Kölner Kammerchor (Chamber Choir)

Founded: 1970 - Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Kölner Kammerchor (Cologne Chamber Choir; = KKC) was formed by Peter Neumann in 1970, and since winning the ‘Gran Premio Città di Arezzo’ in 1982 has made a name for itself in performances at major festivals in Germany, Italy, Belgium (Flanders Festival), England (BBC Proms), France, Spain, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

The KKC has made a number of CD recordings, including church music by W.A. Mozart, and choral music of Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann. Such a broad repertoire, whose other focuses are the works of Monteverdi, J.S. Bach and George Frideric Handel, requires different line-ups - with fifteen to twenty singers on any one occasion - and a highly differentiated artistic adjustment to the respective styles.

For the Bach Year 2000, the KKC has been invited to take part in J.S. Bach’s Passions in Rotterdam, Rome, Amsterdam and Fontevraud. An additional focus of the years 1999-2000 is the Cologne '20 years of Handel oratorios’ project.

Members of Kölner Kammerchor:

Sopranos

Altos

Tenors

Basses

Regina Achtelik
Anja Barker
Barbara Boddenberg
Stefanie Brijoux
Sigrid von Busse
Anja Deus
Christine Etzbauer
Antje Gardeweg
Gabriele Haake
Gesine Reichold
Beate Röhm
Claire Salièges
Dorothea Schulz
Hildegard Singer
Anja Tilch

Yosemeh Adjei
Gertrud Alexa
Katharina Aulmann
Jochen Berchtenbreiter
Kerstin Freydank
Eva-Marie Gemeinhardt
Sofia Gvirts
Meslissa Hegney
Natalie Hüskens
Stefanie Schmitt
Nils Stefan

Moshe Haas
Markus Jarchow
Thomas Klose
Rüdiger Köppe
Richard Martin
Markus Mathar
Bruno Michalke
André Neppel
Alexander Schröder
Marco Schweizer

Gregor Finke
Matthias Haake
Björn Köller
Stephan Lindemeier
Stefan Meier
Christian Palberg
Wolfgang Reepen
Hidetoshi Seki

Source: Liner notes to the 2-CD album ‘J.S. Bach: Passio secundum Johannem’ conducted by Peter Neumann (MDG, 2000)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (June 2001)

Peter Neumann: Short Biography | Kölner Kammerchor | Collegium Cartusianum | Recordings of Vocal Works
Individual Recordings: BWV 245 - P. Neumann

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