Angelika Kirchschlager, mezzo-soprano

Austrian mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager enjoys an international career that spans opera, concert and recital stages across Europe, North America and Asia. Renowned for her distinctive timbre, dramatic intelligence and expressive artistry, she is celebrated worldwide as one of the foremost interpreters of Mozart and Richard Strauss, while her repertoire also embraces composers such as Britten, Debussy, Korngold, Mahler and Weill.

Her operatic portrayals range from Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier and Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro to title and leading roles in Pelléas et Mélisande, The Rape of Lucretia, Sophie’s Choice and contemporary works by composers such as Johanna Doderer. As a recitalist and concert performer, Angelika Kirchschlager is equally at home in the Lieder repertoire of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and Wolf, as well as in orchestral works by Mahler, Berlioz, Ravel and Bach.

A frequent guest at major international venues and festivals, she has appeared at the Vienna State Opera, Salzburg Festival, Royal Opera House, Metropolitan Opera, Glyndebourne Festival, Opéra National de Paris, and Opernhaus Zürich, among many others. Recent seasons have included acclaimed performances in both classic and contemporary repertoire, as well as extensive recital tours with pianist Julius Drake throughout Europe and North America.

Her discography spans major labels such as Sony Classical, Hyperion, Deutsche Grammophon, Harmonia Mundi and cpo, covering a wide range of opera, lieder, sacred works and crossover projects. She is the recipient of numerous international awards, including the ECHO Klassik, the BBC Music Magazine Award, the European Cultural Award, and a GRAMMY.

In 2007, the Austrian government bestowed upon her the honorary title of Kammersängerin for her outstanding contributions to the Vienna State Opera; in 2009 she became an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music in London.

Born in Salzburg, Angelika Kirchschlager studied at the Vienna Music Academy with Professor Gerhard Kahry and Walter Berry. Alongside her performing career, she is deeply committed to teaching, giving masterclasses worldwide and mentoring the next generation of singers. She lives in Vienna.

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Markus Hadulla, pianist

Born in Cologne, Germany, Markus Hadulla studied in Karlsruhe with Hartmut Höll, at the Paris Conservatoire National de musique and at Yale University/ School of Music with the Hungarian pianist Peter Frankl. In 1994, he won the prize of best pianist during the 7th International Hugo Wolf Competition in Stuttgart, which immediately drew the attention of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, who invited Hadulla to his Lied Class in Berlin.

A passionate Liedpianist, Hadulla’s many artistic partners to date include singers Sandrine Piau, Janina Baechle, Stella Doufexis, Christianne Stotijn, Rainer Trost, Markus Schäfer, Angelika Kirchschlager, Peter Edelmann and the late Udo Reinemann as well Liedsingers of the younger generation like Marie Seidler, Ilker Arcayürek, Samuel Hasselhorn, Patrick Grahl and David Steffens.

Being chosen by the series “Rising Stars” (ECHO) together with violist Antoine Tamestit he has appeared in prestigious venues like Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Konzerthaus Vienna, the Philharmonie in Cologne and the Lucerne Festival. His successful career took him to perform at Music Festivals such as Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestival, Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, Rheingau Musikfestival, La Roque d’Antheron and the festival for music and dance Granada. He also performed in the world’s leading concert halls such as London’s Wigmore Hall, l’Auditorium du Louvre Paris, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, the Philharmonie in Berlin, Lincoln Center in New York and Toppan Hall Tokyo.

Hadulla has served over 20 years as artistic director of a performance series “wort+ ton” in Winnenden (Germany), close to Stuttgart, which associated literature and music, and he has been artistic advisor for the Académie des Heures Romantiques, an annual series of masterclasses and concerts in Touraine, France.

After teaching positions at the Hochschule Hanns Eisler in Berlin and Karlsruhe Markus Hadulla is currently University-Professor for Lied and vocal accompaniment at the piano department of the University for music and performing arts Vienna (mdw).

In addition to numerous live recordings for radio and television, Markus Hadulla has recorded a number of CDs for the labels Claves, Bayer Records, Naxos, Audite, Marsyas and Naïve, which have won major Awards like Diapason d’or, Choc de Classica, Orphée d’or Prix Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and the Annual Award of the German Record Critics’ Award. His latest release includes Lieder of Robert Schumann with the south-korean tenor Seil Kim for Sony Classical.

The project “NACHTHELLE!” initiated by Markus Hadulla brings together tenors Ilker Arcayürek, Jan Petryka and Patrick Grahl as well as baritone Samuel Hasselhorn and bass David Steffens performing ensembles and solo lieder of Franz Schubert in an exquisite programme being performed at the International Hugo-Wolf Academy, at Konzerthaus Wien and Festival Heidelberger Frühling. The newest programme includes also repertoire for female and men voices and has been performed in January 2024. www.nachthelle.com