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| Amarcord |
| November 18, 2009 7:30 PM |
| UTEP Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall |
| "Vocal Sensation" - Wednesday, 7:30 pm |
The ensemble Amarcord was founded in autumn 1992 by former members of St. Thomas Boys Choir.The current line-up comprises Wolfram Lattke (tenor), Martin Lattke (tenor), Frank Ozimek (baritone), Daniel Knauft (bass) and Holger Krause (bass).
Its musical work focuses on music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance; as well as collaboration with contemporary composers. Composers including Bernd Franke, Ivan Moody, Marcus Ludwig, Siegfried Thiele and Dimitri Terzakis have written compositions for Amarcord.
The ensemble regularly appears at important music festivals, and has undertaken several concert tours all over Europe, North America, Southeast Asia, Australia and the Middle East.
Amarcord has won several international competitions, including in Tolosa (Spain), Tampere (Finland), Pohlheim (Germany), and the 1st Choir Olympiad in Linz (Austria). In 2002, amarcord won the German Music Competition for Chamber Music in Bonn. Two years before amarcord received a grant from the German Music Council, and won the Crown Prize awarded by Holsten, the brewers. Alongside the Gewandhaus Orchestra and St. Thomas Boys Choir, amarcord is one of Leipzig main musical representatives in both Germany and abroad. The young singers gained valuable direction in master classes with the Hilliard Ensemble and the King's Singers. |
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