Bourgie Hall presents

Christian Gerhaher and pianist Gerold Huber – Schumann Recital

Baritone Christian Gerhaher and pianist Gerold Huber, whose fruitful collaboration dates back more than three decades, offer us an exceptional evening entirely devoted to song cycles by that master of Romanticism: Robert Schumann.

Artists
Christian Gerhaher, baritone

During his studies under Paul Kuen and Raimund Grumbach, German baritone Christian Gerhaher attended the Opera School of the Academy of Music in Munich where he studied lied interpretation with Friedemann Berger. While completing his medical studies Christian Gerhaher perfected his vocal training in master-classes given by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Inge Borkh. At present Christian Gerhaher, together with Gerold Huber, holds a class in lied interpretation at the Munich Academy of Music and Theatre, and occasionally also teaches at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

Besides giving concerts and recitals, Christian Gerhaher is also a highly sought-after performer on the opera stage and has received several prizes such as the Laurence Olivier Award and the theatre prize Der Faust.

Gerold Huber, piano

The internationally renowned pianist and two-time “Echo Award Winner” (2002 and 2004) Gerold Huber was born in Straubing in 1969. He studied piano with Friedemann Berger as a scholarship holder at the University of Music in Munich, Lied composition with Helmut Deutsch and attended Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau’s Meisterklasse in Berlin.

In 1998 he received the Prix International Pro Musicis in Paris. In 2001 he was a prize-winner at the Intern. Piano Competition Johann Sebastian Bach in Saarbrücken.

As a Lied accompanist, Gerold Huber has performed at such important festivals as the Schubertiades in Schwarzenberg/Austria and Vilabertran/Spain, the Rheingau Music Festival, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, as well as the festivals in Cheltenham and Saintes.

Program
R. SCHUMANN
Fünf Lieder, Op. 40
Liederkreis, Op. 39
Drei Gesänge, Op. 83
Romanzen und Balladen, Op. 53
Sechs Gedichte von N. Lenau und Requiem, Op. 90

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 7:30pm
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