German baritone, studied Lied with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, winner of Brahms and Wolf competitions. Lieder CDs have won Diapason d’Or among others.
LMMC debut.

Stephan Genz was born in Germany in 1973 and received his first musical training as a chorister of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, studying voice with Hans-Joachim Beyer at the Musikhochschule and with Mitsuko Shirai and Hartmut Höll in Karlsuhe. He attended classes in Lieder interpretation with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and came to prominence winning awards in prestigious competitions such as the Johannes Brahms Competition in Hamburg and the Hugo Wolf Competition in Stuttgart. In 1999 he was awarded both the Brahms-Preis des Landes Schleswig-Holstein and the Gramophone Award in London. He has performed in Paris, Berlin, London, Strasbourg, Milan and Monte-Carlo, as well as in North and South America. Mr. Genz is also known for his opera roles and his interpretations of the Brahms and Fauré Requiems, and Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. His Lieder recordings have earned him the Timbre de Platine, Diapason d’Or and Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, among others.

LMMC debut.

Eric Schneider - piano

PROGRAMME:

SCHUBERT                  Winterreise, Opus 89, D. 911  (1828)
(1797-1828)                    Poems by  Wilhelm Müller
Book 1                                      1.    Gute Nacht
                                                   2.    Die Wetterfahne
                                                   3.    Gefrorne Tränen
                                                   4.    Erstarrung
                                                   5.    Der Lindenbaum
                                                   6.    Wasserflut
                                                   7.    Auf dem Flusse
                                                   8.    Rückblick
                                                   9.    Irrlicht
                                                  10.   Rast
                                                  11.   Frühlingstraum
                                                  12.   Einsamkeit
Book II                                      13.   Die Post
                                                  14.   Der greise Kopf
                                                  15.   Die Krähe
                                                  16.   Letzte Hoffnung
                                                  17.   Im Dorfe
                                                  18.   Die stürmische Morgen
                                                  19.   Täuschung
                                                  20.   Der Wegweiser
                                                  21.   Das Wirtshaus
                                                  22.   Mut
                                                  23.   Die Nebensonnen
                                                  24.   Der Leiermann