Holger Marks

Holger Marks (born May 8, 1972 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein ) is a German opera singer ( tenor ).

Life

The singer received violin and singing lessons from an early age .

In 1993 he began his vocal studies with Marga Schiml at the State University for Music in Karlsruhe, which he graduated in 1997 with a diploma. From 1997 to 2000 he was a student of James Wagner in Hamburg. He took master classes with James Taylor (Bach cantatas), Jean-Claude Malgoire (baroque opera) and with Joan Morris and William Bolcom (jazz).

Holger Marks is reluctant to fit into a particular musical genre. So far he has played in numerous operatic roles, for example as "Ferrando" ( Così fan tutte ) or "Titus" ( La clemenza di Tito ) on stages in Hamburg, Paris, Prague and Warsaw. Nevertheless, he is a sought-after concert singer. Concerts with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra , the SWR radio orchestra or the Babelsberg film orchestra led him to a. to the Musikhalle Hamburg, the Philharmonie Berlin and Essen, the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich, the Berlin Cathedral, the St. Reinoldi Church in Dortmund or the famous "Wieskirche". In addition, there were engagements for sacred concerts or operettas and recitals in Norway, Italy, France, Switzerland, the USA and Brazil.

In the summer of 2003, Holger Marks sang “Jesus” in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar on the open-air stage in Ötigheim in front of a total of more than 65,000 spectators . He is particularly fond of the jazz standards of George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers and others. a.

So far, recordings have been made for ZDF , ARTE , 3sat , France Musique , SWR and NDR as well as for CD productions.

Holger Marks has been a permanent member of the Rundfunkchor Berlin since 2008 .

Web links

• Works by and about Holger Marks in the catalog of the German National Library
• Holger Marks at Bach Cantatas (English)