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
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
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