Holger Marks (Tenor) - Short Biography

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Holger Marks (Tenor)
Born: 1972 - Ludwigshafen/Rhein, Germany
The German tenor, Holger Marks, received his first singing lessons at the age of 16. From 1993 to 1997 he studied singing under Mrs. Prof. Marga Schiml at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik, Karlsruhe; since 1997, he is student of Professor James Wagner in Hamburg. He completed master-classes with James Taylor (Bach-cantatas), Jean-Claude Malgoire (Baroque-Opera) as well as under Joan Morris und William Bolcom (Jazz). At the opera-class of Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg, Holger Marks was involved in a number of productions. He played for example Baron Kronthal in Lortzing's Wildschütz, Julian in La Verbena de la Paloma by Tomás Bretón and Titus in Mozart's Clemenza di Tito. Besides numerous engagements in Germany (Haydn: Schöpfung / Felix Mendelssohn: Elias / J.S. Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium (BWV 248), Matthäus-Passion (BWV 244), Magnificat (BWV 243) / Georg Frideric Handel: Messiah / Mozart: Requiem), Holger Marks had opera and concert engagements in Brussels, Amsterdam, Warsaw and Prague, at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris as well as at the Mosteiro São Bento, São Paulo / Brasil. Moreover, Holger Marks made recordings for radio stations and TV channels in Germany and abroad as well as for CD productions.

Source: Holger Marks Website Contributed by Aryeh Oron (April 2005)
Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works
Conductor	As	Works
Klaus Hövelmann	Tenor	BWV 232, BWV 244
Links to other Sites
Tenor Holger Marks (Official Website) [German/English]			Organ Concert - Westminster Presbyterian Church

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