Vocalensemble Rastatt & Les Favorites from Rastatt

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International renowned chamber choir and baroque orchestra Repertoire: Baroque to Modern
Artistic Director: Holger Speck
Label: Carus
Agency & Contact: Rosenthal Musikmanagement Leipzig
http://www.rmm-leipzig.de

Funding provided by the city of Rastatt and the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of Baden-Württemberg

VOCALENSEMBLE RASTATT & LES FAVORITES

"His sound is akin to pure gold," wrote the American Record Guide in a review of the first CD of the VOCALENSEMBLE RASTATT. Established as a young top German ensemble with its conductor Holger Speck, after competition successes at the Choir Competition of the German Music Council and the International Chamber Choir Competitions in Marktoberdorf and Tolosa, a lively recording and concert activity began, which gave the Chamber Choir and the Original Sound Orchestra LES FAVORITES an excellent reputation internationally. Lively and compelling interpretations characterize the ensemble as well as its much-praised sound. The ensemble's repertoire focuses on Baroque and Romantic music.

The flexible chamber choir also ventures into the world of opera: in large formations, it performed with Edita Gruberova at the Baden-Baden Festival Hall and the Cologne Philharmonie in celebrated performances of Lucia di Lammermoor and Norma. With actor Klaus Maria Brandauer and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the ensemble's women's choir performed Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the International Music Festival Bremen.

VOCALENSEMBLE RASTATT is a guest at renowned festivals and concert halls such as the Baden-Baden Festival Hall, the Cologne Philharmonie, the European Music Festival Stuttgart, the Schwetzingen Festival, the "Rheinvokal" Festival of SWR, the International Music Festival Bremen, the International Handel Festival Karlsruhe, the Wartburg Concerts Eisenach with Deutschlandradio Kultur Berlin, the Maulbronn Monastery Concerts, the "Rheinvokal" Festival of SWR, among others. It collaborates closely with the Center for Music "Les Dominicains" in Guebwiller, France. Its CDs, released by the Stuttgart label CARUS, receive glowing reviews internationally and are broadcasted worldwide.

The Baroque ensemble LES FAVORITES was founded in 2003 as the instrumental partner of VOCALENSEMBLE RASTATT for its concert and recording activities. Established specialists in early music gather there, such as the violinists Veronika Skuplik, Lidewij van der Voort, Reinhold Friedrich, Martin Stadler, among others. The ensemble is named after the pleasure palace of Margravine Augusta Sybilla of Baden near the Baroque city of Rastatt, whose delightful architecture symbolizes the ensemble's interpretations.

HOLGER SPECK
is considered one of the most successful and promising young German choral conductors: as the artistic director of VOCALENSEMBLE RASTATT and the Baroque orchestra LES FAVORITES, he has earned a reputation over the years as a profound connoisseur and mediator of music from various styles and contexts. The USA magazine "Fanfare" refers to him as an "undeniable authority." The specialist press attests to his interpretations illuminated by the knowledge of the respective historical context, using tools specific to the era and particular sound aesthetics that become subjective and compelling statements.
His CDs receive outstanding international reviews. He also works as a lecturer at the State University of Music in Karlsruhe, as well as a guest conductor and leader of conducting and interpretation seminars.

Holger Speck has already conducted at the "European Music Festival Stuttgart," the "Schwetzingen Festival," the "International Handel Festival Karlsruhe," the "International Music Summer Baden-Baden," the "Hour of Church Music" in Stuttgart, the "Heidelberg Spring," "Les Dominicains" in France, where Radio France broadcasted his interpretation of Heinrich Schütz's Musicalische Exequien. In September 2007, he made his conducting debut at the Baden-Baden Festival Hall. He also designs and directs productions, among others for SWR, Deutschlandfunk Cologne, and Deutschlandradio Kultur Berlin, for example at the Wartburg Concerts.


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