Gerd Türk is a German classical

tenor A tenor is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The lo ...

Biography

Gerd Türk received his first musical training as a choir boy at the cathedral of

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. He studied in Frankfurt and then at the

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with Richard Levitt and

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, continuing in master classes with

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and

Kurt Equiluz Kurt Equiluz (13 June 1929 – 20 June 2022) was an Austrian classical tenor in opera and concert. He was a member of the Vienna State Opera as a tenor buffo from 1957 until 1983, remembered for roles such as Pedrillo in Mozart's ''Die Entfüh ...

. In the field of

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he has worked with

Frans Brüggen Franciscus ("Frans") Jozef Brüggen (30 October 1934 – 13 August 2014) was a Dutch Conducting, conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist. Biography Born in Amsterdam, Brüggen was the last of the nine children of August Brüggen, a textile ...

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and

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. He was a founding member of the ensemble

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and has collaborated with the Ensemble Gilles Binchois under Dominique Vellard specialising in Medieval music. He has appeared as the

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in the Passions of

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, took part in the project of

Ton Koopman Antonius Gerhardus Michael Koopman (; born 2 October 1944), known professionally as Ton Koopman, is a Dutch conductor, organist, harpsichordist, and musicologist, primarily known for being the founder and director of the Amsterdam Baroque Orches ...

to record Bach's complete vocal works with the

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and also in the complete recording by the

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under

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. Since 2000 he has been teaching at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and master classes at the University of Fine Arts in Tokyo.

References

External links

Gerd Türk (Tenor)
Bach Cantatas Website, 2009 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Turk, Gerd German operatic tenors Living people Schola Cantorum Basiliensis alumni Academic staff of Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Year of birth missing (living people)