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Konstantin Krimmel

Capturing several competition prizes early in his career, baritone Konstantin Krimmel has displayed an affinity for singing lieder. He has found an increased presence on European concert and operatic stages and issued his debut album, Saga, with pianist Doriana Tchakarova in 2019 on the Alpha label. Krimmel was born in Ulm, in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, in 1993. Krimmel began his musical career as a member of the boys' choir at Ulm's St. George Parish Church and had early lessons with Christiane Rockenbach. From 2014 to 2020, he studied at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart with Teru Yoshihara. While a student of Yoshihara, Krimmel made appearances as Zoroastro in a Heilbronn Theater production of Handel's Orlando in the 2016-2017 season, and he debuted as Leporello in Mozart's Don Giovanni in Severodonetsk, Ukraine, in 2018. That year, Krimmel won first prizes and audience awards at the inaugural International Helmut Deutsch Song Competition in Vienna and the International Haydn Competition for Classical Song and Aria in Rohrau. Several more competition prizes followed, and he signed to the Alpha label in 2019, where he released his debut album, Saga, featuring songs and ballads by Schumann, Loewe, Adolf Jensen, and Schubert. He was joined on that release by pianist Doriana Tchakarova, a frequent collaborator. Krimmel has had further instruction with Tobias Truniger since 2020. 2021 saw several major advancements in Krimmel's career: he became a member of the Bavarian State Opera, where he has appeared in productions of Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos and Britten's Peter Grimes, among others; he joined soprano Sabine Devieilhe for Raphaël Pichon-led performances of Brahms' Requiem; toured Bach's Christmas Oratorio with Peter Dijkstra and his Nederlands Kamerkoor; and was heard with soprano Sandrine Piau and tenor Stuart Jackson on a recording of Handel's Brockes-Passion. He was also a BBC New Generation Artist from 2021-2023. Krimmel's recording catalog continued to expand, including the 2022 album Zauberoper, featuring arias by Mozart, Haydn, and Salieri. The following year, he issued a recording of Valentin Silvestrov's Silent Songs with pianist Hélène Grimaud on Deutsche Grammophon, and he was joined by pianist Daniel Heide for a recording of Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin, once more returning to the Alpha label.
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