Albrecht Hansjorg (Conductor)
"Hansjorg Albrecht revealed … in every
bar why this opera [Gluck: Iphigenia in Tauris] is so near and dear to him: in
his hands, the delicately spun choruses of the priestesses, bewitchingly sung by
the female choir members, carried distant echoes of Bach's passions." (SZ
20.2.2008)
Hansjorg Albrecht, conductor, organist
and harpsichordist, is Artistic Director of the Munich Bach Choir & Bach
Orchestra (founded by the legendary Karl Richter). Besides he regularly conducts
the Mьnchner Symphoniker, the Bach Collegium Munich and the C.P.E.-Bach-Choir
Hamburg. With these ensembles as well as in collaboration with guest orchestras
he has developed new programmatic profiles and is regular guest at major music
centres and European festivals.
As conductor he worked with such
artists as Arabella Steinbacher, Sharon Kam, Annette Dasch, Vilde Frang, Simone
Kermes, Klaus Florian Vogt, Peter Seiffert and with ensembles like Orchestra
Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI Turin, Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo Naples,
Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Prague Philharmonia, Bavarian State Orchestra,
Mьnchner Rundfunkorchester, Hamburger Symphoniker, Staatsphilharmonie
Rheinland-Pfalz, Chamber Orchestra C.P.E. Bach Berlin, Baroque Orchestra Mowcow,
and the ensembles of the Stuttgart Bach Academy.
Besides his engagements as conductor
(in Munich, Hamburg, Berlin, Dresden, Frankfurt, Innsbruck, Rome, Turin, Naples,
Genoa, Milan, Palermo, Gdansk, Warsaw, Moscow and other towns) he appears as a
soloist and in chamber music (with artists like Albrecht Mayer, Yaara Tal &
Andreas Groethuysen, Andres Mustonen, Jean Guillou, Veronika Eberle and the
Kuss-Quartett).
Concerts as organist have taken
Hansjorg Albrecht to a number of great concert halls and cathedrals in Europe
and Russia. He also guested with such orchestras as Israel Philharmonic
Orchestra, Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, St. Luke's Chamber Orchestra New York,
Orchestre de la Swisse Romande, Orchestra Sinfonica di Santa Cecilia Rome,
Camerata Salzburg, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Kremerata Baltica and
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.
Hansjorg Albrecht was born in
Freiberg/Saxony and received his first musical education as a member of the
Dresden Kreuzchor. Afterwards he studied conducting and organ in Hamburg, Lyon
and Cologne. While studying he became assistant organist at Hamburg's main
church St. Michaelis and held this position for seven years. Later he worked
closely with the singer and conductor Peter Schreier as his assistant, organist
and harpsichordist for several years.
Since 2006 Hansjorg Albrecht holds an
agreement with the label OehmsClassics, with whom he has recorded the organ
series "The Art of Organ Transcription" as well as works by Bach, Brahms,
Mahler, Braunfels and Poulenc so far. His interest in new music is documented by
a number of first performances of works by Thierry Escaich, Enjott Schneider,
Philipp Maintz, Arif Mirsojew, Rodion Schtschedrin and others.
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