Markus Schneider-Francke (Tenor)

Born: Freiburg/Brsg, Germany

The German tenor, Markus Schneider-Francke, studied first music science and music education, before he attached singing studies with Professor Arthur Janzen and conducting studies with Professor Johannes Hömberg. Resuming studies brought him together and others with Christoph Prégardien, Professor Berthold Schmid and Professor Stewart Emerson.

Markus Schneider works both as a singer, a choir director and a singing teacher. He gained an extensive repertoire from the Renaissance to the modern era. His concert activity led him to Israel, France, the Czech Republic, the Köhler Philharmonie with Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, the Kölner Dom with J.S. Bach’s Weihnachts-Oratorium (BWV 248), an the Munich’s Prinzregenttheater with J.S. Bach’s Mass in B minor (BWV 232). He gave concerts with the Deutschen Barock-Solisten and participated in various opera productions, including as Tamino in the Mozart’s Zauberflöte.

Besides Markus Schneider holds for many years a training post for singing at the Universität Siegen.

Source: Camerata Vocale Berlin Website, English translation by Aryeh Oron (April 2004)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (April 2004)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Berthold Botzet

Tenor

BWV 10

Hans-Hermann Buyken

Tenor

BWV 232

Friedhelm Hochmann & Rolf Müller

Tenor

BWV 244 [Evangelist]

Wolfgang Kläsener

Tenor

BWV 180, BWV 244

Links to other Sites

Markus Schneider-Francke (Camerata Vocal Berlin) [German]