Friedrich Bracks (Tenor)

Born: May 11, 1983 - Munich, Bavaria, Germany

The German tenor, Friedrich Bracks, studied at Went to Johann Sebastian Bach Gymnas. He received his first singing education as a child at the boys choir Windsbacher Knabenchor, where he already sang as a soloist at that time. Afterwards, he studied acting with Suzanne Geyer in Munich (from 2006), and continued his education at the two acting schools “The New Collective LA” and “TVI Actors Studios” in Los Angeles, USA. During his time in Munich, he also studied singing with Ingrid Bettag and Peter Pöppel. In 2018, he participated in the “vielklang” master-class and in 2019, in the International Bach Academy in Stuttgart as a soloist.

Besides his singing career, Friedrich Bracks has worked as a stage actor as well as a videomaker at the radio station Bayerischer Rundfunk. Focussing on his singing career, he specialized in early music, which led him to perform as Evangelist at the Bachwoche Stuttgart conducted by Hans-Christoph Rademann.

Friedrich Bracks has been working with numerous ensembles such as Kammerchor Stuttgart (Director: Frieder Bernius), Gaechinger Cantorey (Director: Hans-Christoph Rademann), Zürcher Sing-Akademie (Director: Timothy Brown) and the Belgian soloist ensemble Vox Luminis (Director: Lionel Meunier) on national and international stages. He was artistic director at the a cappella men's ensemble Ensemble miXtur. Starting in March 2020, he is the new tenor of the Calmus Ensemble Leipzig. He currently lives in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany.

Sources:
Calmus Ensemble Website
Friedrich Bracks profile on Facebook
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (August 2020)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

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Works

Calmus Ensemble Leipzig

Tenor

[F2020-M1/2] [V-6] (2020, Video): Chorales BWV 370, BWV 197/10, BWV 298, BWV 177/5, BWV 245/5, BWV 248/6/6(59)
[F2020-M1/3] [V-7] (2020, Video): BWV 229, BWV 230, BWV 225
[V-8] (2022, CD/MP3): BWV 236/Mvt. 1, BWV 639, BWV 371, BWV 721, BWV 232/Mvt. 3, BWV 227, BWV 179/Mvt. 6, BWV 21/Mvt. 9, BWV 642, BWV 93/Mvt. 4+Mvt. 7, WTC 2//22 BWV 867

Links to other Sites

Calmus Ensemble: The Voices
Friedrich Bracks on Facebook