Ralf Popken (Counter-tenor)

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Ralf Popken (Counter-tenor)
Born: 1962 - Germany
The German counter-tenor, Ralf [Ralph] Popken, studied choral conducting, recorder and singing at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover under, among others, Emma Kirkby, René Jacobs, Jessica Cash and Max van Egmond. Ralf Popken’s concert activity as a soloist has taken him throughout Europe and the USA. He has made radio and gramophone recordings for the Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk and Dutch and Swiss radios with numerous celebrated ensembles such as Capella Agostino Steffani, Musica Antiqua Köln, Stuttgart Chamber Choir, Kölner Kammerchor, Berlin State and Cathedral Choir and La Chapelle Royale, and in 1989 made his operatic début in the State Opera House in Hannover.

Source: Liner notes to Capriccio CD 60023-2 (Johannes-Passion, conducted by Hermann Max, 1991); Ruud Janssen (February 2006) Contributed by Aryeh Oron (April 2001)
Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works
Conductor	As	Works
Klaus Eichhorn	Alto	BWV 61
Gustav Leonhardt	Alto	BWV 11, BWV 201, BWV 213, BWV 249
Gerald A. Manig	Alto	BWV 232
Hermann Max	Alto	BWV 245
Links to other Sites
Ralf Popken - Homepage / Online Musik Magzin [German]			Biographien - die Friedenauer Kammerkonzerte

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