Reviving Machaut
Our New Project
Classical
extensive conventional repertoire
medieval
35 years of experience with music of the middle ages
Experimental
Bass, Countertenor, Overtonesinging, Throatsinging, Instrumentals
Tobias Schlierf
voice and more
Critically acclaimed not only for his profound voice, but also for his innovative collaborations and stage work, the German bass Tobias Schlierf is a highly sought-after soloist and ensemble musician, and an active performer of works spanning centuries of repertoire. His creative work in medieval and renaissance ensembles, as a Lied and art song interpreter, and in numerous new music projects bridge diverse styles and techniques, and display his musicality, vocal range, and expressivity.
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Medieval
Estampie, Ex Silentio, Crucifigat, Solo-Programs
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Renaissance
SingerPur, Stimmwerck, Himlische Cantorey, Hassler Consort, Orlando di Lasso Ensemble and various others
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Barock - Romantik
Baltasar-Neumann-Chor, Choirs of WDR, SWR, BR and NDR, various opera-productions, Lied-recitals
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Contemporary
Stuttgarter Neue Vokalsolisten, Klangforum Heidelberg, Ascolta, Ensemble Modern, - Resonanz, - Courage
Recent Projects
Crucifigat
The crusades viewed from both western and eastern side, with Dimitris Koundouras and Ziad Rajab (Video from 27.5.2014 in Telloglou-Museum/Thessaloniki)
Hamlet’s Mill
The great, theatrical piece by Lucia Ronchetti, together with Dorothea Winkel (Sopran), Jutta Rübenacker (Viola), und Ralph Krause (Violoncello) (live from a concert of Klangforum Heidelberg, 12.3.2014)
Winterreise
a new project with the fabulous Akkordeonist Kostas Raptis! soon more… (the audio-excerpt is “Der Leiermann”, self-accompanied with Leier / Hurdy Gurdy…
Medieval-Solo
Troubadour / Trouvèrs / Minnesang, listen to 3 Love-songs by Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300 – 1377): Mors sui / Puis qu’en oubli / Tres douce dame
Xenakis’ Kassandra
Iannis Xenakis’ masterpiece, together with fantastic percussionist Boris Müller, life-recording from the concert of Ascolta at Musikfest Stuttgart 2014 (english subtitles follow soon)
Winterreise / Poreia Theatre
Recording from the 18th of february 2013 in the Athens Theatre Poreia, with pianist Julien Duchoud in a scene set of Esther Andre Gonzales. The whole performance in 24 videos…
Lovely Echoes
Medieval and Contemporary Music in Sequence and Synthesis! a project of Spiza, with Effi Minakouli, Sofia Kamayanni and Theodora Panagopoulou.
Ludus Danielis / Estampie
Not a very recent project (1992/93), but an important one…
Baudelaire/Terzakis
Dimitri Terzakis: Baudelaire-Zyklus, für Sprecher und Ensemble (Brigitte Fassbaender gewidmet), recording of the concert from the 2.11.2013 with the Ensemble Courage
Lamentatio
a recording of my choir-composition Lamentatio (2000), comissioned by Dommusik München, performed in february 2001 by the Capella Cathedralis of the Liebfrauendom in München (dir. Karl-Ludwig Nies)
Machaut-Kyrie
an excerpt of Guillaume de Machaut’s “Messe de Nostre Dame” (3 voices of Kyrie 1 in a multitracked version) produced as demo-material for a workshop on vocal manners in medieval music at Musikhochschule Hannover/january 2013
Our little Blues Pianist
a little improvisation by my son Raphael Schlierf (12 years… in 2015!)