Univ.-Prof.
Andreas Scholl
Andreas Scholl is internationally regarded as one of the most distinguished countertenors of our time. Celebrated for the lyrical beauty and expressive intensity of his voice, he appears with leading orchestras, opera houses and festivals throughout the world.
Born in Germany, Andreas Scholl received his early musical training with the Kiedrich Chorbuben choir. He later studied with Richard Levitt and René Jacobs at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, where he developed the foundations of his distinguished career as a countertenor.
Scholl has appeared with many of the world’s leading orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, the New York Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Dresden Philharmonic, as well as renowned period ensembles such as the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. In 2005 he became the first countertenor ever invited to perform at the Last Night of the Proms.
On the opera stage, his roles include the title role in Giulio Cesare at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and at the Salzburg Festival in 2012, as well as Bertarido in Rodelinda at Glyndebourne Festival Opera and at the Metropolitan Opera. His DVD releases include productions of Giulio Cesare (Decca and Harmonia Mundi), Rodelinda (Warner) and Partenope (Decca).
Scholl has also established an extensive and highly acclaimed discography. His most recent solo album, Wanderer, explores the German Lied repertoire and was created in collaboration with the pianist Tamar Halperin. Other notable recordings include Bach cantatas with the Basel Chamber Orchestra; O Solitude with Accademia Bizantina, which received the BBC Music Magazine Award in 2012; Arias for Senesino – Heroes, featuring arias by Handel, Mozart, Hasse and Gluck; Robert Dowland’s A Musical Banquet; Vivaldi Motets with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra; and Arcadia, a collection of rare and unpublished cantatas by composers of Rome’s Arcadian Circle. These recordings were released by Decca.
Further recordings include Handel’s Solomon and Saul with Paul McCreesh for Deutsche Grammophon, and for Harmonia Mundi: Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater, Caldara’s Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo, and Crystal Tears – Lute and Consort Songs by John Dowland.
Scholl has received numerous awards for his work, including the prestigious ECHO Award for the Deutsche Grammophon audiobooks Des Kaisers neue Kleider and Die Nachtigall.