Knut Schoch (Tenor) - Short Biography

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Knut Schoch (Tenor)

Born: Germany

The German tenor, Knut Schoch, studied singing in Hamburg with Wilfried Jochens and Alan Speer, completing his studies by attending a series of master-classes. His repertory extends from medieval works to the premières of contemporary pieces, as well as including oratorios, chamber music, Lieder and Baroque and Classical operas.

Knut Schoch specialises in the historical performance practice of music written before 1800, notably the oratorios of Händel and Bach’s Passions, in which he sings the role of the Evangelist. He is much in demand as a soloist both at home and abroad and regularly appears at leading festivals including the Fête d’Automne in Paris, the Göttingen Händel Festival and the Schwetzingen, Schleswig-Holstein and Vienna Festivals. Radio and television recordings as well as CD’s reflect the range of his activities. He has worked with many well-known ensembles, including the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Musica Fiata of Cologne, the Dutch Bach Society and the Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble, and has appeared with conductors of the stature of Thomas Hengelbrock, Ton Koopman and Sigiswald Kuijken. Among the awards that Knut Schoch has received are the 1995 Masefield Grant from F.V.S. Society and first prize at the 1999 International Musica Antiqua Competition in Bruges.

In 1993 Knut Schoch was appointed visiting professor of historical performing practice at the Hamburg Conservatory. In 1999 he became professor at the Hamburg Musikhochschule.

Source: Liner notes to Deutsche Harmonia Mundi CD 05472-77528-2 (Cantatas BWV 9, BWV 94 & BWV 187, conducted by Kuijken, 2001)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (April 2001)

Knut Schoch: Short Biography \| General Discussions
Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works
Conductor	As	Works
Neithard Bethke	Tenor	BWV 244
Gerhard Dickel	Tenor	Chorales
Klaus Eichhorn	Tenor	BWV 61
Thomas Hengelbrock	Tenor	BWV 232
Sigiswald Kuijken	Tenor	BWV 9, BWV 94, BWV 187, BWV 232
Pieter Jan Leusink	Tenor	BWV 1, BWV 2, BWV 3, BWV 10, BWV 11, BWV 12, BWV 13, BWV 14, BWV 17, BWV 20, BWV 21, BWV 25, BWV 27, BWV 29 (?), BWV 33, BWV 36, BWV 37, BWV 38, BWV 41, BWV 42, BWV 44, BWV 45, BWV 46, BWV 55, BWV 61, BWV 67, BWV 71, BWV 75, BWV 76, BWV 80, BWV 81, BWV 86, BWV 90, BWV 92, BWV 93, BWV 95, BWV 97, BWV 98, BWV 99, BWV 103, BWV 104, BWV 106, BWV 110, BWV 113, BWV 114, BWV 116, BWV 117, BWV 121, BWV 122, BWV 123, BWV 124, BWV 126, BWV 130, BWV 132, BWV 133, BWV 134, BWV 135, BWV 137, BWV 138, BWV 144, BWV 147, BWV 149, BWV 150, BWV 153, BWV 155, BWV 159, BWV 161, BWV 168, BWV 173, BWV 175, BWV 178, BWV 179, BWV 180, BWV 182, BWV 183, BWV 184, BWV 185, BWV 186, BWV 194, BWV 198
Karl Rathgeber	Tenor	BWV 245
Links to other Sites
Artist Gallery - Knut Schoch (HNH)

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