Ludwig Mittelhammer
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.
After having won the first prize at the »International Hugo Wolf Song Competition« in
Stuttgart in October 2014, he 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 (»Die Zauberflöte«) and Dr. Falke (»Die Fledermaus«).
Concert engagements in 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. Further engagements include his debut as Harlekin in »Ariadne auf Naxos« and a concert of Gustav Mahler’s »Songs of a Wayfarer« with the Cleveland Orchestra under Franz Welser-Möst, Haydn’s »Nelson Mass« with Orquesta Nacional de España under David Afkham, concerts with Zurich Sing-Akademie, as well as a European tour with Collegium Vocale Gent and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin.
Devoted to the Art of Lieder, Ludwig Mittelhammer made his recital debuts at London Wigmore Hall and Cologne Philharmonie in 2017. He gave song recitals at the Bayerische Rundfunk in Munich, the Schubertiade at Auditori in Barcelona, the Philharmonie Essen, the Kölner Philharmonie, the Wiener Konzerthaus, the Boulez-Saal Berlin and at the festivals Kissinger Sommer ans Styriarte Graz, among others. His first solo album with songs by Schubert, Medtner and Wolf has been released with Berlin Classics in June 2019.
From the season 2019/2020 on he is ensemble member of the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, where he interpretated roles like Papageno (»Die Zauberflöte«), Marullo and Figaro (»Il barbiere di Siviglia«).
