Tobias Knaus (Counter-tenor)

Born: 1981 - Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

The German counter-tenor, Tobias Knaus, joined the Freiburger Domsingknaben at the age of 8. During his 15-year-old singerhood, first as a soprano later then as a baritone, he received classical vocal training and contributed to numerous concerts, CD recordings and concert tours around the world.

After graduation, Tobias Knaus first studied political science and English studies and continued singing as a second mainstay. In 2006, he began training to the counter-tenor with Richard Levitt in Basel. Since then he has been soloist as well as in various ensembles for projects in Germany and abroad as well as numerous CD recordings and has been operating since the completion of his singing studies. He is a member of Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart (Directors: Helmuth Rilling & Hans-Christoph Rademann).

Sources:
Bernhard Schmidt Website (March 2014), English translation by Aryeh Oron (March 2018)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (March 2018)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Daniela Dolci

Alto

Member of Musica Fiorita:
[V-1] (2017): BWV 248/1-6

Rudolf Lutz

Alto

Member of Chor der J.S. Bach-Stiftung St. Gallen:
BSSG [D15-4] (2021, Video): BWV 192
BSSG [D15-6] (2021, Video): BWV 215
BSSG [D15-8] (2021, Video): BWV 77
BSSG [D17-4] (2023, Video): BWV 134
BSSG [D17-8] (2023, Video): BWV 233
BSSG [D17-9] (2023, Video): BWV 234

Raphaël Pichon

Alto

Member of Ensemble Pygmalion:
[CP-3] (2017, Video): BWV 70, BWV 140
[CP-7] (2018, Video): BWV 21

Hans-Christoph Rademann

Alto

Member of Gaechinger Cantorey:
[BA22-1] (2022, Video): BWV 23/Mvt. 4, BWV 159
[VB-3] (2023, 2-CD): BWV 105, BWV 46; BWV 179
[V-13] (2019): BWV 245
[V-10] (2016-2017): BWV 248/1-6 [3^rd recording], Chorus BWV 214/1

Links to other Sites

Programme Die Reihenfolge der Werke orientiert sich am Ablauf eines Gottesdienstes im Salzburger Dom zur Zeit Mozarts (Bernard Schmidt) [PDF, German]
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