Kai Podack (Boy Soprano)

Born: September 1982 - Calw, Germany

The German boy soprano, Kai Podack, joined the Aurelius Sängerknaben Calw at 6; at age 9 he already sang one of the 3 boys in Mozart's Zauberflöte, at the Alte Oper in Nice. It was followed by numerous other solo roles, and CD-productions and youth music federal prizes. After his voice broke at age 15, he decided against the traditional way to study jazz and pop music at the Musikhochschule of Mannheim with Reinette van Zjetfeld Lustig and Professor Ann Malcolm. Meanwhile in the 6^th Semester, he plays with his Ensemble Kai's Jazz Crew, the Space Combo (Funk), various cover bands, and next he will play partly with the Bundes Jugend Jazz Orchester (Federal Youth Jazz Orchestra).

Source: BSCD Website, English translation by Aryeh Oron (September 2008)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (September 2008)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Allan Bergius

Boy Soprano

Gounod: Ave Maria
Sacred Song Dir, dir Jehova, will ich singen, BWV 452
Aria for Soprano Ich will dir mein Herze schenken (Mvt. 13) from Matthäus-Passion BWV 244
[All w/ Aurelius Sängerknaben Calw]

Links to other Sites

BSCD: Kai Podack [German]