About the artist
Internationaler Preisträger aus München
Career
German baritone Ludwig Mittelhammer received an early musical training as a boy soprano at the renowned Tölzer Boys Choir. From 2009-2015, he studied at the Musikhochschule in Munich with Frieder Lang and Michelle Breedt. In addition, he participated in masterclasses with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Brigitte Fassbaender and Edith Wiens.
Awards
Having been awarded first prize at the International Hugo Wolf Song Competition in Stuttgart in October 2014, Mr Mittelhammer became a member of Frankfurt Opera in the 2015/16 season and at Nürnberg Opera from 2016-2018. His operatic roles include Nardo (La Finta Giardiniera), Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Danilo (Die lustige Witwe), Schaunard (La Bohème), Papageno (Magic Flute) and Dr Falke (Die Fledermaus).
On stage
Highlights of recent seasons include performances with Bamberger Symphoniker, Munich Radio Orchestra, a tour with Concerto Köln (St. Matthew Passion), Mahler songs with the Orchestre de Paris under Jaap van Zweden, and Schumann’s ‘Paradies und die Peri’ with the Swedish Radio Symphony under Daniel Harding, the role debut as Harlekin in ‚Ariadne auf Naxos‘ with the Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst, Haydn’s Nelson Mass with Orquesta Nacional de España under David Afkham, concerts with Zurich Sing-Akademie, a European tour with Collegium Vocale Gent and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, his debut as Dr. Falke in „Die Fledermaus“ at New National Theatre Tokyo as well as Mozart’s Coronation Mass in São Paulo, with Alexander Liebreich conducting.
Devoted to the Art of Lieder, Mr Mittelhammer made his recital debuts at London Wigmore Hall and Cologne Philharmonie in 2017. He has given a number of song recitals together with his pianist Jonathan Ware at Essen Philharmonie, Munich Bayerischer Rundfunk, Kissinger Sommer Festival, Schubertiade Hohenems, and at the Auditori in Barcelona, among others. Extraordinary recital programs with works by Weigl, Wellesz, Marx, Wetz, Zemlinsky and Mahler, along with pianist Helmut Deutsch, have taken him to renowned concert halls, most recently to the Brucknerhaus in Linz.
Franz Welser-Möst continues his collaboration with Ludwig Mittelhammer: In April 2023, Mittelhammer sang the bass arias in two performances by J.S. Bach’s Matthew Passion with the Vienna Philharmonic. In 2024 he will sing Papageno in W.A. Mozart’s „Magic Flute“ in a staged production with the Cleveland Orchestra.
Recordings
His first solo album with songs by Schubert, Medtner and Wolf has been released with Berlin Classics in June 2019.
In March 2021, he took part in the streaming production of Haydn's ‘Creation’, a 70-minute highlights version conducted by Andreas Stoehr, available in the Styriarte Mediathek.
