The compositional output of Max Beckschäfer, the composer, is centered around vocal, choral, and chamber music.
Performer Biography
Christine Hoock, the double bassist, founded the internationally-acclaimed Frankfurt Double Bass Quartet while still a student.
Composer Biography
Max Beckschäfer, the composer, received comprehensive musical training in organ, piano, violin, and choral conducting as a junior student at the Richard Strauß Conservatory in Munich.
Performer Biography
The Ensemble Stimmwerck, featured on this album, was founded in Munich in 2001 and its name comes from an early music term for a group of the same instruments.
Performer Biography
Christian Rieger, a baritone on this album, studied voice after training as a baker and pastry chef and won the Richard Strauss Voice Competition in 1992.
Composer Biography
Max Beckschäfer has received several awards and scholarships, including the Villa Massimo Scholarship in Rome (1987-88) and the Scholarship of the Centro Tedesco di Studi Veneziani in Venice (2009).
Performer Biography
Franz Vitzthum, a countertenor on this album, received his first musical training with the Regensburger Domspatzen.
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