Bernhard Jäger-Bohm (Bass-Baritone)

Born: 1952 - Germany

The German bass-baritone, Bernhard Jäger-Bohm (Jaeger-Böhm), studied at the Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe with Professor Erika Margraf and Professor Aldo Baldin. He also studied with Gérard Souzay in Geneva and with Professor Richard Miller in Salzburg. He won national and international competitions.

Bernhard Jäger-Bohm has appeared for 20 years in many concerts at home and abroad (France, Spain, Israel, Brazil). Guest engagements have taken him to German theatres, including Kammeroper Frankfurt, Staatstheater Karlsruhe and Stadttheater Lübeck.

Bernhard Jäger-Bohm has taken part in vinyl and CD recordings, including Johannes Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem, Carl Orff's Carmina Burana and Lieder by Wolf/Mörike, Hanns Eisler and Apostel.

From 1986 to 1994, Bernhard Jäger-Bohm had a lectureship for singing at the Musikhochschule in Karlsruhe, since 1994 he holds a professorship for singing at the Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst Stuttgart in Stuttgart. He also gives seminars for singers. He lives with his family (2 children) out of Baden-Württemberg city in the countryside, in Möckmühl.

Source: Jünger Kammerchor Baden-Württemberg Website, Musikhochschule Stuttgart Website & Universitätschor Karlsruhe Website, English translation by Aryeh Oron (April 2009)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (April 2009)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Jochen Woll

Bass

BWV 248

Links to other Sites

Bernhard Jaeger-Böhm - Bass-Bariton (Jünger Kammerchor Baden-Württemberg) [German]

Prof. Bernhard Jaeger-Böhm, Gesang (Musikhochschule Stuttgart) [German]
Universitätschor Karlsruhe: Archiv [German]