BERNVOCAL (Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble

Founded: 2013 – Bern, Switzerland

ERNVOCAL is Bern’s professional vocal ensemble for early music. It was founded in 2013 by its Artistic Director Fritz Krämer. Among its members are internationally renowned soloists such as Miriam Feuersinger, Dominik Wörner, Marie Lys, Peter Kooij, Hana Blažíková and Kai Wessel. The ensemble works with Maurice Steger, Sebastian Wienand, Camerata Bern, Enrico Onofri, Freitagsakademie, Václav Luks and Vital Julian Frey, among others.

Since its debut with Continuo Anthems by Purcell, the ensemble has dedicated itself to the music of Monteverdi, Gesualdo, Heinrich Schütz, Johann Hermann Schein, George Frideric Handel and J.S. Bach, but also to newly published works, for example by Biagio Marini.

The ensemble BERNVOCAL is under the patronage of Federal Councillor Simonetta Sommaruga.

Members of BERNVOCAL:

Sopranos

Altos

Tenors

Basses

Mirjam Berli
Maria Bernius
Hana Blažíková
Stephanie Boller
Alice Borciani
Sonja Bühler
Natalie Eichenberger
Felicitas Erb
Miriam Feuersinger
María Martínez Gabaldón
Vera Hiltbrunner
Ulrike Hofbauer
Jenny Högström
Sara Jäggi
Jessica Jans
Kristīne Jaunalksne
Barbora Kabatková
Julia Kirchner
Regula Konrad
Aleksandra Lewandowska
Marie Lys
Carmit Natan
Seraina Perrenoud
Cécilia Roumi
Anastasia Terranova
Olivera Tičević
Witte Maria Weber

Jan Börner
Barbara Erni
David Feldman
Flavio Ferri-Benedetti
Arnaud Gluck
Tamara Gura
Gabriel Jublin
Dina König
Roman Melish
Florencia Menconi
Margot Oitzinger
Alexandra Rawohl
Anne Schmid
Aiko Sone
Victor de Souza Soares
Mona Spägele
Kai Wessel
Terry Wey
Sarah Widmer

Robert Buckland
Dan Dunkelblum
Michael Feyfar
Ivo Haun
Raphael Höhn
Daniel Issa
Tobias König
Jacob Lawrence
Matthias Müller
David Munderloh
Markus Nollert
Tiago Oliveira
Akinobu Ôno
Felix Rienth
Markus Schäfer
Jonathan Spicher
Anders Veiteberg
Dieter Wagner

Ismael Arróniz
Matthias Begemann
Markus Flaig
Raitis Grigalis
Jean-Christophe Groffe
Bert Hafner
Fabrice Hayoz
Matthias Helm
Serafin Heusser
Christian Hilz
Peter Kooy (Kooij)
Michael Kreis
Sebastian Mattmüller
Marcus Niedermeyr
Breno Quinderé
Jan Sauer
Jonathan Sells
Christian Villiger
Tobias Wicky
Dominik Wörner

Instrumentalists:

Violins: Franciska Hajdu, Maria Sohn
Violas: Sara Gómez Yunta
Violas da gamba: Amélie Chemin, Julien Léonard, Rebeka Rusó
Violone: Nicholas Baldock, Armin Bereuter, Ján Krigovsky
Recorders: Sabrina Frey, Maurice Steger
Oboe: Katharina Suske
Theorbo: Julian Behr, Rosario Conte, Simon Linné, Jonathan Rubin
Organ/Harpsichord: Jürg Brunner, Lorenzo Feder, Anna Fontana, Vital Julian Frey, Antonio Greco, Claire Anne Piguet, Dubee Sohn, Sebastian Wienand

Sources:
Fritz Krämer (June 2020)
Photos: Matthias Luggen
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (June 2020)

Fritz Krämer: Short Biography | Ensembles: BERNVOCAL | Camerata Vivaldiana
Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works

Links to other Sites

BERNVOCAL (Official Website) [German]
BERNVOCAL on Facebook