Friedemann Engelbert (Counter-tenor)

Born: Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

The German counter-tenor, Friedemann Engelbert, studied at Hans-Ehrenberg-Gymnasium in Bielefeld. He studied church music at the Hochschule für Kirchenmusik Herford and passed there his A-exam in 1997. This was followed by a postgraduate studies in Early Music with a focus on singing at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam with Peter Kooy and Max van Egmond. There he also received harpsichord instruction.

From 1999 to 2003 Friedemann Engelbert held a church music post in Versmold, before he took over the Kantor office at the Kirche St. Nicolai Lemgo and since then also continues the traditional orchestral and choral work at the Marianne-Weber-Gymnasium Lemgo.

Friedemann Engelbert is a member of other vocal ensembles such as the Kammerchor Stuttgart (Director: Frieder Bernius), Vokalensemble ColVoc, Chorus Musicus Köln (Director: Christoph Spering), and is active as a singer, organist and harpsichordist. He currently lives in Lemgo, Germany.

Sources:
ColVoc Website (from nternet Archive version of November 1, 2016), English translation by Aryeh Oron (February 2018)
Friedemann Engelbert profile on Facebook
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (February 2018)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Frieder Bernius

Alto

Member of Kammerchor Stuttgart:
[V-2] (2004): BWV 232
[V-4] (2012): BWV 225-230, BWV Anh 159

Christoph Spering

Alto

Member of Chorus Musicus Köln:
[C-9] (2022, 2-CD/MP3): CD-1: BWV 111, BWV 94, BWV 135, BWV 178; CD-2: BWV 5, BWV 113, BWV 33

Links to other Sites

ColVoc: Das Ensemble [German]
Friedemann Engelbert on Facebook