Georg Gädker | Bariton
"Georg Gädker’s baritone was a joy to hear –
light in tone but with a commanding resonance and presence."
(Classicalsource, London)
As a much sought after soloist, German baritone Georg Gädker pursues an extensive activity both in opera and concert stage. He is a regular guest at venues such as Berlin Philharmonic Hall and Konzerthaus Berlin, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, Cologne Philharmonic Hall, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Liederhalle Stuttgart, Tonhalle Zurich or Wigmore Hall London.
Having received his Masters degree at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama London in 2008 with distinction, Georg Gädker is laureate of some of the most prestigious European singing competitions, including “Musica Sacra” Rome (Italy), the German Music Competition Berlin, Brahms-Competition (Austria), IVC ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands), Schumann-Competition Zwickau (Germany), as well as he was a scholar of the International Richard-Wagner-Society and member of the “Bundesauswahl Konzerte junger Künstler” of the German Music Council. Moreover, Georg was awarded special awards at Schubert-LiedDuo Dortmund (Germany) and Queen-Elisabeth-Competition Brussels (Belgium) and was finalist at Hilde-Zadek competition Vienna.
In opera, his recent appearances have included Count Almaviva (Figaro), Æneas (Dido&Æneas), Schneck (Vogelhändler), Notario (Gianni Schicchi) and further roles in first performances of operas by Arnulf Hermann and Lucia Ronchetti at opera houses such as Braunschweig, Leipzig, Mannheim, Rheinsberg and Frankfurt. In 2013 he was seen in the title role of Schostakowitschs opera Das Märchen vom Popen und seinem Knecht Balda at the Konzerthaus Berlin, followed by Purcell’s The Tempest at the Nationaltheater Mannheim, directed by Calixto Bieito. Georg has also been guest at the Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen for a pasticcio-kind opera project of Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost including music of Rameau, Purcell and others, in 2014. In 2015 Georg debuted as Don Giovanni at the opera festival StadtOper Soest (Germany), followed by the German premiere of Luke Bedfords chamber opera Through His Teeth with Opera Factory Freiburg, and Hans Zender’s Don Quijote de la Mancha with Ensemble Modern under Johannes Kalitzke in Frankfurt in 2016. In 2017, Georg Gädker was seen in a scenic production of Händel’s Jephtha at Detmold Theatre.
Besides touring in Germany (War Requiem, Elias/Jena Philharmonic Hall, Paulus/Heidelberg theatre, Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony/Philharmonic Orchestra of Thuriniga, César Franck: Les Béatitudes, Händel: Jephtha, The Messiah, Alexander’s Feast; Bach: Passions etc.), recent concert engagements have led him to the Netherlands (Matthäuspassion/Concerto Brabant, 9. Symphonie/Holland Symfonie Orkest, Brahms-Requiem), France (renaissance music by H. Finck and J. des Prés with members of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis), Switzerland (Nono: Prometeo with Ingo Metzmacher, The Messiah/Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich), Italy (Matthäuspassion/Tölzer Knabenchor) and Chile (Johannespassion, Helmuth Rilling). He was heard at festivals such as Biennale München, Biennale Salzburg, Ruhrtriennale or Berliner Festwochen, as well as he has worked with conductors such as Masaaki Suzuki, Hans-Christoph Rademann, Reinhard Goebel, Howard Arman, Christoph Wyneken, Morten Schuldt-Jensen, Wolfram Christ, Helmuth Rilling and HK Gruber. In 2018 concerts engagements included Wagner’s Liebesmahl der Apostel in Geneva, a six-concert-tour with Bach’s Matthäuspassion in the Netherlands as well as Beethoven’s 9. Symphony in China. He was further invited to Spain (Rossini’s Messa di Gloria at Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo) and Australia (Lieder recital), returned to Cologne Philharmonic Hall with Mozart’s Requiem and debuted in Verdi’s Messa da Requiem in several concerts, some of which with Deutsche Staastsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz. Since 2020 Georg is a full-time member of the SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart.
Several recordings were made (NDR, SWR, deutschlandradio, the BBC and Radio France); highlights have been a CD with orchestral songs of Gustav Mahler and the State of Baden-Württemberg Youth Orchestra, Ralf Gawlick’s Letters from Stalingrad – an electro-acoustic work and fierce anti-war memorial, first performed in Boston (USA) in 2019 (perfect noise/Musica Omnia), as well as Luke Bedford’s chamber opera Through His Teath, which has been nominated for the International Classic Music Awards 2019 (bastille musique).
Georg undertook his musical studies at the universities of Freiburg and Mannheim with Bernd Göpfert and Rudolf Piernay, and topped-off his training at masterclasses with Margreet Honig, Emma Kirkby, Graham Johnson, Sarah Walker, Wolfram Rieger, Charles Spencer, Thomas Quasthoff and Thomas Hampson, to name a few.
Despite of his own artistic activities, Georg Gädker is co-founder and artistic leader of concert series “klangwerk LIED Freiburg”, which has been under the patronage of American accompanist Irwin Gage until his passing in 2018.
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03/2022
light in tone but with a commanding resonance and presence."
(Classicalsource, London)
As a much sought after soloist, German baritone Georg Gädker pursues an extensive activity both in opera and concert stage. He is a regular guest at venues such as Berlin Philharmonic Hall and Konzerthaus Berlin, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, Cologne Philharmonic Hall, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Liederhalle Stuttgart, Tonhalle Zurich or Wigmore Hall London.
Having received his Masters degree at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama London in 2008 with distinction, Georg Gädker is laureate of some of the most prestigious European singing competitions, including “Musica Sacra” Rome (Italy), the German Music Competition Berlin, Brahms-Competition (Austria), IVC ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands), Schumann-Competition Zwickau (Germany), as well as he was a scholar of the International Richard-Wagner-Society and member of the “Bundesauswahl Konzerte junger Künstler” of the German Music Council. Moreover, Georg was awarded special awards at Schubert-LiedDuo Dortmund (Germany) and Queen-Elisabeth-Competition Brussels (Belgium) and was finalist at Hilde-Zadek competition Vienna.
In opera, his recent appearances have included Count Almaviva (Figaro), Æneas (Dido&Æneas), Schneck (Vogelhändler), Notario (Gianni Schicchi) and further roles in first performances of operas by Arnulf Hermann and Lucia Ronchetti at opera houses such as Braunschweig, Leipzig, Mannheim, Rheinsberg and Frankfurt. In 2013 he was seen in the title role of Schostakowitschs opera Das Märchen vom Popen und seinem Knecht Balda at the Konzerthaus Berlin, followed by Purcell’s The Tempest at the Nationaltheater Mannheim, directed by Calixto Bieito. Georg has also been guest at the Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen for a pasticcio-kind opera project of Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost including music of Rameau, Purcell and others, in 2014. In 2015 Georg debuted as Don Giovanni at the opera festival StadtOper Soest (Germany), followed by the German premiere of Luke Bedfords chamber opera Through His Teeth with Opera Factory Freiburg, and Hans Zender’s Don Quijote de la Mancha with Ensemble Modern under Johannes Kalitzke in Frankfurt in 2016. In 2017, Georg Gädker was seen in a scenic production of Händel’s Jephtha at Detmold Theatre.
Besides touring in Germany (War Requiem, Elias/Jena Philharmonic Hall, Paulus/Heidelberg theatre, Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony/Philharmonic Orchestra of Thuriniga, César Franck: Les Béatitudes, Händel: Jephtha, The Messiah, Alexander’s Feast; Bach: Passions etc.), recent concert engagements have led him to the Netherlands (Matthäuspassion/Concerto Brabant, 9. Symphonie/Holland Symfonie Orkest, Brahms-Requiem), France (renaissance music by H. Finck and J. des Prés with members of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis), Switzerland (Nono: Prometeo with Ingo Metzmacher, The Messiah/Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich), Italy (Matthäuspassion/Tölzer Knabenchor) and Chile (Johannespassion, Helmuth Rilling). He was heard at festivals such as Biennale München, Biennale Salzburg, Ruhrtriennale or Berliner Festwochen, as well as he has worked with conductors such as Masaaki Suzuki, Hans-Christoph Rademann, Reinhard Goebel, Howard Arman, Christoph Wyneken, Morten Schuldt-Jensen, Wolfram Christ, Helmuth Rilling and HK Gruber. In 2018 concerts engagements included Wagner’s Liebesmahl der Apostel in Geneva, a six-concert-tour with Bach’s Matthäuspassion in the Netherlands as well as Beethoven’s 9. Symphony in China. He was further invited to Spain (Rossini’s Messa di Gloria at Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo) and Australia (Lieder recital), returned to Cologne Philharmonic Hall with Mozart’s Requiem and debuted in Verdi’s Messa da Requiem in several concerts, some of which with Deutsche Staastsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz. Since 2020 Georg is a full-time member of the SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart.
Several recordings were made (NDR, SWR, deutschlandradio, the BBC and Radio France); highlights have been a CD with orchestral songs of Gustav Mahler and the State of Baden-Württemberg Youth Orchestra, Ralf Gawlick’s Letters from Stalingrad – an electro-acoustic work and fierce anti-war memorial, first performed in Boston (USA) in 2019 (perfect noise/Musica Omnia), as well as Luke Bedford’s chamber opera Through His Teath, which has been nominated for the International Classic Music Awards 2019 (bastille musique).
Georg undertook his musical studies at the universities of Freiburg and Mannheim with Bernd Göpfert and Rudolf Piernay, and topped-off his training at masterclasses with Margreet Honig, Emma Kirkby, Graham Johnson, Sarah Walker, Wolfram Rieger, Charles Spencer, Thomas Quasthoff and Thomas Hampson, to name a few.
Despite of his own artistic activities, Georg Gädker is co-founder and artistic leader of concert series “klangwerk LIED Freiburg”, which has been under the patronage of American accompanist Irwin Gage until his passing in 2018.
Please do only use this biography. Amendments or cuts only after consultation.
03/2022
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