's Dichterliebe and selected songs. In July 2005 Mendelssohn's Elias was released with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig under Herbert Blomstedt and in January 2006 his CD with mixed Schubert songs was released under the title Abendbilder . All of his earlier CDs have also been released by BMG labels: Arte Nova has all of the Schubert cycles available as CD boxes. Further recordings on this label include Brahms' Vier Ernst Gesänge and Frank Martin's Jedermann monologues as well as Mahler's Kindertotenlieder and Lieder eines fahrenden Gesänge . Christian Gerhaher recorded Haydn's Creation and Orlando paladino under the direction of Nikolaus Harnoncourt for Deutsche Harmonia Mundi , with which also recordings of Bach's Christmas Oratorio , Die Jahreszeiten von Haydn (both German Harmonia Mundi) and Schumann's Das Paradies und die Peri on RCA Red Seal have appeared. In August 2007 Deutsche Grammophon released a duo CD with Anne Sofie von Otter with music that was written in the Theresienstadt concentration camp . Unitel has released a German Requiem by Johannes Brahms with the Munich Philharmonic under Christian Thielemann on DVD. In March 2008 another song CD with Schumann settings was released under the title Melancholie . In September of the same year, Hänssler published Benjamin Britten's War Requiem under the direction of Helmuth Rilling, with Annette Dasch , James Taylor and Christian Gerhaher. In 2009 recordings of Haydn's Seasons under the direction of Nikolaus Harnoncourt and in April of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde with Kent Nagano were presented. October 2013 Gerhaher sang in the Vienna Konzerthaus in Vienna to by him Jörg Widmann composed song cycle The hot heart for the first time.

On July 23, 2015 Christian Gerhaher was awarded the title Bayerischer Kammersänger in Munich .

Discography (selection)

  • Bach : Christmas Oratorio , BWV 248, Concentus Musicus Vienna ; Arnold Schoenberg Choir , headed by Nikolaus Harnoncourt (German harmonia mundi 88697112252, November 2007)
  • Bach: Mass in B minor , BWV 232, Gächinger Kantorei , Bach-Collegium Stuttgart , headed by Helmuth Rilling (hänssler classic 098.274.000, 2007)
  • Bach: St. Matthew Passion , BWV 244, Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Simon Rattle (BERLIN PHIL MEDIA GMBH, DVD 2014)
  • Bach: Johannes Passion , BWV 245, Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Simon Rattle (BERLIN PHIL MEDIA GMBH, DVD 2014)
  • Brahms : Four serious songs , op.121, Schubert: Gesänge des Harpners , op.12 , D 478 and mixed songs, Martin : Six monologues from Jedermann , mixed song CD, piano: Gerold Huber (Arte Nova 743219 2771 2, August 2002)
  • Brahms: A German Requiem , Munich Philharmonic, conducted by Christian Thielemann (DV, Unitel Classica A05016413, April 2007)
  • Britten : War Requiem , op.66, conducted by Helmuth Rilling (hänssler classic 098.507.000, September 2008)
  • Britten: War Requiem , op.66, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Garry Walker (BBCMM353 December 2012)
  • Britten: War Requiem , op.66, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mariss Jansons (BR-Klassik 4035719001204, March 2013)
  • Distant lovers, songs by Ludwig van Beethoven , Joseph Haydn , Alban Berg and Arnold Schönberg , piano: Gerold Huber (Sony classical, 0886919354324, June 2012)
  • FolksLied, songs by Beethoven, Britten and Haydn, Gerold Huber: piano, Anton Barachovsky: violin, Sebastian Klinger: cello (BRmedia 4035719001310, 2016)
  • Hartmann : Des Simplicius Simplicissimus Jugend , Münchner Rundfunkorchester, conductor: Ulf Schirmer (BRW 4035719003017, September 2009)
  • Haydn : The Creation , Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Dorothea Röschmann, Michael Schade, Christian Gerhaher, headed by Nikolaus Harnoncourt (German harmonia mundi 82876 58340 2, February 2004)
  • Haydn: Orlando paladino , part: Rodomonte, Concentus musicus, conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt (German harmonia mundi 82876 73370 2, May 2006)
  • Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten , Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor (Einstud. Erwin Ortner), Genia Kühmeier, Werner Güra, Christian Gerhaher, headed by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, (German harmonia mundi 8697281262, March 2009)
  • Mahler : Kindertotenlieder , piano: Gerold Huber, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen , Hyperion Ensemble (Arte Nova 74321 87818 2, February 2003)
  • Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde , Orchester symphonique de Montréal, Klaus Florian Vogt, Christian Gerhaher, director Kent Nagano (Sony Music 8697508212, April 2009)
  • Mahler: songs, piano: Gerold Huber (Sony Music 88697567732, October 2009)
  • Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn , The Cleveland Orchestra, conducted by Pierre Boulez (Deutsche Grammophon 28947790600, September 2010)
  • Mahler: Songs of a Traveling Journeyman , Kindertotenlieder , Rückert-Lieder , Orchester Symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Kent Nagano (Sony classical 88883701332, August 2013)
  • Mendelssohn : Elias , op.70, Gewandhausorchester, conducted by Herbert Blomstedt (RCA RED SEAL 82876 65793 2, July 2005)
  • Mendelssohn: Coming home from abroad , RSO Stuttgart of the SWR, headed by Helmuth Rilling (hänssler classic 98.487, 2006)
  • Mozart : Die Zauberflöte , Vienna Philharmonic , Concert Association Vienna State Opera Choir, conducted by Riccardo Muti (Decca 00440 074 3159 | DVD Video 2006)
  • Mozart: Arias, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, conducted by Gottfried von der Goltz (Sony classical, 888750871626, September 2015)
  • Orff : Carmina Burana , Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Simon Rattle (EMI 2435578882, 2005)
  • Orff : Carmina Burana , Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Harding (Deutsche Grammophon 2894778778, 2010)
  • Romantic arias, opera arias from works by Schubert, Schumann, Wagner , Weber and Nicolai , Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Harding , Maximilian Schmitt, tenor (Sony classical, 088725422952, November 2012)
  • Schoeck : Notturno , Rosamunde Quartet (ECM 2061, September 2009)
  • Schubert : Die Schöne Müllerin , piano: Gerold Huber (Arte Nova 82876 53172 2 and RCA RED SEAL 88697194892)
  • Schubert: Winterreise , piano: Gerold Huber (Arte Nova 74321 80777 2 and RCA RED SEAL 88697194862)
  • Schubert: swan song and mixed songs , piano: Gerold Huber (Arte Nova 74321 75075 2)
  • Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin, Winterreise, swan song, songs of the harpist , piano: Gerold Huber (Arte Nova 82876 57747 2, 3 CD box)
  • Schubert: Abendbilder (mixed songs) , piano: Gerold Huber (RCA RED SEAL 82876 77716 January 2, 2006)
  • Schubert: Nachtviolen (mixed songs) , piano: Gerold Huber (Sony classical, 888837121729, June 2014)
  • Schumann : Poet's love and mixed songs , piano: Gerold Huber (RCA RED SEAL 82876 58995 2, October 2004)
  • Schumann: Melancholie - Liederkreis op.39 and mixed songs , piano: Gerold Huber (RCA Red Seal 88697168172, March 2008)
  • Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri , op.50, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt (RCA RED SEAL 88697271552, March 2008)
  • Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust , Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, CD live on RCO (July 2009)
  • Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust , Bavarian Radio Choir and Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Harding (BR-Klassik 4035719001228, October 2014)
  • "Terezín | Theresienstadt" , duo record with Anne Sofie von Otter , songs by Victor Ullmann and others (Deutsche Grammophon 00289 477 6546, 2007)
  • Weber : Der Freischütz , games: Kilian, Ottokar, lead. Bruno Weil (German harmonia mundi 05472 77536 2, November 2001)
  • Wolf : Italian songbook , with Mojca Erdmann, soprano, Gerold Huber, piano (RCA RED SEAL 88697727202, April 2011)

literature

  • Christian Gerhaher, it's half words, half melody. Conversations with Vera Baur. Henschel Verlag Berlin 2015, ISBN 3-894879424

Movie

  • The singer Christian Gerhaher . Film by Eckhart Querner, Bayerischer Rundfunk 2014.

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de/search?oclcno=49244885&db=100
  2. ↑ Radical, simple and true, in FAZ of October 26, 2013, page 38.
  3. ↑ http://www.km.bayern.de/kunst-und-kultur/meldung/3688/christian-gerhaher-ist-bayerischer-kammersaenger.html , accessed on August 18, 2015
  4. ↑ The exaggerated tear is not correct, conversation in the FAZ on July 7, 2014, page 9.
  5. ↑ Balance of the year - diversity or: What remains of 2015/16. . Retrieved October 17, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Gerhaher, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (baritone) and singing teacher
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Straubing , Lower Bavaria