BARITONE | BASS
Thomas Quasthoff
Representation: World
- Helga Machreich-Unterzaucher
- +43 (0)5 06 80-012
- machreich@machreich-artists.com
GALLERY
BIOGRAPHY
For half a century, Thomas Quasthoff has set the benchmark internationally as a singer, reaching and moving countless people with his artistry. In January 2012, he rounded off his unrivalled career as a classical singer, yet has remained closely associated with singing and the arts as a teacher, as a reciter and narrator at concerts, giving readings, and now increasingly as a jazz singer in collaboration with Wolfgang Haffner (drums), Dieter Ilg (double bass) and Simon Oslender (keyboards).
Throughout his extensive career, Thomas Quasthoff has performed with the world's leading orchestras and called the lieder and concert stage his home, having sung at the most prominent halls and festivals. His close collaborations with conductors include names such as Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Christoph Eschenbach, Bernard Haitink, Mariss Jansons, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Simon Rattle, Helmuth, Christian Thielemann and Franz Welser-Möst.
Thomas Quasthoff has been "Artist in Residence" at the Vienna Musikverein, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Carnegie Hall, the Lucerne Festival, Baden-Baden, Hamburg, London's Wigmore Hall and the Barbican Centre.
He has proven time and again just how much he enjoys taking on new challenges. In recent years, he has performed various jazz programmes at the Vienna Konzerthaus, Vienna State Opera, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, the Cologne Philharmonie, the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Prinzregententheater in Munich, in Dresden, at the festivals in Schleswig-Holstein, Verbier, Leverkusen, Heidelberg, the Jazzfest in Bonn and the Rheingau Festival.
In 2024, Thomas Quasthoff celebrates his 50th anniversary on stage. To mark the occasion, he will perform with various jazz ensembles at the Dortmund Konzerthaus, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Bonn Jazz Festival, Wigmore Hall, the Rheingau Festival, the Verbier Festival, Schloss Elmau, the Vienna Konzerthaus, Frankfurt and the Cologne Philharmonie. Alongside the Amatis Trio, he will perform as a reciter in the programme entitled "Humanity in War", taking him to Blaibach, Basel, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, in Utrecht and at the Musikfest in Dresden. As a narrator, he will appear in Schönberg's Gurre-Lieder with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle and with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra under the direction of Alan Gilbert.
The artist has received numerous national and international honours to date, including the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. Three of his recordings have been awarded Grammys and six have received the Echo Prize. From 1996-2004, Thomas Quasthoff held a professorship at the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold. Since then he has taught at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin, while also giving regular masterclasses, including at the Heidelberger Frühling Festival and the Hochschule in Detmold, as well as at the Verbier Festival and the Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg. His passionate commitment to young singers also motivated the artist to found the international competition "Das Lied" in 2009.
2023 | 2024
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DISCOGRAPHY
Thomas Quasthoff: Nice ‘n’ Easy
Vocals: Thomas Quasthoff | Piano: Frank Chastenier | Bass: Dieter Ilg | Drums: Wolfgang Haffner
NDR Bigband
Arrangement: Jörg Achim Keller
Label: Sony Music | 2018
Thomas Quasthoff: Tell it like it is
Vocals: Thomas Quasthoff | Klavier: Frank Chastenier | Gitarre: Bruno Müller | Bass: Dieter Ilg | Drums: Wolfgang Haffner
Label: Deutsche Grammophon | 2010
Thomas Quasthoff: The Jazz Album – Watch what happens
Arrangement: Alan Broadbent, Nan Schwartz
Label: Deutsche Grammophon | 2007
Thomas Quasthoff: Mein Weihnachten
Vocals: Thomas Quasthoff | Piano: Frank Chastenier | guitar: Bruno Müller | Bass: Dieter Ilg | Drums: Wolfgang Haffner
Label: Deutsche Grammophon | 2014
VIDEOS
CALENDAR
Join Thomas Quasthoff and his talented musician friends for a festive evening of toe-tapping fun in celebration of the legendary bass-baritone's 50 years on stage.
Thomas Quasthoff, voice
Magnus Lindgren, saxophone
Shawn Grocott, trombone
Wolfgang Meyer, guitar
Dieter Ilg, bass
Wolfgang Haffner, drums
Simon Oslender, piano
Meeting Friends
Thomas Quasthoff, vocals & moderation
Wolfgang Meyer, guitar
Shawn Grocott, trombone
Thomas Quasthoff, vocals
Shawn Grocott, trombone
Wolfgang Meyer, guitar
50th Stage Anniversary Jazz concert of Thomas Quasthoff
Thomas Quasthoff, vocals
Simon Oslender, piano
Dieter Ilg, bass
Wolfgang Haffner, drums
Arnold Schönberg: Gurre-Lieder
Stuart Skelton, Waldemar
Christina Nilsson, Tove
Jamie Barton, Waldtaube
Michael Nagy, Bauer
Michael Schade, Narr
Thomas Quasthoff, Sprecher
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
NDR Vokalensemble
MDR-Rundfunkchor
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Alan Gilbert, conductor
CONTACT
Representation: World
- Helga Machreich-Unterzaucher
- +43 (0)5 06 80-012
- machreich@machreich-artists.com
