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Biography

Joachim Held is one of the foremost lute players of his generation. He captivates his audience with the refinement of his playing and moves the listener with expressing the different moods of the soul. In 2006 Joachim Held is the first lute player ever to receive the renowned German Echo - Klassik Award. This is in the category "Best soloist recording of the year" for his CD "Delightful Lute - Pleasure. Baroque Lute music from the lands of the Habsburgs". Joachim Held was born in Hamburg in 1963 and studied at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis... More

Autobiography

"Und plötzlich war ich adlig
Meine neue Familie heißt von Anhalt"


You can order Joachim's autobiography at the price of 16,50 Euro (excludes postage & packaging).

For further information, please send an email to:
buch@joachim-held.de


Joachim Held got the appointment as a Professor for the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen/Germany. Students can register for the Bachelor and Master degree program.   www.hfk-bremen.de

Merry Melancholy
(English Lute Music)

Album's Audio Player

The concept of "melancholy" held a special place in English art of the 16th and 17th Centuries. Rather than being considered depressive mental condition, it was seen as a deeply poetic element of soaring ecstasy with the power to inspire even bigger, even better deeds. It is no surprise that the subject of "melancholy" came to characterize much of the English music for lute, and the inspiration for much complex and colorful music. Joyful dances, contrapuntal fantasies, and pavanes which luxuriate in chromaticism are all to be found here. Only the most beautiful, haunting works were chosen for this recording. Naturally, John Dowland is represented! His "Lachrimae" was a true international HIT in it's day, ...  More

Sylvius Leopold Weiss Baroque Festival
(Grodkow, Poland - 9. April 2010)


Concerts Dates

09. July 2011
GERMANY
Kotzenbüll
Solo Concert. Works of Hasse,
Falckenhagen, Weiss & Bach

www.nordfriesland-online.blog.de


11.-14. July 2011
GERMANY
Bad Alexandersbad
Lute Master Class
as part of the Mitte Europa Festival

www.festival-mitte-europa.com


18.-24. July 2011
AUSTRIA
Salzburg
Lute & Chamber Music Class
Sommerakademie

www.sommerakademie.salzburg.at


26. July 2011
AUSTRIA
Innsbruck, Schloss Ambras
Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik
Concert with Bettina Pahn (Soprano)

www.altemusik.at


23./26./29. October 2011
GERMANY
Hamburg, Opera
Flavius Bertaridus, King of the Lombards
by G.Ph. Telemann - Cond. A. de Marchi

www.hamburgische-staatsoper.de


03. November 2011
GERMANY
Hamburg, Opera
Flavius Bertaridus, King of the Lombards
by G.Ph. Telemann - Cond. A. de Marchi

www.hamburgische-staatsoper.de


06. November 2011
GERMANY
Bernburg, Sparkasse

09./16. November 2011
GERMANY
Hamburg, Opera
Flavius Bertaridus, King of the Lombards
by G.Ph. Telemann - Cond. A. de Marchi

www.hamburgische-staatsoper.de


20. November 2011
GERMANY
Rinteln, St Nikolai
Rintelner Musiktage
Duo Concert with Bettina Pahn (Soprano)

www.nikolai-rinteln.de


14./17./20./22./29./31. December 2011
AUSTRIA
Wien, Theater an der Wien
Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi
Freiburger Barockorchester - Cond. Ivor Bolton

www.theater-wien.at


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News (Radio, TV etc.)

Please see below the TV, Radio... appearances of Joachim Held

31. May 2011 - Radio Bremen / Ansichten (In German)
And suddenly I was noble - Interview
www.radiobremen.de/mediathek/index.html?id=049304
9. May 2011 - Hr2 Kultur / Doppel-Kopf (In German)
Interview with Joachim Held
www.hr-online.de


15. November 2010 - Bayerischer Rundfunk / Lebenslinien (In German)
A portrait of Joachim Held: "Ein Wunder ist geschehen". Film directed by Rotraud Kühn.
www.br-online.de
19 October 2009 - ZDF / Mittagsmagazin (In German)
The secret Prince - Lutenist Joachim Held and his Noble descent.
www.mittagsmagazin.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/7/0,1872,7913799,00.html
08 October 2009 - BR 3 / Mensch Otto (In German)
Joachim Held's Autobiography: "And suddenly I was noble"
www.br-online.de


19. April 2009 - BR 4 Klassik (In German)
Broadcasting: Joachim Held and Bettina Pahn's concert at the "Musica Antiqua" in Nürnberg (Germany) on March 11, 2009.
www.br-online.de
26. March 2009 - WDR 3 / TonArt (In German)
Joachim Held's solo concert at the Morsbroich Castle in Leverkusen (Germany) on March 29, 2009.
www.wdr3.de


10. March 2009 - BR 4 Klassik / Allegro (In German)
Arias and Lute Music of the Italian & German Baroque at the Germanic National Museum of Nürnberg on March 11, 2009 with Bettina Pahn, Soprano.
www.br-online.de


21. February 2009 - BR 4 Klassik / Meine Musik (In German)
Joachim Held's favourite music on Radio channel "Bayern 4 Klassik".
www.br-online.de
15. August 2008 - NDR Kultur / Neue CDs (In German)
Joachim Held "Musique pour le Roi" - Presented by Dagmar Penzlin.
www.ndrkultur.de






2010. Merry Melancholy2008. Musique pour le Roi2007. Che Soavità2007. German Popular Songs2007. Chi mi sente cantar2006. German Lute Music2006. Delightful Lute-Pleasure2005. The Schele Manuscript Hamburg2004. Nach willen dein1996. I grandi liutisti Milanesi del Cinquecento





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