Vita

The tenor Andreas Post, born in Arnsberg, received his first singing lessons by Alastair Thompson. They were followed by studies in the voice class of Prof. Ks Soto Papulkas at the Folkwang-Hochschule in Essen. Post studied first of all teaching profession music, but changed then to voice/ music theatre. He passed the artistic final examination (1997) as well as the following concert exam of the post graduate course (1999) with distinction.

In 1996/ 97, he was scholarship holder of the Schubertgesellschaft in Duisburg. Within the scope of this scholarship, he worked with Prof. Normen Shetler on questions of song interpretation.

In 1998, he won a second price in the 11th International Bach Competition in Leipzig as well as a special price of the MDR.

His concert activity led the scholarship holder of the Richard Wagner Verband Köln abroad to Italy, France, Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands as well as to Poland, Israel and Macedonia.

The demanded tenor feels at home not only at concerts and many festivals, such as the Telemannfesttage in Magdeburg, the Music Festival in Dresden, the Days of Old Music in Regensburg, the Händel Festival in Halle or the Festival van Flanderen in Brügge. He also participated in many scenic projects, e.g. as Tamino in Mozart’s „magic flute“, as Alfred in Johann Strauß „Fledermaus“, as Macheath in Brittens „The Beggar´s Opera“, as Samson in a stage version of the of the homonymous Oratorio of G. F. Händel or finally as Astromonte in the rediscovered opera „the philosopher’s stone“ to which among others also Mozart contributed some parts.

Post’s particular interest is in the art song to which he has dedicated himself intensively since 1995 at recitals in collaboration with the pianist Tatjana Dravenau. The considerable field of activity and the diversified repertoire of Andreas Post reflect the variety, which is also documented also by numerous CD- and radio productions: Two solo-CDs of Andreas Post appeared in 2002 and 2003.