Bariton Konstantin Krimmel
Promoted as a BBC New Generation Artist, the baritone is the new star in the opera sky. His great love is the concert and song repertoire, which the winner of numerous competitions is constantly expanding and impressively presenting on the most renowned stages.
About the artist
Baritone with a passion for Lied concerts
Career
Konstantin Krimmel, of German-Romanian descent, received his first musical training with the St. Georgs Chorknaben in Ulm. At the age of 21, he then began his vocal studies with Prof. Teru Yoshihara, which the singer completed with distinction in 2020. In the meantime Tobias Truniger is coaching him in Munich. Already during his studies Konstantin Krimmel developed a special love for the concert and lied repertoire, which he is constantly expanding. Winning numerous competitions significantly advanced his career. In the period 2021-2023 Konstantin Krimmel will be promoted as BBC New Generation Artists.
On stage
Accordingly, the artist has already toured nationally and internationally: including recitals at the Kölner Philharmonie, at the Deutsche Oper Berlin as well as at the Konzerthaus Berlin, at the Frankfurt Opera, at the Heidelberger Frühling, as a guest at the Schubertíada de Vilabertran as well as the Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg, in Madrid, in London (Wigmore Hall), at the Concertgebouw and at the Oxford Lied Festival. In the 22/23 season, recitals will take him to Berlin/Boulez-Saal, Barcelona, London, Amsterdam, Cologne and Schwarzenberg/Hohenems, among others.
In concert
In the concert field, too, fine projects are waiting for him: among others, he will sing the Brahms Requiem in Rome together with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jakub Hruša; in December 2022 there will be the Weihnachtsoratorium at the Gewandhaus Leipzig as well as in Montreal. A tour (St. Matthew Passion) with the Rias Kammerchor conducted by Justin Doyle will take him to Amsterdam, Berlin and Essen. In the Berlin Philharmonie he performs Fauré's Requiem under Kent Nagano. In Madrid, Mendelssohn's Elias is on the program with the Orquesta Nacional under the baton of David Afkham, and in Graz he will sing Schumann's Faust Scenes for the first time.
Opera
Opera is not forgotten either: since fall 2021 the artist has been a member of the Bavarian State Opera, where he can be heard next season in a new production of Mozart's Così fan tutte (Guglielmo) and further on in Die Zauberflöte (Papageno), in Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos (Harlequin) and in Hosokawa's Hanjo (Yoshio).
Recordings
In March 2021 his CD of Handel's "Brockes Passion" (together with the Ensemble Arcangelo under Jonathan Cohen) will be released on the Alpha label, and in April 2022 his new Lied CD "Franz Liszt- Der du vom Himmel bist" with Daniel Heide (piano) will be released on the Avi label. In the fall of 2022, another CD "Die schöne Müllerin" will be released on the alpha label.
