The Herrenchiemsee Festival was founded by Enoch zu Guttenberg and was one of the conductor’s many passions. In 2000, he tested the suitability of the Hall of Mirrors in Herrenchiemsee Royal Palace as a concert hall with a seven-day “Bach Festival”. The following year, the Herrenchiemsee Festival was born, which has since developed into an institution in international musical life: a concept festival with an unmistakable profile and the highest artistic standards. The concerts are a unique experience in both artistic and aesthetic terms.
“Gilman is a name to watch,” stated Classic FM Magazine in 2007. Today, Alexander Gilman is among the most renowned violinists and teachers of his generation. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung describes him as “an artist who identifies profoundly with the work.”...
Bass-baritone Ashley Riches studied at King's College, Cambridge and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He was a Jette Parker Young Artist at the Royal Opera House and a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist. An extremely versatile artist, his 2024/25 season...
Tenor Nick Pritchard is gaining fast recognition for his performances of the music of Bach and in particular his interpretation of the Evangelist in the Passions. Described as a ‘Masterly Evangelist’ in The Guardian, he has sung the role in Bach’s St John and Matthew...
A former choral scholar at St John’s College, Cambridge, British countertenor Hugh Cutting is a graduate of the Royal College of Music, where he was a member of the International Opera Studio. On graduating, he was awarded the Tagore Gold Medal, presented by King...
Anna Dennis studied at the Royal Academy of Music. She was the recipient of the 2023 Royal Philharmic Society’s Singer award. Her opera performances include Katie Mitchell’s New Dark Age at the Royal Opera House, Purcell’s The Fairy Queen at Drottningholms...
After studying at the GSMD London and the University of Music in Weimar, Florian Götz was an ensemble member at the Erfurt Theatre until 2014, where he performed numerous specialist roles. He has made guest appearances at the Leipzig Opera, Staatstheater Darmstadt,...
Violinist Dmitry Smirnov is described as having an “exuberant artistic personality and wonderful sound, so flexible and sensitive”. Dmitry’s finesse and flexibility extends to a wide range of forms and genres, including solo, chamber, early, contemporary and...
The vocal ensemble LauschWerk consists mostly of active and former members of the Audi Jugendchorakademie who decided to pursue a professional singing career. Depending on the program, the ensemble consists of different singers and performs under the direction Martin...
Tenor Martin Platz received his musical training at the Würzburg University of Music. He studied singing with Martin Hummel and choral conducting with Prof Jörg Straube. He also received many important impulses from Magret Honig and Tilman Lichdi. Martin Platz is a...
Nadia Boulanger, the grande dame of 20th. Century musical life, characterized Dirk Joeres as “a consummate musician with charismatic presence on stage”. Born in Bonn, Joeres studied piano, conducting and composition in Berlin, Cologne, London and Paris, receiving...
