Julia Fritz & Johannes Hämmerle
Biography Julia Fritz & Johannes Hämmerle
Julia Fritz
was a prize winner at the 8th International Telemann Competition in 2015 and the International 2006 ERTA- Competition for solo recorder. In 2007 she was selected to play as a member of the European Union Baroque Orchestra, and was chosen to assist in the masterclass of Han Tol at the International Summer Academy Salzburg in the summer of 2010 and 2012. 2014 till 2016 she was teaching at the "Hochschule für Musik Trossingen", since February 2017 she holds the position as a professor of recorder at the "Vorarlberger Landeskonservatorium" in Feldkirch, Austria.
She graduated summa cum laude in 2008 as a student of Han Tol at the "Hochschule für Künste" in Bremen, studying recorder. Consequently, the institute offered her the opportunity to do a Prix d'Excellence, a highly selective advanced performance course, which she finished with distinction in 2011. She began her studies in Salzburg with Dorothee Oberlinger before moving to Bremen.
As recorder and cornett player, Julia Fritz has recorded with the Bremer Barock Consort for the CPO label (Classic Production Osnabrück), and performed with numerous ensembles including Oltremontano and Weser-Renaissance Bremen at the Utrecht Early Music Festival, the Musikfest Bremen, Musica Viva Osnabrück and the International Recorder Festival in Taiwan.
Magdalene Harer
German-born Soprano Magdelene Harer excels in a variety of music styles. She appears on the international stage performing repertoire spanning seven centuries, in oratorio, song and chamber music.
Under the baton of Konrad Junghänel, Jarosław Thiel, Raphaël Pichon, Alexander Liebreich, Paul van Nevel, Philippe Herreweghe, Peter Neumann, Hermann Max and Jörg Straube, she has given concerts in many of Europe’s most prestigious venues, including Koelner Philharmonie, International House of Music (Moscow), National Forum of Music (Wroclaw), Tchaikovsky Concert Hall (Moscow), and National Theatre (Sarajevo).
Magdalene’s current focus is ensemble and consort singing and she regularly appears with some of Europe’s most celebrated period ensembles, such as Cantus Coelln, Collegium Vocale Gent, Huelgas Ensemble, Ensemble Pygmalion and ensemble polyharmonique.
Equally at home on the solo platform, she has appeared with numerous orchestras, among them Concerto Köln, Lautten Compagney Berlin, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Göttinger Symphonieorchestrer, Neue Philharmonie Westfalen, Neue Düsseldorfer Hofmusik, Münchener Kammerorchester and others.
