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Paul Heller (Tenor)

Born: 1991 - Köthen (Anhalt), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

The German tenor, Paul Heller, received his first musical education in Köthen (Anhalt) by taking piano lessons. From 2000 to 2009 he was member of the Thomanerchor Leipzig under the leadership of Thomaskantor Professor Georg Christoph Biller. He began his studies of vocal repetition with Professor Helga Sippel at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" in Leipzig in October 2010. Another mentor of his is Professor Alexander Schmalcz. He took classes in conducting, accompaniment and chamber music, his lecturers being Professor Georg Christoph Biller, Bernhard Kastner, Professor Irmela Boßler and Christian Sprenger. He actively participated in classes by Professor Wolfram Rieger and Eric Schneider.

Paul Heller assumed the role of temporary conductor of the chamber orchestra in Döbeln from February to October 2011. In March 2013 he performed the cantata Der Tod Jesu by Carl Heinrich Graun in close collaboration with both the chamber choir of the Sing-Akademie and the Junges Barockorchester from Berlin in the church Sophienkirche in Berlin. As an accompanist, he has a close collaboration with baritone Ludwig Obst und counter-tenor Stefan Kahle.

Paul Heller's compositions have been premiered by, amongst others, the Thomanerchor Leipzig, Mendelssohn Kammerorchester Leipzig and Ensemble Nobiles. He currently lives in Leipzig, Germany.

Source: Ensemble Nobiles Website
Contributed by
Aryeh Oron (August 2020)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

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Works

Ensemble Nobiles

Tenor

[F2020-M3/1] [C-1] (2020, Video): Chorales BWV 5/7, BWV 112/5, BWV 96/6, BWV 67/4, BWV 88/7, BWV 80/8

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Ensemble Nobiles: Cast [German/English]
Paul Heller on Facebook


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