Prof. Christoph Ritter

Photo: Thomas Müller

Professor of Repetition and Accompaniment
Director of the Department of Vocal Studies and Theatre
Member of the Senate

Beethovenhaus Belvedere

christoph.ritter(at)hfm-weimar.de

http://www.duo9.de

Born in 1961 in Bad Liebenstein
1978 – 1986 Piano studies at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar with Professor Volkmar Lehmann, Professor Rolf-Dieter Arens and Professor Ludwig Bätzel (song accompaniament, Master classes with Professor Peter Solymos (1981) and Professor Jacob Lateiner, 1986 Degree
1989 – 1991 Private studies and master classes with Norman Shetler / Vienna
1992 Master classes with Dalton Baldwin at the Centre International de Formacion Musicale Nice
Many concerts as a soloist, song accompanist and chamber musician in Germany Austria, Hungary, France, Taiwan, The United Kingdom and the USA
In 1988 he was the official accompanist in the VIII. International Johann Sebastian Bach-Competition in Leipzig
One of the founders and pianist of the Ensembles für Neue Musik klangwerkstatt weimar (contemporary music)
Establishment of his own concert series in Weimar
Artistic partnership with the composers Toshio Hosokawa, Younghi Pagh-Paan, Isabel Mundry, George Crumb, Hans Tutschku, Adriana Hölszky, Dimitri Terzakis, René Mense, Thorsten Kuhn, Andrea Scartazzini, Dieter Ammann, Hiroyuki Itoh and Rebecca Saunders
Radio productions and concert recordings with the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk MDR, DeutschlandRadio Berlin and with the Norddeutscher Rundfunk NDR
CDs:
- ENTARTETE MUSIC 1938 – WEIMAR AND THE AMBIVALENCE
  Paul Hindemith (1895-1963): Die junge Magd, Stefan Wolpe (1902-1972) Quartett (1955) , Ernst Toch (1887-1964): Vanity of Vanities, All is vanity op.76 (1954)
  klangwerkstatt weimar
- ADRIANA HÖLSZKY (*1953)
  Wolke und Mond (1996), Segmente II (1992), WeltenEnden (1992), Monolog (1977), Avance (1997)
  klangwerkstatt weimar
- FORMULA OF SPRING
  Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924), Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942)
  DUO 9 - ELIZAVETA BIRJUKOVA FLUTE & CHRISTOPH RITTER PIANO
Teaching:
- 1987 – 1993 Teaching post and assistance for song accompaniment at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar
- 1993 Awarded the title of professor by the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar
- Master Classes Song Performance for Singers and Pianists:
  1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 Westminster Choir College Princeton
  1997 Shih Chien College Taipei and Fu Jen Catholic University Taipei
  2003 Adger University College Krisiansand / Norway
  2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 Conservatoire Birmingham
  2003 Adger University College Krisiansand
  2007 Norges musikkhøgskole Oslo | Internationale Sommerakademie Biel / Bienne / Switzerland
  2008 Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Istanbul | Internationale Sommerakademie Biel / Bienne / Switzerland
  2009 Dublin Conservatory of Music and Drama | Internationale Sommerakademie Biel / Bienne/ Switzerland
  2013 Escuela Superior de Canto de Madrid

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