Tonangeber
Konzept / Moderation
Maura Kopschitz
Music Theater Education
Birthplace:
Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
Studies:
German-French degree program in musicology (B. A. / Licence) at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen in cooperation with the Université François-Rabelais Tours
Master's program "Music - Experience and Recognition" with a focus on music philosophy and music psychology at the University of Bremen and the Université de Montréal
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera
Music theater and concert pedagogue at the Hamburg State Opera since 2023
Career stages:
Concert and music theater pedagogue at the Theater und Orchester Heidelberg (2021-2023).
Freelance work with the Bochum Symphony Orchestra and Würth Philharmonic Orchestra (2017-2020)
photo: Niklas Marc Heinecke
flute
Daphne Meinhold-Heerlein
Flute
Daphne Meinhold-Heerlein wurde 1997 in Hamburg geboren. Ihre erste musikalische
Ausbildung wurde ihr am Hamburger Konservatorium zuteil.
Nachdem sie ein Jahr von Prof. Angela Firkins unterrichtet wurde, begann sie ihr Bachelorstudium an der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg in der Klasse
von Prof. Jürgen Franz. Weiterführend ergänzte Daphne Meinhold-Heerlein ihr
Studium durch einen Erasmusaufenhalt am Conservatoire National Supérieur de
Musique et Danse de Lyon in der Klasse von Prof. Julien Beaudiment.
Seit dem Wintersemester 2019 studiert sie an der Hochschule für Musik und
Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart in der Klasse von Prof. Davide Formisano.
Neben mehreren Preisen auf Bundesebene des Wettbewerbs "Jugend Musiziert“
erspielte Daphne Meinhold-Heerlein einen 1. Preis im Lions Musikwettbewerb. Des
Weiteren wurde sie als Mitglied ihres Quartetts beim 19. Internationalen Friedrich
Kuhlau Flötenwettbewerb mit einem 2. Preis und im Rahmen des Internationalen
Tiziano Rossetti Wettbewerbs mit einem 1. Preis ausgezeichnet. Zusätzlich wurde Sie
mit Ihrem Ensemble für das Career Projekt dieses Wettbewerbs ausgewählt.
Daphne Meinhold-Heerlein ist Stipendiatin des Deutschlandstipendiums, des DeutschFranzösischen Jugendwerkes, des Richard-Wagner-Verbandes Bayreuth und des
Cusanuswerks e.V. Außerdem erhielt sie 2014 den NDR Sinfonieorchester Sonderpreis
und wird von der Stiftung Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Hamburg und Stuttgart
e.V. gefördert.
Orchestererfahrung sammelt sie u.a. im NDR-Jugendsinfonieorchester, im Jungen
Philharmonischen Orchester Niedersachsen, in der Jungen Norddeutschen
Philharmonie sowie im Südwestdeutschen Kammerorchester Pforzheim.
Seit der Spielzeit 2022/2023 ist sie Mitglied der Orchesterakademie des
Philharmonischen Staatsorchesters Hamburg.
photo: Claudia Höhne
Oboe
Guilherme Filipe Sousa
Principal Oboe
Guilherme Filipe Costa e Sousa was born in Coimbra, Portugal. He completed his bachelor of music in oboe performance after studies with Ricardo Lopes at the Escola de Música e Artes do Espectáculo in Porto. He then completed a master of music degree with Diethelm Jonas at the Lübeck Music Academy. Both as a soloist and chamber musician, Guilherme Sousa has won various competitions, including first prizes at the music competition of the Portuguese Radio RTP “Prémio Jovens Músicos” in the solo and chamber music category, the first prize at the National Wind Instrument Competition in Terras de La-Sallete, the second prize at the 51st Possehl Music Award and the third prize at the 5th Józef Ciepłucha International Oboe Competition in Łódź, Poland. In Portugal, he was named Musical Newcomer of the Year in 2013. From 2015 to 2017 he was a member of the orchestral academy of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, performing concerts in Germany and abroad under conductors such as Mariss Jansons, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Kent Nagano and Sir John Elliot Gardiner. In 2017 Guilherme Sousa was appointed associate principal oboe at the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra. He then became principal oboist of the Düsseldorf Symphonic Orchestra at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein from 2017 to 2020. In 2020 he won the position of principal oboist at the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra.
photo: Claudia Höhne
Klarinette
Christian Seibold
Clarinet in E-Flat / Clarinet
Christian Seibold was born in Waiblingen, Baden-Württemberg, in 1966. He enrolled as a junior student at the Munich Music Academy at the age of 17, studying with Gerd Starke from 1982 to 1989. After an engagement at the Frankfurt Opera, he joined the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra as an E-flat clarinettist in 1993. His orchestral activities have taken him to internationally renowned orchestras, such as the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic and the Gürzenich Orchestra, where he has performed under such conductors as Valery Gergiev, Giuseppe Sinopoli and Wolfgang Sawallisch. He also makes regular guest appearances at major opera houses, e.g. the Bavarian State Opera, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Cologne Opera, Essen Opera and Hanover State Opera. In addition to his orchestral work, he has long been an active piano accompanist. Alongside his love for opera and art song, he also has a passion for jazz. In 2005 he founded the “Philharmonic Clowns” together with Larry Elam (trumpet), and they can be heard regularly with popular jazz standards throughout Hamburg. Another important focus for Seibold is chamber music. He has performed with various ensembles at such events as the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, in Hitzacker and the Waldhaus Concerts in Flims, Switzerland. The clarinettist also teaches at the Hamburg Conservatory and serves as a juror for the federal competition “Jugend musiziert”. He has coached the wind section of various youth orchestras, such as the Albert Schweitzer Youth Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Hamburg University, and teaches at various summer academies.
photo: Claudia Höhne
Fagott
Christoph Konnerth
Contrabassoon / Bassoon
Born into a family of musicians, Christoph Konnerth was introduced to music at an early age, learning to play the saxophone and bassoon. At the age of 16 he began studying bassoon with Albrecht Holder at the Würzburg Academy of Music. Christoph Konnerth plays with great passion in various chamber music ensembles and also serves a substitute for orchestras such as the Ulm Philharmonic and the Hamburg Symphonic Orchestra. During his study year abroad at the Maastricht Conservatory in 2011/12, he completed his first compositions for various band projects and smaller ensembles. In June 2017 he was awarded his master’s degree after studying with Christian Kunert and Rainer Leisewitz at the Hamburg Academy of Music and Theatre. From 2017 to 2019 Christoph Konnerth was a member of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra’s academy.
photo: Claudia Höhne
Horn
Jan Polle
Horn
Jan Polle was born in Limburg in 1997. He first began taking horn lessons at the Limburg Music School at the age of eight. From October 2012 to September 2015 he was a junior student of Esa Tapani at the Frankfurt am Main Academy of Music and Performing Arts. There, he also began his bachelor studies in 2015. Jan Polle was a winner of the competition “Jugend musiziert” several times, including a prize at the federal level in 2012. He took master courses with Johannes Hinterholzer, the ensemble German Brass and Ensemble Modern (“epoch f”). From 2018 to 2020 Jan Polle was a member of the Kassel State Orchestra’s academy. He also gained professional experience as a substitute principal horn player at the State Orchestra of Lower Saxony in Hanover and elsewhere. Jan Polle has been a member of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra since 2020 and has been deputy principal horn since 2022.
photo: Claudia Höhne
Schlagzeug
Jesper Tjærby Korneliusen
Principal Timpani
Jesper Tjærby Korneliusen was born in Copenhagen in 1972. He studied with Bent Lylloff at the Royal Danish Music Conservatory. From 1996 to 1999 he was a member of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, where he played under conductors including Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez, Kent Nagano, Franz Welser-Möst, Seiji Ozawa and Semyon Bychkov. He began his career as principal timpanist of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Southern Westphalia; since 2004 he has been principal timpanist of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra. Here, he received the Eduard Söring Prize in 2005. Since 2017 Jesper Tjærby Korneliusen has also played regularly in the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra.
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photo: Claudia Höhne
