Choreographic Episodes inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach's Mass in B minor by John Neumeier | Dona Nobis Pacem
HE
Aleix Martínez
Principal
BORN
17.5.92 in Barcelona. Spanish
EDUCATION
Escuela Ballet David Campos
Studio Ballet Colette Armand, Marseille
The School of the Hamburg Ballet
MAIN TEACHERS
David Campos, Peter Lewton, Patrick Armand, Kevin Haigen
ENGAGEMENT
Hamburg Ballet since 2010. Soloist in 2014, Principal since 2021
CREATIONS
Louis in "Liliom"
Konstantin Dmitrievich Levin in "Anna Karenina"
HE in "Dona Nobis Pacem"
and solos in
Purgatorio
Beethoven Project I
Ghost Light
Beethoven-Projekt II
Vor dem Gestz (Alban Pinet)
3x2 für M&M (Constant Vigier)
Happy Valentine (Orcan Dann)
Aether (Luca Andrea Tessarini)
Soledad en Compañía (Aleix Martínez)
Countdown (Sasha Riva)
REPERTORY
The Hermit in "Parzival – Episodes und Echo »
Vaslav Nijinsky and Stanislav Nijinsky in "Nijinsky"
Vaslav Nijinsky as a student in "Le Pavillon d'Armide"
The Speaker in "Illusions - like Swan Lake"
William in "As You Like It"
A young Aschenbach in "Death in Venice"
A Soldier (Moresca Dance) in "Othello"
Peasant Pas de deux in "Giselle"
Peer's Aspect – Innocence in "Peer Gynt"
A Bird in "A Cinderella Story"
Fritz in "The Nutcracker"
a man in "Christmas Oratorio I-VI"
Man III in "Bernstein Dances"
A Thorn in "The Sleeping Beauty" (new version 2021)
Mann in Brick in "Dances at a Gathering" (Jerome Robbins)
A Gypsy in "Don Quixote" (Rudolf Nurejev after Marius Petipa)
and solos in
Préludes CV
Vaslav
Kinderszenen
Winterreise
Messiah
Saint Matthew Passion
The Song of the Earth
Soldier Songs (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
The Fifth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
HE CHOREOGRAPHED
"Ne Nehledej"
Premiere: Young Choreographers, Hamburg, 2011
"Trencadís"
Premiere: Young Choreographers, Hamburg, 2012
"Soledad en Compañía..."
Premiere: Young Choreographers, Hamburg, 2015
"Kleines Requiem"
Premiere: Young Choreographers, Hamburg, 2016
AWARDS
Prix de Lausanne 2008
Premio Positano Léonide Massine 2008
Amigo de Honor 2010, awarded by the Casa de la Danza, Madrid
Promising Young Talent 2012 – "tanz" magazine
Dr. Wilhelm-Oberdörffer-Prize 2013
More about Aleix Martínez
The Mystics
Xue Lin
Principal
BORN
9.11.91 in Beijing. Chinesin
EDUCATION
Beijing Dance Academy
The School of the Hamburg Ballet
MAIN TEACHERS
Yuanmei Cai, Kevin Haigen, Marianne Kruuse
ENGAGEMENT
Hamburg Ballet since 2011, Soloist since 2016, Principal since 2022
CREATIONS
The Ballerina Istomina as Cleopatra in "Tatiana"
A Mystic in "Dona Nobis Pacem"
and solos in
Meine Vorstellung von der Wirklichkeit (Braulio Alvarez)
3x2 für M&M (Constant Vigier)
Mizaru – Kikazaru – Iwazaru (Miljana Vracaric)
Into this Wild Abyss (Braulio Alvarez)
Meant to Fly (Winnie Dias)
At Asyl-Um (Luca Andrea Tessarini)
Aether (Luca Andrea Tessarini)
REPERTORY
Odette, Princess Claire and Quadrille in "Illusions - like Swan Lake"
Rosalind and Emilia in "Romeo and Juliet"
Silvia in "Préludes CV"
The Little Mermaid in "The Little Mermaid"
La Primavera in "Othello"
Moyna and Zulma in "Giselle"
Manon Lescaut and Olympia in "Lady of the Camellias"
Louise, La Fille du Pharaon, The Chinese Bird and Pas de huit in "The Nutcracker"
The Ballerina, Tamara Karsavina in "Nijinsky"
Masha in "The Seagull"
Woman I in "Bernstein Dances"
Anna Karenina and Lidia Ivanovna in "Anna Karenina"
Helena in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Princess Florine, The Rose and Aurora, the Dawn in "The Sleeping Beauty" (new version 2021)
Pallas Athene in "Odyssey"
Pas de six in "Napoli" (August Bournonville / Lloyd Riggins)
Olga in "Onegin" (John Cranko)
Amor and a Friend in "Don Quixote" (Rudolf Nurejev after Marius Petipa)
Princess Perdita in "The Winter's Tale" (Christopher Wheeldon)
and solos in
Préludes CV
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Saint Matthew Passion
Messiah
The Song of the Earth
Turangalîla
Bach Suite 2
Nocturnes
Dialogue
Kinderszenen
Shall we dance?
Soldier Songs (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
The Fifth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Broadway's Pavlova
At Midnight
Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (George Balanchine)
GUESTING
The Little Mermaid in "The Little Mermaid" with the National Ballet of China in Wuhan, China
AWARD
Dr.-Wilhelm-Oberdörffer Prize 2014
More about Xue Lin
Madoka Sugai
Principal
BORN
12.7.94 in Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Japanese
EDUCATION
Sasaki Mika Ballet Academy (Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture)
MAIN TEACHERS
Mika Sasaki, Mikio Ikehata
ENGAGEMENTS
National Youth Ballet in 2012
Hamburg Ballet since 2014. Soloist in 2017, Principal since 2019
CREATIONS
A Mystic and A young Woman in "Dona Nobis Pacem"
and solos in
Beethoven Project
Ghost Light
Beethoven Project II
Solo for Two (Konstantin Tselikov)
Little Requiem (Aleix Martínez)
Götterboten (Aljoscha Lenz)
REPERTORY
Peasant Pas de deux in "Giselle"
Cinderella in "A Cinderella Story"
Marguerite Gautier and Prudence Duvernoy in "Lady of the Camellias"
Princess Natalia in "Illusions – like Swan Lake"
Woman III in "Bernstein Dances"
Hermia in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Ophelia in "Hamlet 21"
Sylvia in "Sylvia"
Princess Aurora, Princess Florine, Mercury and Aurora, the Dawn in "The Sleeping Beauty" (new version 2021)
Louise and The Beautiful Girl from Granada in "The Nutcracker"
Bronislava Nijinsky in "Nijinsky"
Circe in "Odyssey"
Dolly in "Anna Karenina"
Woman in Apricot in "Dances at a Gathering" (Jerome Robbins)
Kitri/Dulcinea in "Don Quixote" (Rudolf Nurejev after Marius Petipa)
Princess Perdita in "The Winter's Tale" (Christopher Wheeldon)
Jane Eyre in "Jane Eyre" (Cathy Marston)
and solos in
Soldier Songs (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
The Fifth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Vaslav
Broadway's Pavlova
Saint Matthew Passion
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Préludes CV
Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (George Balanchine)
AWARDS
Prix de Lausanne 2012
Dr.-Wilhelm-Oberdörffer-Prize 2018
More about Madoka Sugai
Jacopo Bellussi
Principal
BORN
27.3.93 in Genoa. Italian
EDUCATION
Accademia Teatro alla Scala, Milan
The Royal Ballet School, London
MAIN TEACHERS
Gailene Stock, Jay Jolley, Kathryn Wade, Gary Norman, Marialuisa Capiferri, Valentina Massa, Emma Landolina
ENGAGEMENTS
Bayerisches Staatsballett II
Hamburg Ballet since 2012. Soloist in 2017, Principal since 2019
CREATIONS
A figure from the romantic novels Tatiana loves to read in "Tatiana"
The Soldier's Friend (Annunzio Cervi) in "Duse"
A Mystic in "Dona Nobis Pacem"
and solos in
Beethoven Project I
Ghost Light
Beethoven Project II
Peter and Igor
Yes we Could (Konstantin Tselikov)
REPERTORY
Romeo and Paris in "Romeo and Juliet"
Curio in "VIVALDI or What you will"
Cassio in "Othello"
Peasant Pas de deux in "Giselle"
Leonid Massine, Harlequin in ‘Carnaval' and Geist der Rose in 'Le Spectre de la rose' in "Nijinsky"
Armand Duval, Gaston Rieux, Des Grieux and Count N in "Lady of the Camellias"
Semyon Semyonovich Medvedenko in "The Seagull"
her husband in "Christmas Oratorio I-VI"
The Man in the Shadow and Count Alexander in "Illusions - like Swan Lake"
Man II in "Bernstein Dances"
Alexej Wronski in "Anna Karenina"
Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
The Unicorn in "The Glass Menagerie"
Aminta and Endymion in "Sylvia"
Frederick the Great in "Death in Venice"
Prince Désiré and a Spanish Prince in "The Sleeping Beauty" (new version 2021)
Allan Gray in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
Mann in Blue and in Purple in "Dances at a Gathering" (Jerome Robbins)
Espada in "Don Quixote" (Rudolf Nurejev after Marius Petipa)
King Polixenes in "The Winter's Tale" (Christopher Wheeldon)
St John Rivers in "Jane Eyre" (Cathy Marston)
and solos in
The Song of the Earth
Saint Matthew Passion
Soldier Songs (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
The Fifth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Vaslav
Nocturnes
At Midnight
Third Symphony by Gustav Mahler
Christmas Oratorio I-VI
Préludes CV
Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (George Balanchine)
Liebeslieder Walzer (George Balanchine)
King Polixenes in "The Winter's Tale" (Christopher Wheeldon)
GUESTING
Munich (Matinee of the Heinz Bosl Foundation, 2019), Roma , Genova-Nervi, Ravenna and Padova (2021), L'Aquila (728° Perdonanza Celestiniana, 2022), Positano (Award Ceremony Gala 2022)
AWARDS
Premio Danza&Danza 2016 – Best Italian Dancer Abroad
Konstanze Vernon Prize 2019
Premio Nazionale Sfera d'Oro per la Danza 2021
Premio Positano Léonide Massine 2022
Jacopo Bellussi has been appointed Artistic Director of the Nervi Festival from the 2025 edition
More about Jacopo Bellussi
Christopher Evans
Principal
BORN
2.11.94 in Loveland, CO. American
EDUCATION
BalletMet Dance Academy
Canada's National Ballet School
The School of the Hamburg Ballet
MAIN TEACHERS
Susan Dromisky, Alexander Gorbatsevich, Kevin Haigen
ENGAGEMENT
Hamburg Ballet since 2012, Soloist 2015, Principal since 2018
CREATIONS
Jim O'Connor in "The Glass Menagerie"
A Mystic in "Dona Nobis Pacem"
and solos in
Turangalîla
Beethoven Project I
Ghost Light
Beethoven Project II
Aether (Luca Andrea Tessarini)
Metamorphosis (Marc Jubete)
Beautiful Soul (Marcelino Libao)
REPERTORY
The King, Count Alexander and Quadrille in "Illusions - like Swan Lake"
Benvolio and Antonio in "Romeo and Juliet"
Fabian in "VIVALDI or What you will"
Albrecht in "Giselle"
Günther in "The Nutcracker"
Vladimir Lensky in "Tatjana"
The Prince and A Bird in "A Cinderella Story"
Theseus/Oberon and Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Arlequin in ‘Carnaval' and The Spirit of the rose in 'Le Spectre de la rose' in "Nijinsky"
Konstantin (Kostya) Gavrilovich Triplev in "The Seagull"
Armand Duval and Des Grieux in "Lady of the Camellias"
Man I in "Bernstein Dances"
Gustav von Aeschenbach in "Death in Venice"
Koll/Fortinbras in "Hamlet 21"
Love/Thyrsis/Orion in "Sylvia"
Catalabutte in "The Sleeping Beauty" (Neufassung 2021)
Harold Mitchell (Mitch) in "Endstation Sehnsucht"
Odysseus in *Odyssey"
Levin in "Anna Karenina"
Mann in Green in "Dances at a Gathering" (Jerome Robbins)
Basil in "Don Quixote" (Rudolf Nurejev after Marius Petipa)
Prince Florizel in "The Winter's Tale" (Christopher Wheeldon)
St John Rivers in "Jane Eyre" (Cathy Marston)
and solos in
Préludes CV
Petrushka-Variations
Christmas Oratorio I-VI
The Song of the Earth
Soldier Songs (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
The Fifth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Nocturnes
At Midnight
Saint Matthew Passion
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (George Balanchine)
HE CHOREOGRAPHED
"Soul Sketch"
Premiere: Young Choreographers, Hamburg, 2016
"A Cosmic Second"
Premiere: Young Choreographers, Hamburg, 2017
AWARDS
Prix de Lausanne 2010
Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer-Prize 2015
More about Christopher Evans
Alexandr Trusch
Principal
BORN
26.6.89 in Dnipropetrovsk. Ukrainian
EDUCATION
The School of the Hamburg Ballet
MAIN TEACHERS
Kevin Haigen, Marianne Kruuse, Christian Schön, Irina Jacobson
ENGAGEMENT
Hamburg Ballet since 2007, Soloist in 2010, Principal since 2014
CREATIONS
Vaslav Nijinsky as a student in "Le Pavillon d'Armide"
Hermes' Attendant in "Orpheus"
A Shy Young Man in "Liliom"
Angel in "Christmas Oratorio I-VI"
Vladimir Lensky in "Tatiana"
The Soldier (Luciano Nicastro) in "Duse"
Prince Désiré in "The Sleeping Beauty" (new version 2021)
A Mystic in "Dona Nobis Pacem"
and solos in
Purgatorio
Beethoven Project II
The Rain (Miljana Vracaric)
Let's Keep it Black (Orkan Dann)
Zozula (Edvin Revazov)
Renku (Yuka Oishi/Orkan Dann)
Into this Wild Abyss (Braulio Alvarez)
Solo for Two (Konstantin Tselikov)
Vesna (Edvin Revazov)
REPERTORY
Joseph in "The Legend of Joseph"
A Young Man (Daphnis) in "Daphnis and Chloe"
Vaslav Nijinsky and Leonid Massine in "Nijinsky"
Günter and Fritz in "The Nutcracker"
The King, Count Alexander and Quadrille in "Illusions - like Swan Lake"
Vaslav Nijinsky in "Le Pavillon d'Armide"
Des Grieux and Count N. in "Lady of the Camellias"
Philostrat/Puck and Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Allan Gray in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
Bohort in "Parzival – Episodes and Echo"
Louis in "Liliom"
Arlequin in "Carnaval" and The Spirit of the rose in "Le Spectre de la rose" in "Nijinsky"
Romeo in "Romeo and Juliet"
Ler Beau in "As You Like It"
Cassio in "Othello"
Albrecht in "Giselle"
The Prince in "A Cinderella Story"
Peer's Aspect – Vision in "Peer Gynt"
Man I and Love in "Bernstein Dances"
Hamlet in "Hamlet 21"
Aminta in "Sylvia"
Prince Désiré and Catalabutte in "The Sleeping Beauty" (new version 2021)
Odysseus in *Odyssey"
Alexei Vronsky in "Anna Karenina"
Pas de deux of the Scotts in "La Sylphide" (Pierre Lacotte after Filippo Taglioni)
The Prodigal Son in "The Prodigal Son" (George Balanchine)
Man in Brick and Brown in "Dances at a Gathering" (Jerome Robbins)
The Shy Boy in "The Concert" (Jerome Robbins)
Gennaro in "Napoli" (August Bournonville / Lloyd Riggins)
Basil in "Don Quixote" (Rudolf Nurejev after Marius Petipa)
Prince Florizel in "The Winter's Tale" (Christopher Wheeldon)
Edward Rochester in "Jane Eyre" (Cathy Marston)
and solos in
Fourth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Seasons – The Colors of Time
Nocturnes from "Songs of the Night"
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Saint Matthew Passion
Vaslav
The Song of the Earth
Soldier Songs (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
The Fifth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
La Vivandière (Pierre Lacotte after Arthur Saint-Léon)
Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (George Balanchine)
AWARD
Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer-Prize 2010
More about Alexandr Trusch
HER
Ida Praetorius
Principal
BORN
3.9.93 in Copenhagen. Danish
EDUCATION
The Royal Danish Ballet School
MAIN TEACHERS
Nikolaj Hübbe, Adam Lüders, Eva Draw, Anne Marie Vessel Schlüter, Sorella Englund
ENGAGEMENTS
Royal Danish Ballet since 2010, 2014 Soloist, 2016 Principal
Hamburg Ballet since December 2021, as Principal
CREATIONS
in Copenhagen
Liza in "Queen of Spades" (Liam Scarlett)
Cinderella in "Cinderella" (Gregoery Dean)
Carmen in "Carmen" (Marcos Morau)
Lolita in "Lolita" (Cathy Martson)
Cecilie de Volance in "Dangerous Liaisons" (Cathy Martson)
The Child in "The Death That Best Preserves" (Natalia Horecna)
and solos in
Persistent Persuasion
Krash (Alessandro Sousa Pereira)
Traditional (Alessandro Sousa Pereira)
For Malala (Anna Lærkesen)
Terra Incognita (Robert Binet)
CREATIONS
in Hamburg
Aurora in "The Sleeping Beauty" (new version 2021)
HER in "Dona Nobis Pacem"
REPERTORY
in Copenhagen
Marguerite Gautier in "Lady of the Camellias"
Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet"
Chloe (Pas de deux) in "Daphnis and Chloe"
Eleonora in "The Kermesse in Bruges" (August Bournonville)
The Sylph in "La Sylphide" (Auguste Bournonville)
The Pupil in "The Lesson" (Flemming Flindt)
Sugar Plum Fairy and Dewdrop in "The Nutcracker" (George Balanchine)
Odette/Odile in "Swan Lake" (Nikolaj Hübbe and Silja Schandorff)
Gamzatti in "La Bayadère" (Marius Petipa and Nikolaj Hübbe)
Giselle in "Giselle" (Nikolaj Hübbe and Silja Schandorff)
Kitri in "Don Quixote" (Marius Petipa and Nikolaj Hübbe)
Henriette in "Raymonda" (Nikolaj Hübbe)
Alice in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (Christopher Wheeldon)
Karen Blixen in "Blixen" (Gregory Dean)
Marianela in "Infra" (Wayne McGregor)
and solos in
Theme and Variations (George Balanchine)
Jewels – Rubies (George Balanchine)
Ballo Della Regina (George Balanchine)
Other Dances (Jerome Robbins)
Etudes (Harald Lander)
Napoli (Auguste Bournonville)
Flower Festival (Auguste Bournonville)
Symphony of Psalms (Jirí Kylián)
Short Time Together (Paul Lightfoot and Sol León)
REPERTORY
in Hamburg
Princess Aurora Princess Florine and Aurora, the dawn in "The Sleeping Beauty" (new version 2021)
Julie in "Liliom"
Woman I in "Bernstein Dances"
Esmeralda and the Clowns in "The Nutcracker"
Marguerite Gautier in "Lady of the Camellias"
Princess Natalia in "Illusions – like Swan Lake"
Romola Nijinsky and The Ballerina, Tamara Karsavina in "Nijinsky"
Blanche DuBois in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
Pallas Athene in "Odyssey"
Queen Hermione in "The Winter's Tale" (Christopher Wheeldon)
Jane Eyre in "Jane Eyre" (Cathy Marston)
and solos in
Beethoven Project II
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
GUESTING
Hamburg (John Neumeier's 80th Birthday Gala 2019, Nijinsky Gala 2013 and 2021), New York (Bournonville Tour 2015 and 2019), Sun Valley, CA (Ballet Sun Valley Gala 2017 and 2018), Taichung (Gala 2017), Jakarta (Gala 2017), Moscow (Gala for Boris Akimov 2016), Montréal (Festival des arts des Saint-Sauveur 2013), Houston (Dance Salad Festival 2014 and 2019), Berlin (Taglioni European Ballet Award 2014), L'Aquila (728° Perdonanza Celestiniana, 2022)
AWARDS
The Erik Bruhn Price for Best Female Dancer 2012
The Reumert Talent Award 2012
The Queen Ingrid Honorary Grant 2013
The Reumert Prize, Dancer of the Year 2019
In December 2019, she was made by the Queen of Denmark a knight of the Order of the Dannebrog
Premio Positano Léonide Massine 2022
Photo © Natascha Thiara Rydvald
A Widow
Anna Laudere
Principal
BORN
19.2.83 in Sigulda. Latvian
EDUCATION
Riga Ballet School
The School of the Hamburg Ballet
MAIN TEACHERS
Valentins Blinovs, Marianne Kruuse, Kevin Haigen, Irina Jacobson, Radik Zaripov
ENGAGEMENT
Hamburg Ballet since 2001, promoted Soloist in 2008 and Principal in 2011
CREATIONS
The Maiden-who-never-laughs in "Parzival – Episodes and Echo"
Calliope in "Orpheus"
The Friend (Isadora Duncan) in "Duse"
Anna Arkadyevna Karenina in "Anna Karenina"
A Widow in "Dona Nobis Pacem"
and solos in
Nachtwanderung from "Songs of the Night"
Purgatorio
Um Mitternacht
Beethoven Project I
Ghost Light
Beethoven Project II
A Foreign Sound (Thiago Bordin)
At Asyl-Um (Luva-Andrea Tessarini)
Anima (Edvin Revazov)
REPERTORY
Lady Capulet and Rosalind in "Romeo and Juliet"
Cinderella, Cinderella's Mother, A Stepsister and Princess from Another Country in "A Cinderella Story"
Irina Nikolayevna Arkadina, Primaballerina and Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya in "The Seagull"
Desdemona in "Othello"
Eleonora Bereda in "Nijinsky"
Odette and Princess Claire in "Illusions - like Swan Lake"
Hermia in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Marguerite Gautier and Manon Lescaut in "Lady of the Camellias"
Louise and La Fille du Pharaon in "The Nutcracker"
Ophelia in "Hamlet"
Mrs. Muskat in "Liliom"
Giselle and Myrtha in "Giselle"
Tatiana Larina in "Tatiana"
Solveig and Aase in "Peer Gynt"
Eurydice in "Orphée et Eurydice"
La Barbarina and Aschenbach's assistant, his mother and Tadzio's mother in "Death in Venice"
Aminta in "Sylvia"
The Queen and The Rose in "The Sleeping Beauty" (new version 2021)
Blanche DuBois in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
Penelope in *Odyssey"
The Siren in "The Prodigal Son" (George Balanchine)
Woman in Mauve and in Green in "Dances at a Gathering" (Jerome Robbins)
The Wife and the Ballerina in "The Concert" (Jerome Robbins)
Tatiana in "Onegin" (John Cranko)
The Queen of the Dryads in "Don Quixote" (Rudolf Nurejev after Marius Petipa)
Queen Hermione in "The Winter's Tale" (Christopher Wheeldon)
Blanche Ingram in "Jane Eyre" (Cathy Marston)
and solos in
Christmas Oratorio I-VI (she danced this role for the premiere)
Verklungene Feste
Saint Matthew Passion
Requiem
Vaslav
Seasons – The Colors of Time
Adagietto
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Le Sacre
Préludes CV
Winterreise
Messias
Turangalîla
Soldier Songs (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
The Fifth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Nocturnes
Les Sylphides (Michail Fokine)
Jewels – Emeralds/Rubies (George Balanchine)
Reflet (Stefano Palmigiano)
Liebeslieder Walzer (George Balanchine)
Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (George Balanchine)
GUESTING
Munich (Marguerite Gautier in "Lady of the Camellias", Bavarian State Opera), Stuttgart, Lausanne, London, Milan (Marguerite Gautier in "Lady of the Camellias", Teatro alla Scala), Tallinn, Riga, Moscow, Buenos Aires, Hong Kong, Tokyo (World Ballet Festival 2015 and 2018), Beijing
AWARDS
Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer-Prize 2008
Premio Positano Léonide Massine 2018
Latvian Excellence Award in Culture 2019
The Russian-Italian Prize Benois-Massine 2019
Order of the Three Stars – Highest civilian order awarded for meritorious service to Latvia
More about Anna Laudere
An Officer
Edvin Revazov
Principal
BORN
30.12.83 in Sevastopol. Ukrainian
EDUCATION
Moscow School
The School of the Hamburg Ballet
MAIN TEACHERS
Boris Rachmanin, Radik Zaripov
ENGAGEMENT
Hamburg Ballet since 2003, Soloist in 2007, Principal since 2010
CREATIONS
Tadzio in "Death in Venice"
Parzival in "Parzival – Episodes and Echo"
Apollo in "Orpheus"
Gate Keeper in "Liliom"
Eugene Onegin in "Tatiana"
Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky in "Anna Karenina"
Tennessee in "The Glass Menagerie"
An Officer in "Dona Nobis Pacem"
and solos in
Christmas Oratorio
Purgatorio
Um Mitternacht
Beethoven Project I
Ghost Light
Beethoven Project II
Herr Sprüngli (Yohan Stegli)
Renku (Yuka Oishi / Orkan Dann)
REPERTORY
Günter and Arabian Dance in "The Nutcracker"
Romeo and Brother Lorenzo in "Romeo and Juliet"
Wolfgang Amadeus in "Windows on MOZART"
Semyon Semyonovich Medvedenko in "The Seagull"
Cassio in "Othello"
The Angel in "The Legend of Joseph"
Endymion in "Sylvia"
Kiefaber and Allan's Friend in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
Armand Duval in "Lady of the Camellias"
The Man in the Shadow and Count Alexander in "Illusions - like Swan Lake"
A Man in "Seasons – The Colors of Time"
Theseus/Oberon and Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Serge Diaghilev and Thomas Nijinsky in "Nijinsky"
Hamlet in "Hamlet"
Albert in "Giselle"
The Prince in "A Cinderella Story"
Peer Gynt in "Peer Gynt"
Orphée in "Orphée et Eurydice"
Gustav von Aschenbach and Frederick the Great in "Death in Venice"
King Florestan XXIV in "The Sleeping Beauty" (new version 2021)
Liliom in "Liliom"
Harold Mitchell (Mitch) in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
The Prodigal Son in "The Prodigal Son" (George Balanchine)
Madge, a Witch in "La Sylphide" (Pierre Lacotte after Filippo Taglioni)
Man in Purple in "Dances at a Gathering" (Jerome Robbins)
Onegin in "Onegin" (John Cranko)
King Leontes in "The Winter's Tale" (Christopher Wheeldon)
and solos in
Requiem
Nocturnes from "Songs of the Night"
Soldier Songs (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
Verklungene Feste
Fourth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Afternoon of a Faun
Le Sacre
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Préludes CV
Saint Matthew Passion
The Fifth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Vaslav
Les Sylphides (Michail Fokine)
Reflet (Stefano Palmigiano)
Liebeslieder Walzer (George Balanchine)
Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (George Balanchine)
GUESTING
Munich (Armand Duval in "Lady of the Camellias", Bavarian State Opera), Stuttgart, Lausanne, London, Milan (Armand Duval in "Lady of the Camellias", Teatro alla Scala), Tallinn, Riga, Moscow (Armand Duval in "Lady of the Camellias", Bolshoi Theatre), Buenos Aires, Hong Kong, Tokyo (World Ballet Festival 2015 and 2018), Beijing
HE CHOREOGRAPHED
"Coco Rosie"
Premiere: Young Choreographers, Hamburg, 2011
"Zozula"
Premiere: Young Choreographers, Hamburg, 2012
"Anima"
Premiere: Young Choreographers, Hamburg, 2015
"Vesna"
Premiere: Young Choreographers, Hamburg, 2016
"Closed Rooms"
Premiere: Young Choreographers, Hamburg, 2017
"Rain memories"
Premiere: National Youth Ballet, 2017
"Shakespeare – Sonnets"
Premiere: Hamburg Ballet, 2019
HE FOUNDED
a new ballet company in 2023: The Hamburg Chamber Ballet – Edvin Revazov, as choreographic director, gives a new artistic home to refugee Ukrainian dancers.
HE STAGED NEUMEIER'S BALLET
"Anna Karenina" for the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow
AWARDS
Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer-Prize 2007
German Theater Prize DER FAUST 2007
Danza&Danza Prize – Best Upcoming Dancer 2008
Premio Positano Léonide Massine 2018
John Neumeier Prize for Choreography 2023
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The Shadow
Alessandro Frola
Principal
BORN
3.9.2000 in Parma, Italy. Italian
EDUCATION
Profession Dance Parma
Fomento Artístico Cordobés, Córdoba, Veracruz/Mexico
The School of the Hamburg Ballet
MAIN TEACHERS
Lucia Giuffrida, Francesco Frola, Adria Velásquez, Kevin Haigen, Janusz Mazon, Gigi Hyatt
ENGAGEMENT
Hamburg Ballet since 2019, Soloist in 2022, Principal since 2023
CREATIONS
The Shadow in "Dona Nobis Pacem"
and solo in
Peter and Igor
REPERTORY
Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Endymion in "Sylvia"
Prince Désiré, Catalabutte and Cupid's Blessing in "The Sleeping Beauty" (new version 2021)
Wolf Beifeld in "Liliom"
Frederick the Great in "Death in Venice"
Pas de deux in "A Cinderella Story"
The Man in the Shadow, Prince Siegfried and Prince Alexander in "Illusions – like Swan Lake"
Love in "Bernstein Dances"
Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet"
Allan Gray in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
Arlequin in ‘Carnaval' and The Spirit of the rose in 'Le Spectre de la rose' in "Nijinsky"
Drosselmeier in "The Nutcracker"
Armand in "Lady of the Camellias"
A Suitor / The War in "Odyssey"
Mr Brocklehurst in "Jane Eyre" (Cathy Marston)
and solos in
Saint Matthew Passion
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Préludes CV
AWARD
Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer-Prize 2023
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The Photographer
Lennard Giesenberg
Corps de Ballet
BORN
20.5.2000 in Henstedt-Ulzburg, Germany. German
EDUCATION
School of the Hamburg Ballet
MAIN TEACHERS
Kevin Haigen, Janusz Mazon, Stacey Denham
ENGAGEMENTS
Hamburg Ballet (Apprentice) 2019-2020
National Youth Ballet 2020-2022
Hamburg Ballet since 2022
CREATION
The Photographer in "Dona Nobis Pacem"
REPERTORY
Brother Lorenzo in "Romeo and Juliet"
Allan's Friend in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
Conductor
Holger Speck
Conductor
Holger Speck is the founder and artistic director of Vocalensemble Rastatt & Les Favorites. He has developed a distinguished international reputation as a charismatic musician who is capable of bringing to life the aesthetic sound details particular to different periods, while communicating emotive content to the listener. His keen sense of sound assures the unmistakable quality of his ensembles. Speck is praised regularly for his compelling, lively, and profound. He has conducted at famous festivals and concert halls such as Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Philharmonie Mulhouse, Händelfestspiele Karlsruhe, Europäisches Musikfest Stuttgart, Schwetzinger Festspiele, Festival Europäische Kirchenmusik Schwäbisch Gmünd, and RheinVokal Festival.
Holger Speck has won prizes at both national and international competitions with Vocalensemble Rastatt. His numerous recordings have received international acclaim (Gramophone Magazine, American Record Guide, Fanfare, Fono Forum, L’Orfeo, Pizzicato, Diapason, Classicstoday etc.). Frequentl collaborators are Anne Le Bozec (Piano), Reinhold Friedrich (Trumpet), Wolfgang Meyer (Clarinet), and Veronika Skuplik (Violin). Holger Speck is professor at the Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe and also in demand as a singer, as a guest conductor, and as a lecturer at seminars for conducting and interpretation.
Soprano I
Marie-Sophie Pollak
Soprano
Marie-Sophie Pollak was born in Bietigheim-Bissingen/Germany. She studied with Professor Gabriele Fuchs at the Academy of Music and Theatre in Munich and graduated with honors. While completing her studies, she made her debut at the Innsbrucker Festival of Early Music. Since then she has been involved in several more productions. Innsbruck is also the city where her career started. Many concert and opera engagements followed, both domestic and abroad. She can be heard at well-known European festivals like LuganoMusica, Potsdamer Musikfestspiele Sanssouci, Münchener Biennale, Innsbrucker Festspiele of Early Music, Stuttgarter Musikfest, Trans-Sibirian Art Festival Novosibirsk and was already on stage of the Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Wiener Musikverein, Wiener Konzerthaus, Hamburger Staatsoper, Konzerthaus Berlin, Herkulessaal München, Prager Rudolfinum, Auditorio Nacional de Madrid, as well as the Théatre du Chatêlet in Paris. Just recently she performed Haydn’s „Jahreszeiten“ in the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg.
Her musical career was also shaped by the cooperation with renowned conductors including Kent Nagano, Thomas Hengelbrock, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Hans-Christoph Rademann, Václav Luks and Alessandro de Marchi. Marie-Sophie Pollak is an award winner of the competition Jugend Musiziert 2006 of the Federal Republic of Germany and reached the final at the international Voice Competition for Baroque Opera Pietro Antonio Cesti. Twice she was honored with the scholarship Deutschlandstipendium. She is sponsored by the organization Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now and is a scholar of the Christl and Klaus Haack-Stiftung.
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photo: Shirley Suarez
Soprano II
Sophie Harmsen
Alto
Mezzo-soprano Sophie Harmsen is especially in international demand as an interpreter of Mozart's works. During the past season she was on tour as Dorabella with René Jacobs in Europe and Asia to great critical acclaim, as well as performing Annio in "La clemenza di Tito" at the Teatro Real Madrid with Christophe Rousset with overwhelming success. Mozart of course also had to be present on the concert stage. In between Schumann's "Faust Scenes" with Daniel Harding and Rameau's "Suites from Zoroastre" with Jérémie Rhorer, she sang numerous "C Minor Masses", amongst others with Adam Fischer.
Sophie Harmsen is looking forward to debuting with some renowned conductors this season. She will be singing with Iván Fischer (Mozart "Requiem"), Philippe Herreweghe (Schubert "Mass in E flat") and Markus Stenz (Mozart "C Minor Mass"). She feels it is a great honour to be part of the 30th anniversary celebrations of the Freiburger Barockorchester, where she will be performing Beethoven's "9th Symphony". A tour to her native city Montreal with Václav Luks and Bach's "B Minor Mass" completes an exciting season.
In her work with famous directors such as Robert Wilson, William Kentridge and Andreas Dresen she was able to hone her already convincing and much praised acting skills.
Early Music is one of Sophie Harmsen's greatest loves. Her solo recitals with Concerto Köln and Capella Augustina were raving successes and concerts with Vaclav Luks, Jos van Immerseel, Raphaël Pichon, Andrea Marcon, as well as numerous concerts and CD recordings with Frieder Bernius are documentation of her artistic versatility. She also feels a bond with the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart with whom she will be on a tour of South America this season.
Sophie Harmsen is a frequent performer at large international festivals such as the Salzburger Festspiele, the Schleswig Holstein Musik Festival, the Rheingau Musik Festival and the Bachfest Leipzig.
She sees the collaboration with large symphony orchestras such as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is an integral part of her artistic journey.
Having already travelled the world at a young age as the daughter of German diplomats, Sophie Harmsen studied at the University of Cape Town and with Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens and now lives in Berlin with her family.
photo: © Tatjana Dachsel
Tenor
Florian Sievers
Tenor
German tenor Florian Sievers was born in Hamburg and gained his first singing experience as a soprano in Uetersen Boys' Choir. He later studied with Berthold Schmid at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater 'Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy' in Leipzig, where he graduated with distinction in 2021.
A sought-after concert soloist in Germany, he is rapidly establishing himself on the international stage. Highlights of the 2022/23 season include his US debut with works by Handel and Bach at the Boston Early Music Festival, Mozart's "Great Mass in C minor "with the B'Rock Orchestra in The Hague, Brussels and Antwerp und Beethoven's "9th Symphony" in Sønderborg, Denmark. In 2024, he will be performing the role of the evangelist in Bach's "St. John Passion" with the RIAS Kammerchor and the Akademie für Alte Musik in Berlin and Paris under the baton of Justin Doyle.
Florian Sievers collaborates with conductors like Jordi Savall, Frieder Bernius, Lionel Meunier and Wolfgang Katschner and with orchestras like the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Dresden Philharmonic, Sønderjyllands Symfonieorkester, B'Rock Orchestra, Lautten Compagney, the Freiburger Barockorchester and the Nederlandse Bachvereniging.
Alongside his concert schedule, Florian is a keen opera performer. In 2022 he performed the title role of Jan van Leyden in the world premiere of the opera "J. S. Bach – The Apocalypse" in The Hague, produced by Opera2Day and the Nederlandse Bachvereniging. The production is scheduled for over 20 shows in the Netherlands and Germany in 2024.
During 2019-2021, he worked at Chemnitz Opera, where he sang in Mozart's "Entführung aus dem Serail" (Pedrillo), among other roles.
A vivid performer of the art song repertoire, he regularly gives recitals, including a notable appearance in the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg with Ragna Schirmer in 2019. In 2021 he initiated the experimental project "Schubertlied.Salon", combining Franz Schubert's Lieder with two guitars, the famous "Erlkönig" contrasting with the sound of electric guitars amongst them.
Numerous radio broadcasts, CD and video recordings covering works from the baroque era to contemporary opera bear witness to Florian Sievers' active artistic work and wide repertoire. Two recent recordings with the ensemble Ælbgut have been awarded a Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (Leipzig 1723) and an Opus Klassik (Johannespassion 1725).
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photo: Adam Markowski
Bass
Konstantin Ingenpass
Bass
For baritone Konstantin Ingenpaß, born in Osnabrück, music has been the focus of his life since early childhood and he has been musically active across multiple genres ever since. He began his professional singing training as a junior student with Gerhild Romberger at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold and studied with renowned singers such as Teru Yoshihara, Sibylla Rubens, Bo Skovhus, Thomas Quasthoff, Mitsuko Shirai and Brigitte Fassbaender.
His personal preference for lyricism as well as the artistic freedom and independence found in the interpretation of art song led to an intensive engagement with this genre during and after his studies. In October 2020, his work was rewarded when he recieved First Prize at the Hugo-Wolf-Akademie's International Competition for the Art of the Lied. He has given performances of his extensive art song repertoire at festivals such as the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Heidelberger Frühling and the Gargan Music Festival in Kanazawa, Japan, among others.
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photo: Biff-Foto
Choir
Vocalensemble Rastatt
Choir
Vocalensemble Rastatt & Les Favorites - these names stand for excellence, liveliness and authenticity and with its conductor Holger Speck they now are among the best ensembles of their kind. The Grammy nomination for the production of Mozarts "Le nozze di Figaro" (Deutsche Grammophon) or its role as a cultural ambassador of Germany in the context of the G20 summit testify the outstanding reputation.
Compelling, faithful, and historically informed interpretations, laced with passion and emotion, characterise its performances. "His sound is akin to pure gold"(American Record Guide), "Enchanting, captivating" (Rondo), "perfect singing" (FonoForum), "crystal clear, subtle" (SR), "little wonder" (MDR) are just a few reviews attributed to the young ensembles. Home of the ensemble is the baroque city of Rastatt in Baden-Württemberg with its magnificent baroque residence, where music lovers from all over the country come to the concert series "Klingende Residenz”.
The instrumental ensemble Les Favorites is the musical companion of the Vocalensemble Rastatt, performing on period instruments. The ensemble varies in size according to musical requirements, ranging from a small continuo group to a full-sized baroque orchestra, featuring internationally acclaimed baroque specialists. The ensemble is named after the playfully designed "Schloss Favorite" near Rastatt, the summer residence of the Duchess Sybilla Augusta of Baden.
The Vocalensemble Rastatt & Les Favorites have performed at Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, the Musikfest Bremen, Kölner Philharmonie, SWR RheinVokal Festival, Mozartfest in Würzburg, Festivals like "Heidelberger Frühling" or "Europäische Kirchenmusik" in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Europäisches Musikfest Stuttgart, Schwetzinger Festspiele, Wartburgkonzerte and Merseburger Musiktage among other venues. The flexible choir does not shy away from excursions into the world of opera, having performed "Lucia di Lammermoor"and "Norma"with Edita Gruberová and with Rolando Villazón, Thomas Hampson, Diana Damrau in the operas "Don Giovanni", "Così fan tutte", "Entführung aus dem Serail" and "Le nozze di Figaro", working together with famous orchestras like Mahler Chamber Orchestra for the label Deutsche Grammophon. Together with Klaus Maria Brandauer and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the choir also performed Mendelssohn's "Sommernachtstraum" at Musikfest Bremen. There, as well as in "Alte Oper"Frankfurt, are planned perfomances of Beethoven's 9th Symphony with "Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie" under Paavo Järvi.
The ensemble is supported by the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg as well as by its home city of Rastatt.
Orchestra
Ensemble Resonanz
Mit seiner außergewöhnlichen Spielfreude und künstlerischen Qualität zählt das Ensemble Resonanz zu den führenden Kammerorchestern weltweit. Die Programmideen der Musiker setzen alte und neue Musik in lebendige Zusammenhänge und sorgen für Resonanz zwischen den Werken, dem Publikum und Geschichten, die rund um die Programme entstehen.
Das 18-köpfige Streichorchester ist demokratisch organisiert und arbeitet ohne festen Dirigenten, holt sich aber immer wieder künstlerische Partner wie die Bratschistin Tabea Zimmermann, die Geigerin Isabelle Faust, den Cellisten Jean-Guihen Queyras oder den Dirigenten Emilio Pomàrico an Bord. Auch die enge Zusammenarbeit mit Komponisten und die Entwicklung eines neuen Repertoires ist ein treibender Motor der künstlerischen Arbeit. Seit Sommer 2018 ist mit dem Geiger und Dirigenten Riccardo Minasi ein langjähriger Freund Artist in Residence des Ensembles.
In Hamburg bespielt das Ensemble Resonanz mit der Elbphilharmonie und dem resonanzraum St. Pauli zwei besondere und unterschiedliche Spielorte. Die Residenz an der Elbphilharmonie beinhaltet die Konzertreihe resonanzen, die in der 18. Saison für Furore sorgt. Aber auch mit Kinderkonzerten sowie im Rahmen diverser Festivals gestaltet das Ensemble die Programmatik des neuen Konzerthauses entscheidend mit und setzt Akzente für eine lebendige Präsentation klassischer und zeitgenössischer Musik. Der resonanzraum im Hochbunker auf St. Pauli, der europaweit erste Kammermusik- Club, ist die Heimat des Ensemble Resonanz. Hier laden die Musiker monatlich zu der Konzertreihe urban string, die von den Ensemble-Mitgliedern gestaltet und im Dialog mit der Musik internationaler DJ-Künstler präsentiert wird. Aber auch die an die Konzerte angedockten Ankerangebote, die das Publikum zu neuen Erfahrungsräumen rund um die Programme laden, finden zum großen Teil hier statt: von Werkstätten und Hörstunden über die Philosophie-Gespräche bunkersalon bis zum experimentellen Format offbeat. Der resonanzraum wurde 2017 für sein innovatives Programm zum Hamburger Musikclub des Jahres gewählt, zudem erhielt er verschiedene Architektur-Preise wie den AIT-Award oder den Publikumspreis des BDA. Die Reihe urban string wurde 2016 mit dem Innovation Award der Classical Next ausgezeichnet. Ausgehend von Hamburg gastieren die Musiker auf diversen Festivals und an den führenden Konzerthäusern weltweit und lassen von Wien über Amsterdam bis Tokio, Hanoi und Bangkok ein begeistertes Publikum zurück.
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photo: Tobias Schult
