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The French-born tenor and harpist, Laurin Oppermann, comes from a family of musicians and grew up in France. At the age of 7 he discovered his love for the harp. A few years later, singing lessons began. He is winner of the Händel-Gesellschaft 2003, and winner of the Jugend Musiciert competition in both subjects, singing and harp. He obtained his Bachelor of Music degree in singing from the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin with Scot Weir; and his Master of Music degree from the "Hochschule für Musik "Franz Liszt" in Weimar with Professor Michail Lanskoi. In addition, he has been a student of Gerd Türk at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel since 2018. Master-classes with Emma Kirkby, Margreet Honig, Robert Dean Smith, Nicholas Clapton and Francisco Poyato were great inspirations for him.
Laurin Oppermann works as a freelance opera singer in Germany and abroad. In addition, he often appears in concert and oratorio areas as a tenor soloist and Evangelist. He is a guest and member of several renowned vocal ensembles such as the RIAS-Kammerchor (Director: Hans-Christoph Rademann), Gaechinger Cantorey (Director: Hans-Christoph Rademann; since November 2017), Kammerchor Stuttgart (Director: Frieder Bernius; since November 2017), Vocalconsort Berlin (since November 2017), Zürcher Sing-Akademie (Director: Florian Helgath; since July 2018), ChorWerk Ruhr (Director: Florian Helgath; since January 2019), Cantus Thuringia (Directors: Bernhard Klapprott & Christoph Dittmar), and Vocalensemble Rastatt (Director: Holger Speck; since January 2020). He works regularly with conductors such as René Jacobs, Ton Koopman, Robin Ticciati, Frieder Bernius, Justin Doyle, Hans-Christoph Rademann and with Wolfgang Katschner and Florian Helgath. He currently lives in Neukölln, Berlin, Germany. |
