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Ludwig Mittelhammer, Biography
German baritone Ludwig Mittelhammer received an early musical training as a boy soprano at the renowned Tölzer Boys Choir. From 2009-2015, he studied at the Musikhochschule in Munich with Frieder Lang and Michelle Breedt. In addition, he participated in masterclasses with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Brigitte Fassbaender and Edith Wiens.
Having been awarded first prize at the International Hugo Wolf Song Competition in Stuttgart in October 2014, Mr Mittelhammer became a member of Frankfurt Opera in the 2015/16 season and at Nürnberg Opera from 2016-2018. His operatic roles include Nardo (La Finta Giardiniera), Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Danilo (Die lustige Witwe), Schaunard (La Bohème), Papageno (Magic Flute) and Dr Falke (Die Fledermaus).
Highlights of recent seasons include performances with Bamberger Symphoniker, Munich Radio Orchestra, a tour with Concerto Köln (St. Matthew Passion), Mahler songs with the Orchestre de Paris under Jaap van Zweden, and Schumann’s ‘Paradies und die Peri’ with the Swedish Radio Symphony under Daniel Harding, the role debut as Harlekin in ‚Ariadne auf Naxos‘ with the Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst, Haydn’s Nelson Mass with Orquesta Nacional de España under David Afkham, concerts with Zurich Sing-Akademie, a European tour with Collegium Vocale Gent and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, his debut as Dr. Falke in „Die Fledermaus“ at New National Theatre Tokyo as well as Mozart’s Coronation Mass in São Paulo, with Alexander Liebreich conducting.
Devoted to the Art of Lieder, Mr Mittelhammer made his recital debuts at London Wigmore Hall and Cologne Philharmonie in 2017. He has given a number of song recitals together with his pianist Jonathan Ware at Essen Philharmonie, Munich Bayerischer Rundfunk, Kissinger Sommer Festival, Schubertiade Hohenems, and at the Auditori in Barcelona, among others. Extraordinary recital programs with works by Weigl, Wellesz, Marx, Wetz, Zemlinsky and Mahler, along with pianist Helmut Deutsch, have taken him to renowned concert halls, most recently to the Brucknerhaus in Linz.
Franz Welser-Möst continues his collaboration with Ludwig Mittelhammer: In April 2023, Mittelhammer sang the bass arias in two performances by J.S. Bach’s Matthew Passion with the Vienna Philharmonic. In 2024 he will sing Papageno in W.A. Mozart’s “Magic Flute” in a staged production with the Cleveland Orchestra.
His first solo album with songs by Schubert, Medtner and Wolf has been released with Berlin Classics in June 2019.
Recent Press Quotes:
«Another pleasure: Ludwig Mittelhammer’s sonorous baritone«
– J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion w/ Vienna Philharmonic, Franz Welser-Möst –
DER STANDARD (Vienna), April 03, 2023
https://www.derstandard.de
«A top-class song recital that is highly enriching in every aspect, with Ludwig Mittelhammer, who is on the way to making a great career and has already developed a very personal touch. Ludwig Mittelhammer and Helmut Deutsch immersed themselves in a cosmos of long-forgotten music with sheer joy and great will to interpret and rediscover gems of the art of song.«
ÖBERÖSTERREICHISCHE NACHRICHTEN (Helmut Atteneder), September 22, 2022
https://www.nachrichten.at/kultur/ein-faszinierender-liederabend;art16,3715204
Concert Highlights 2022/2023
15 April 2022, 20:00
BERLIN, Konzerthaus, Großer Saal
Felix Mendelssohn: Drei Arien für Bariton und Orchester
aus den Oratorien „Paulus“ op. 36 und „Elias“ op. 70
Franz Schubert: „Du bist die Ruh“ (Friedrich Rückert) D 776
Franz Schubert: „Der Wegweiser“ (Wilhelm Müller) aus D 911
für Singstimme und Orchester bearbeitet von Anton Webern
Ludwig Mittelhammer, Bariton
Konzerthausorchester
Clemens Schuldt, Dirigent
https://www.konzerthaus.de
28 / 29 / 30 April 2022
SÃO PAULO, Sala São Paulo
W.A. Mozart: Coronation Mass, KV 317
w/ Orquestra Sinfónica da Estado São Paulo
Alexander Liebreich, Dir.
http://www.osesp.art.br
05 June 2022, 11:00
HALLE / SAALE (DE), Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Halle
G.F. Händel: Semele HWV 58, Oratorium in der deutschsprachigen Fassung von Alfred Rahlwes
w/ Staatskapelle Halle
Konzertchor Leipzig, Robert-Franz-Singakademie
Howard Arman, Dir.
https://haendelhaus.de/de/veranstaltung/semele-hwv-58
26 June 2022, 19:30
WIEN (AT), Konzerthaus, Großer Saal
J.Haydn: Die Schöpfung
Wiener Singakademie
Miriam Kutrowatz, Sopran
Daniel Johannsen, Tenor
Ludwig Mittelhammer, Bariton
Heinz Ferlesch, Dirigent
https://konzerthaus.at
20 Sept 2022, 19:30
LINZ (AT), Brucknerhaus
Songs by Mahler and Zemlinsky
mit Helmut Deutsch, Klavier
https://www.brucknerhaus.at
05 Oct 2022, 20:00
HOHENEMS (AT), Markus-Sittikus-Saal
Schubertiade Festival
Franz Schubert: Mehrstimmige Gesänge
Patrick Grahl Tenor
Jan Petryka, Tenor
Ludwig Mittelhammer, Bariton
Christian Immler, Bariton
Wolfram Rieger, Klavier
https://www.schubertiade.at
01 April 2023, 15:30
WIEN (AT), Konzerthaus, Großer Saal
J.S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244
Wiener Philharmoniker
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Wiener Sängerknaben
Julian Prégardien, Evangelist (Tenor)
Liviu Holender, Christus (Bariton)
Christina Landshamer, Sopran
Anna Lucia Richter, Mezzosopran
Martin Mitterrutzner, Tenor
Ludwig Mittelhammer, Bariton
Franz Welser-Möst, Dirigent
https://konzerthaus.at
02 April 2023, 19:00
WIEN (AT), Konzerthaus, Großer Saal
J.S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244
Wiener Philharmoniker
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Wiener Sängerknaben
Julian Prégardien, Evangelist (Tenor)
Liviu Holender, Christus (Bariton)
Christina Landshamer, Sopran
Anna Lucia Richter, Mezzosopran
Martin Mitterrutzner, Tenor
Ludwig Mittelhammer, Bariton
Franz Welser-Möst, Dirigent
https://konzerthaus.at
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