|
The Dresdner Kammerchor (Dresden Chamber Choir = DKC) ranks among the top choirs in Germany and is famous for a characteristic sound combining clarity with great intensity of tone. A lively and fresh approach, and a much-praised homogeneity and transparency of sound, are amongst the ensemble’s strong points, which is in great demand world-wide.
The DKC was founded by Hans-Christoph Rademann and students of the college of music Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden in 1985. Since its foundation, the choir has been refined by Hans-Christoph Rademann - a world renowned choral sound specialist, into a professional ensemble that has received broad acclaim on its numerous concert trips in and outside Europe (i.e. USA, South Africa, India, and China). The choir also receives regular invitations to significant international music festivals like the Rheingau Musik Festival, Oude-Muziek-Festival Utrecht, Settimane Bach Milano, Festivales Musicales Buenos Aires, Bachwoche Ansbach, Festtage Alter Musik Stuttgart and Händelfestspiele Halle. In co-operation with the association Dresdner Hofmusik e.V. the DKC is involved in a series of concerts called Alte Musik im Dresdner Schloss. The participation in the Fest Alter Musik im Erzgebirge has contributed to the successful development of this young Saxon festival.
The ensemble has developed a highly diverse repertoire that is almost unparalleled, partially due to the fact that it's membership count varies according to whichever style is performed. The extensive repertoire ranges from Renaissance music to compositions of the 21st Century. The interpretation of Romantic works received great attention, and the choir won several awards for performances at international competitions. Further the granting of the Sponsorship award of the Ernst-von-Siemens Foundation for New Music demonstrates the ensemble’s achievements in the field of contemporary music. Compositions of Mauricio Kagel, Iannis Xenakis, Luigi Dallapiccola, Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Ernst Krenek, Herman Berlinski have to be mentioned.Apart from a cappella music the Dresdner Kammerchor maintains a close association with the orchestra Dresdner Barockorchester and the Ensemble Alte Musik Dresden and gives new impetus to the conservation of early music in Saxony. The main emphasis is put on the work at Dresden’s musical treasures. The first re-performance of Johann David Heinichen’s late Masses results from these efforts as well as the well-known interpretations of Heinrich Schütz’ works Schwanengesang and Musikalische Exequien.
An extensive discography of broadcasts and CD-recordings and the permanent extension of the repertoire are the result of continuous work, they give evidence of the flexibility and the growing reputation of the ensemble, which is increasingly invited to co-operate with renowned orchestras and conductors, from Germany and abroad. Among the most famous are the conductors René Jacobs, Sir Roger Norrington, Adam Fischer, Peter Schreier, Riccardo Chailly and the ensembles Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum Leipzig (conducted by Peter Schreier), Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin (conducted by Roland Kluttig), La Stagione Frankfurt (conducted by Michael Schneider), The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (conducted by Simon Preston), Concerto Köln (conducted by René Jacobs), and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (conducted by Hans-Christoph Rademann; first time in 2002).
Moreover, the CD production of Der Schwanengesang by Heinrich Schütz was awarded the Prix du Disque of the Academie Charles Cros Paris and the world premiere recording of Requiem in E flat major by Johann Adolf Hasse received the German disc critics award. Currently there are two new productions available: the complete recording of Geistliche Chormusic, 1648 by Heinrich Schütz and the oratorio Saul by George Frideric Handel.
The Dresdner Kammerchor is a member of the associations Verband Deutscher KonzertChöre (VDKC) and Arbeitskreis Musik in der Jugend (AMJ). |
|
Christina Albrecht
Katrin Bemmann
Sandra Bernhardt [MB]
Eva Budde
Christiane Büttig
Franziska Dillner
Katrin Engelhardt
Katja Fischer
Silke Fraikin
Antje Gardeweg
Christiane Gneuß
Franziska Gruel
Nadja Gunda
Susanne Gunda
Kristina Hochauf
Judith Hoff
Liska Hoppe
Anne Horenburg
Birgit Jacobi-Kircheis
Dorothea Jakob
Isabel Jantschek
Kerstin Jürgenbehring
Laura Keil
Magdalena Kircheis [MB]
Kerstin Klein
Uta Krause
Almut Krumbach
Susanne Kühnel
Birte Kulawik
Almut Lehmann
Kartrin Lerche
Christin Linße
Maria Meckel
Viola Michalski
Iva Mihanovic
Antje Moldenhauer-Schrell [MB]
Anna Moritz
Jeanett Neumeister
Birgit Quellmelz
Shirley Radig
Jana Reiner
Clara-Sophie Rohleder
Anja Scherg
Alexandra Schmidt
Irene Schmitt
Sara Schneyer
Benoite Schpilberg
Albertine Selunka
Bo-Kyoung Seo
Maria Stosiek
Angelika Unger
Alice Ungerer
Dorothea Wagner
Hannelore Weiß
Marie Luise Werneburg
Viktoria Wilson
Anna Zepnick
Nicola Zöllner [MB]
Anne-Kristin Zschunke
Anja Zügner |
Elisa Bellmann
Yvonne Berg
Sigrun Bornträger
Astrid Brühl
Nanora Büttiker
Regina Edelburg
David Erler
VerEspitalier
Stefanie Gohlisch
Sybille Graf
Anna-Lena Grahl
Anne Hartmann
Uta Henke-Volkmar
Marlen Herzog
Tarik Hofmann
Susanne Jäckh
Silvia Janak
Dorothea Kaiser
Sarah Kennedy
Franziska Kimme
Jaro Kirchgeßner
Stefan Kunath
Susanne Kupfer
Annekathrin Laabs
Katharina Liebich
Jonathan Mayenschein
Henny Mirle
Delia Moriabadi
Franziska Neumann [MB]
Barbara Ochs
Aneta Petrasová
Claudia Philipp
Maria Preißler
Dragana Radovanovic
Josefine Rücker
Bettina Rühle
Antje Rux
Bernhard Schafferer
Alexander Schneider
Irene Schneider
Maria Stosiek
Daniela Thomas
Maria Tosenko
Anneka Ulmer
Katrin Valk
Uta Volkmar
Anne Weinkauf
Sophie Wangemann
Ulrich Weller
Beate Westerkamp
Martin Wölfel |
Christian Aretz
Christian Bergert
Alexander Bischoff
Samir Bouadjadja
Dirk Eisold
Fritz Feilhaber
Martin Fißler
Stefan Folprecht
Stephan Gähler
Martin Güldner
Manuel Günther
Christian Hacker
Alexander Hemmann
Sebastian Herborn [MB]
Robert Höher
Oliver Kaden
Michael Käppler
Olaf Katzer
Markus Klose
Paul Kmetsch
Felix Kober
Dan Martin
Tobias Mäthger
Christian Mücke
Christian Pätz
Andreas Petzoldt
Claudius Pobbig
Carl Rowek
Michael Schaffrath
Alexander Schafft
Carl-Benedikt Schlegel
Christian Schmidt
Burkhard Schöbl
Konrad Schöbel
Michael Schwämmlein [MB]
Eric Stokloßa
Axel Straube
Čeněk Svoboda
Hitoshi Tamada
Ben Uhle
Clemens Volkmar |
Jan Altmann
Michael Antoni
Gustav Augart
Tobias Berndt
Henryk Böhm
Dirk Döbrich
Max Ehlert
Wolfram Fette
Jeroen Finke
Hubeitus Gläßer
Thomas Gläßer
Georg Güldner
Marcus Günzel
Constantin Haufe
Clemens Heidrich
Raphael Hering
Christoph Jacobi
Andreas Jäpel
Philipp Kaven
Alexander Keuk
Friedemann Klos
Martin Lehmann
Matthias Lutze
Thomas Pfützner
Oliver Pitt
Georg Preißler [MB]
Felix Rohleder
Felix Rumpf
Patryk Kacper Rybarczyk
Martin Saul
Martin Schicketanz
Sebastian Schmidt
Felix Schwandtke
Ingolf Seidel
Georg Streuber
Cornelius Uhle
Philipp Unger
Gerry Zimmermann
Jakob Zscheischler |
