Jan freedom
Jan Freiheit (born June 23, 1962 in Halle an der Saale ) is a German baroque cellist and gambist .
Live and act
Jan Freiheit is the son of the composer Peter Freiheit and the singer Inge Nahlik-Freiheit. From 1983 to 1988 he studied the cello at the Hanns Eisler Music Academy in what was then East Berlin . He was one of the co-founders of the Berlin Baroque Compagney . From 1989 to 1991 he studied viola da gamba with Siegfried Pank at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University of Music and Theater in Leipzig .
Jan Freiheit has been a solo cellist and viola player at the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin since 1992 . In addition to his orchestral and chamber music activities, he also appears as a soloist: He has made guest appearances as a solo gambist with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin in the Tonhalle Zurich and in the Wigmore Hall in London as a partner of Maurice Steger and performed with the Berliner Philharmoniker . The highlights of his solo career to date have been touring North America, where he played a viola viola concerto by Graun or a cello concerto by Vivaldi, performing at Carnegie Hall in New York City , the Library of Congress in Washington, DC and Canada , among others .
As an expert on historical performance practice and opera seria , Jan Freiheit is also active as a solo cellist at many different opera houses. So he worked u. a. at the Opéra de Monaco with the Orchester National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, the Bavarian State Opera Munich with the Bavarian State Orchestra and at the Semperoper with the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden . A particularly intensive collaboration in the field of opera connects him with René Jacobs , as well as with Marcus Creed , Ivor Bolton , Paul McCreesh , Alan Curtis and Christopher Molds .
Concert tours have taken him to Australia, Japan, the USA, Canada, South America, Israel, France, Russia, England, Italy, Spain and other European countries.
From 2012 to 2017 Jan Freiheit had a teaching position at the University of the Arts Berlin for baroque violoncello and basso continuo practice for low strings and was appointed professor for baroque violoncello and historical cello instruments at the University of Music and Theater in Leipzig in autumn 2013 .
Discography (selection, with solo activity)
At the CAPRICCIO label from Delta Media, Vienna:
- Music from Sanssouci, 1992, CD 10 477
- Scherzi musicali, 1997, CD 10 502
- Johann Christian Bach: Chamber Music, 2001, CD 67 105
- Philipp Heinrich Erlebach: "Ouvertures / Sonatas", 2002, CD 67 074
At the Harmonia Mundi France label , Arles:
- Georg Philipp Telemann: Orpheus , 1995 hmc 901618/19
- JS Bach: Christmas Oratorio , 1997, hmc 901630/31
- Alessandro Scarlatti: Il primo omicidio , 1998, hmc 901649/50
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Six Brandenburg Concerts , 1998, hmc 901634/35
- Georg Friedrich Händel: Solomon , 2006, hmc 901949.50
- Antonio Vivaldi: Doubles Concertos, 2007, hmc 901975
- Georg Friedrich Händel: Agrippina , 2011, hmc 952088
- Georg Friedrich Händel: Belshazzar , 2011, hmd 9909028.29 (DVD)
- Friedrich der Grosse: Music for the Berlin Court, 2012, hmc 902132
With various labels:
- Georg Friedrich Händel: Jephtha , 1992, Berlin Classics BER 10 572
- Nicolò Jomelli: La passione di nostro Signore Gesù Cristo , 1999, K617
- Georg Friedrich Händel: Radamisto , 2005, Virgin Classics
- Georg Friedrich Händel: Rodelinda , 2005, Universal Classics
- Georg Friedrich Händel: Poro , Re dell'Indie , 2006, NDR Culture / Göttinger Händel-Gesellschaft eV
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio; 2011, BR-Klassik 900902 (also DVD)
Web links
- Information about Jan Freiheit, illustration from the Friends and Patrons Association of the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin e. V.
- Jan Freiheit at Allmusic (English)
- “Come on, sweet cross” (Viola da gamba) on YouTube
- "Are my soul deep wounds" (violoncello) on YouTube
- University of Music and Theater Leipzig
- University of Art in Berlin
Individual evidence
- ^ Portrait of Jan Freiheit on www.berliner-barock.com, Musicians menu
- ^ Portrait of Jan Freiheit at www.akamus.de
- ^ "Akademie Berlin precise, disciplined in impressive program", The Vancouver Sun, April 15, 2008 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Cast Orlando , Der neue Merker , Dresden, January 2013
- ↑ www.capriccio.at ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ www.harmoniamundi.com
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Freedom, jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German baroque cellist and gambist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halle (Saale) |