Considered by
Opernwelt to be “intellectually and vocally one of the most flexible singers on the German stage today”, baritone
Holger Falk, together with world-renowned pianist
Julius Drake, will be making his Lied recital debuts in New York (Frick Collection, October 21), Cleveland (Cleveland Chamber Music Society, October 23) and Washington, DC (the Phillips Collection, October 28). The program will include Lieder by Schubert, Eisler, Satie, and Poulenc, composers whose works Holger has recorded to great acclaim.
Program
Schubert/Seidl: Six songs
Eisler/Brecht: Songs from “Hollywooder Liederbuch” and “Die Hollywood-Elegien”
Poulenc/Apollinaire: “Banalités” and “Calligrammes”
Satie/Fargue: “Ludions”
Holger Falk is a leading baritone in contemporary opera and has performed in concert halls and festivals across Germany and Europe, including at the Bavarian State Opera Munich, Theâtre Champs Elysées Paris, Teatro Real Madrid, and Theater an der Wien. He was nominated Best Singer of the Year by
Opernwelt for the 2016-17 season and won the 2016 Echo Klassik award for his Erik Satie recordings.
Julius Drake is a London-based pianist who has performed concerts and festivals worldwide. He is currently working on recording the complete songs of Franz Liszt and is a professor at Graz University for Music and the Performing Arts in Austria.
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