S. Agnese - San Trovaso, Venice, 19 th July 2026 - 24th July 2026
The ensemble course is aimed at experienced (choral) singers who want to spend a week studying representative vocal works by Monteverdi and his contemporaries in the unique atmosphere of Venice.
Requirements:
Very good sight-reading skills; very experienced in handling one's own voice; the instrumentation in the ensembles is soloist; mainly 5-part madrigal literature.
Places are limited to 20 people (maximum 4 ensembles each S-S-A-T-B). After registration, a vocal recording (mp3) must be sent to [email protected].
A date will then be set for a sight-reading test. The course fee is only payable once participation has been confirmed. Participation will only be confirmed once a complete ensemble has been formed. The sheet music for studying the madrigals will then also be sent out.
It is of course also possible to register as a fixed ensemble.
Hannes Fromhund - Organistion, Ensemble, Vocal Technique
Organ and Harpsichord studies at the Mozarteum and the University of Music in Vienna. Studies Choral and Ensemble conducting, course for breathing, voice and movement education. Voice technique at the CVI (Complete Vocal technique Institut) in Copenhagen.
Teaching activities at different courses. (Organ, Harpsichord, baroque chamber music, vocal formation and voice hygiene). Founder and director of several choirs and Ensembles.
International concerts as a soloist and in ensembles. In recent years working as a voice technician in many cities of Austria and Germany (Vienna, Graz, Munich, Stuttgart, Cologne, Berlin, Hamburg and many more)
Kathrine Brandt - Ensemble, Baroque Singing
Kathrine Brandt is a Danish singer and early music specialist. She studied baroque singing and historical performance at the Akademie für Alte Musik Bremen with Harry von der Kamp, and later pursued postgraduate studies in early music at the Civica Scuola di Musica in Milan under Cristina Miatello, Roberto Gini, and Pedro Memelsdorff.
Her repertoire spans the late Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque periods, and she also performs on the viol.
Kathrine appears regularly as both a soloist and ensemble member at festivals and concerts across Europe, including performances in Copenhagen, Milan, Utrecht, Vilnius, and Vienna.
Alongside her performing career, she is active as a vocal coach and workshop leader, specializing in ensemble singing. She is a founding member of the Gavnø Barokfestival and a long-standing faculty member at the Monteverdi Madrigal Week.
Reiner Schneider-Waterberg, Ensemble, Choir
He was born in Namibia and studied economics and classical languages at Stellenbosch University, where he began vocal training with Virginia Oosthuizen and Gerda Hartmann. He continued his studies in International Relations at the University of Cambridge, singing as a member and soloist with the Trinity College Choir on international tours and recordings.
Further vocal studies followed at the Mozarteum Salzburg with Monika Lenz, where he performed as a countertenor soloist in works such as Handel’s Messiah, Gluck’s Orfeo, and Schumann’s Dichterliebe across Europe, Russia, South Africa, and Namibia.
From 1998, he studied early music singing with Evelyn Tubb at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, later as a baritone.
Additional training included work with Markus Haas (Canto funzionale) and master classes with Gundula Janowitz, as well as observing classes with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Hans Hotter, and Brigitte Fassbaender. His graduation concert at the Schola was awarded “excellent diploma.”
Between 2003 and 2020, he was a member of the renowned ensemble Singer Pur, performing worldwide in over 40 countries and contributing to three Echo Klassik awards. He is active as a workshop leader for vocal ensembles and open singing, co-directs the course MoMo (stage presence and communication) at the Schola Cantorum, and works as a freelance singer, vocal coach, teacher, and choir director.
General
Contact
Hannes Fromhund
Am Wachtberg 1 | A-3550 Krems/Donau | Niederösterreich |
Österreich
phone 00436504652353 |
E-Mail [email protected] |