Wolfgang Katschner

Wolfgang Katschner (* 1961 in Kyritz ) is a German lutenist and conductor .

Live and act

Wolfgang Katschner studied classical guitar at the "Hanns Eisler" University of Music in Berlin and lute at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts .

He is artistic director of the Lautten Compagney instrumental ensemble and the Capella Angelica vocal ensemble in Berlin, which specialize in baroque and early music . The Lautten Compagney founded Katschner 1984 together with the lutenist Hans-Werner Apel. The Capella Angelica has been accompanying the Lautten Compagney since 2002 .

From 2012 to 2016 Katschner was musical director of the Winter Baroque Festival in Schwetzingen .

Awards

• 2000: Prize of the Dresden Music Festival
• 2004: Handel Prize of the City of Halle
• 2012: Rheingau Music Prize , together with the Lautten Compagney

Discography (selection)

• Johann Sebastian Bach : Songs from Schemelli's hymn book , Martin Petzold (tenor), Christoph Scholtz (boy soprano), Georg Christoph Biller (baritone), Gotthold Schwarz (bass), Matthias Eisenberg (harpsichord, organ), Wolfgang Katschner (Arciliuto, Chitarrone), ram Musikproduktionsgesellschaft, Braunschweig 1999
• Claudio Monteverdi : Il pianto d'Orfeo , Kobie van Rensburg (tenor), Matthias Vieweg (baritone), Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner (theorbo, conductor), New Classical Adventure 2006
• Georg Friedrich Händel : The Messiah , Sharon Rostorf-Zamir (soprano), Maria Riccarda Wesseling (alto), Kobie van Rensburg (tenor), Raimund Nolte (bass), Dresdner Kammerchor , Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner (musical director), Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 2007
• Henry Purcell : Love Songs , Dorothee Mields (soprano), Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner (lead), Carus Verlag, 2010
• Henry Purcell: Love's Madness , Dorothee Mields (soprano), Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner (direction), Carus Verlag, 2012
• How beautifully the morning star shines - German Christmas music of the 17th century , Dorothee Mields (soprano), Paul Agnew (tenor), Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner (lute and conductor), Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 2013
• BachArkaden , Calmus Ensemble Leipzig , Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner (theorbo), Carus Verlag 2013
• Georg Friedrich Händel: Rinaldo (Marionette Theater), Compagnia Marionettistica Carlo Colla & Figli Milano, Antonio Giovannini (Countertenor), Gesche Geier (Soprano), Marie Friederike Schöder (Soprano), Florian Götz (Bass), Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner (Conductor) , 1 DVD and 2 CDs, Arthaus Musik 2015
• Bach without words , Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner (lead), Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 2016
• Mitten im Leben 1517 , Calmus Ensemble Leipzig, Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner (lute, conductor), Carus Verlag 2016

Web links

• They were Compagney and Capella Angelica
• Wolfgang Hirsch: The conductor Wolfgang Katschner on early music practice and 30 years of Lautten Compagney. In: Thüringische Landeszeitung , November 16, 2014.