Hansjörg Albrecht (Counter-tenor, Conductor, Organ, Harpsichord)

Born: Freiberg, Saxony, Germany

The German counter-tenor, conductor, organist and harpsichordist, Hansjörg Albrecht, was a member of the choir of the Kreuzkirche in Dresden from 1981 to 1991 and received his formative organ instruction there too. Following that he went for seven years to St. Michael‘s in Hamburg, where he was the assistant organist. He studied church music and organ in Hamburg and Cologne with St. Michael‘s organist Gerhard Dickel and with Thierry Mechler (Lyon). Scholar of the Rudolf-Mauersberger-Stiftung from the choir of the Kreuzkirche.

In 1995 Hansjörg Albrecht took in charge the musical organization and direction of the ”Friday Night Music” in St. Michael’s Hamburg. This chamber music series, which can be heard throughout the whole year, had then just been inaugurated. Especially for this series he founded an ensemble with whom he has performed cantatas, concerts and chamber music ever since then.

Hansjörg Albrecht has been a freelance organist and harpsichordist since 1998.

As conductor Hansjörg Albrecht has worked with the Munich Bach Choir, Hamburg Baroque Orchestra and the New Elbland Philharmonie. From September 2005 he is musical director (and conductor) of the Munich Bach Choir. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.