Holger Falk

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Holger Falk (* approx. 1972) is a German opera and lied singer ( baritone ).

life and career

Holger Falk comes from a musical family. His father is a clarinetist and saxophonist. At the age of 10 he joined the Regensburger Domspatzen choir and attended the attached music high school. He went on concert tours around the world, played the piano and organ.

After graduating from high school, he studied singing at the Musikhochschule Würzburg with Sigune von Osten , later also in Milan with Franco Corelli and in New York with Neil Semer. After completing his studies, Holger Falk was a member of the Frankfurt Opera Choir for two years and then began his solo career as an opera and lied singer.

Invitations have taken him to opera houses such as the Teatro Real , the Bavarian State Opera , the Hamburg State Opera , Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and the Basel Theater . He was a guest in many concert halls and festivals, such as B. the Gewandhaus (Leipzig) , the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles , the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg , the Boston Early Music Festival or the Schwetzingen SWR Festival . In 2018 he made his US debut with Julius Drake at the Frick Collection New York City and the Phillips Collection Washington.

Holger Falk placed a focus of his artistic work on music theater and the songs of the 20th and 21st centuries.

He works with contemporary composers and has premiered works by Péter Eötvös ' ( Der goldene Drache , Paradise reloaded ), Beat Furrers ( La biancha notte ), Georges Aperghis ' ( Le soldat inconnu ), Michael Wertmüller ( Don't cry, sing! ) , Miroslav Srnkas ( Make No Noise ) and Steffen Schleiermachers ( Cocaine ). In addition, he sang numerous classical roles from Monteverdi's Orfeo ( L'Orfeo ) to Wolfgang Rihm's great operas. Holger Falk worked with renowned conductors such as B. Christopher Hogwood or Gabriel Garrido as well as directors like Calixto Bieito or Werner Schroeter . He also sings regularly with ensembles such as Ensemble Modern , Sinfonietta Basel, MusikFabrik NRW, Elyma, Concerto Köln , Elbipolis Hamburg and nuovo aspetto.

In 2016 he received the ECHO Klassik for the best song recording of the year (Satie: Mélodies et Chansons) and in 2017 the German Record Critics' Prize (Hanns Eisler: Lieder und Balladen 1929–1937). He was the first singer to record a complete recording of all 115 Mélodies for male voice by Francis Poulenc with Alessandro Zuppardo on the piano. Together with Steffen Schleiermacher at the piano, he published not only the complete Satie recordings but also recordings of Wolfgang Rihm's song cycles and the settings of Josef Matthias Hauer by Hölderlin (all published by MDG Records). In 2017/2018, a 4-CD series of Hanns Eisler's songs was released in cooperation with Deutschlandfunk Kultur and MDG .

Holger Falk currently lives in Frankfurt am Main and has two children. In the summer semester of 2019 he was appointed professor for song interpretation, oratorio and performance practice for contemporary music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz .

Discography

  • 2020 Il gondoliere veneziano: A musical voyage through Venice (Holger Falk, baritone; nuovo aspetto; Merzouga), Prospero Classical
  • 2019 Hanns Eisler: Songs and Ballads 1898-1962 (Vol. 4) (Holger Falk, baritone; Steffen Schleiermacher, piano), MDG Records
  • 2018 Hanns Eisler: Songs and Ballads 1898-1962 (Vol. 3) (Holger Falk, baritone; Steffen Schleiermacher, piano), MDG Records
  • 2017 Hanns Eisler: Songs and Ballads 1948–1962 (Vol. 2) (Holger Falk, baritone; Steffen Schleiermacher, piano), MDG Records
  • 2017 Hanns Eisler: Songs and Ballads 1929–1937 (Vol. 1) (Holger Falk, baritone; Steffen Schleiermacher, piano), MDG Records
  • 2017 Fabián Panisello: Música vocal (Leigh Melrose, Laia Falcón, Holger Falk, Pluralensemble, Fabián Panisello), Columna Música
  • 2016 Peter Eötvös: Paradise reloaded (Holger Falk, Lucifer; Hungarian Radio Symphonic Orchestra; Gregory Vajda), BMC Records
  • 2016 Hans-Jürgen von der Wense: Pianoworks, Lieder, Chambermusic ( Holger Falk, baritone; Steffen Schleiermacher, piano; Jan Philipp Reemtsma, recitation; Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin; Johannes Kalitzke, conductor), E flat major
  • 2015 Erik Satie: Intégrale des Mélodies et Chansons (Holger Falk, baritone; Steffen Schleiermacher, piano), MDG Records
  • 2014 Wolfgang Rihm: Lieder (Holger Falk, baritone; Steffen Schleiermacher, piano), MDG Records
  • 2013 Francis Poulenc: Intégrale des mélodies sur des poèmes de Paul Éluard et Louise de Vilmorin (Holger Falk, baritone; Alessandro Zuppardo, piano), MDG Records
  • 2013 Francis Poulenc: Mélodies sur des poèmes des poètes divers (Holger Falk, baritone; Alessandro Zuppardo, piano), MDG Records
  • 2011 Josef Matthias Hauer: Music with Hölderlin (Holger Falk, baritone; Steffen Schleiermacher, piano), MDG Records
  • 2010 Francis Poulenc: Intégrale des mélodies sur des poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire (Holger Falk, baritone; Alessandro Zuppardo, piano), MDG Records
  • 2009 “Homage to August Stramm” (Holger Falk, baritone; Hildegard Wiedemann, soprano; Steffen Schleiermacher, piano), MDG Records
  • 2007 Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Ullmann, Mohammadi: Meaningful between two worlds (Holger Falk, baritone; Stefan Geier, piano; Ensemble Hafez), MDG Records
  • 2006 Franz Schubert: Swan song / cycle (Holger Falk, baritone; Stefan Geier, piano)

Awards

  • 2016: ECHO Klassik song recording of the year: Erik Satie: Intégrale des Mélodies et Chansons (Holger Falk, baritone; Steffen Schleiermacher, piano), MDG Records
  • 2017: Prize of the German Record Critics : Hanns Eisler: Songs and Ballads 1929–1937 (Vol. 1) (Holger Falk, baritone; Steffen Schleiermacher, piano), MDG Records

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cornelia von Wrangel: Singer Holger Falk: Dear Rihm than Mozart . In: FAZ.NET . March 17, 2016, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed December 14, 2017]).
  2. ↑ A portrait of the baritone Holger Falk: Vom Domspatz zum Goldkehlchen | Cluster | SWR2. Accessed December 14, 2017 (German).
  3. ↑ powered by sitesystem, http://www.sitesystem.ch | created by webways ag, basel, http://www.webways.ch , info@webways.ch: Theater Basel - Ensemble - Team - about the person. Retrieved December 14, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Holger Falk, baritone. Retrieved December 14, 2017 .
  5. ^ Federal Association of the Music Industry: ECHO Klassik | Solo recording (vocals | lied). Accessed December 14, 2017 .
  6. ^ Alm: Hanns Eisler: Lieder Vol. 1. Songs and ballads 1929–1937. Accessed December 14, 2017 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Falk, Holger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera and lied singer (baritone)
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century