Five voices which have become legendary for their homogenous sound. Five singers who jointly explore the character of each song in order to bring it to life for the audience. Five singers so perfectly in tune with each other that their ‘vocal instrument’ spans the range of an entire orchestra. Listening to amarcord reminds us that singing is the most natural form of music – produced by the body for the human soul.

There is probably no other vocal ensemble as varied or as flexible as amarcord. Wolfram Lattke, Robert Pohlers, Frank Ozimek, Daniel Knauft and Holger Krause lend a contemporary voice to medieval songs, renaissance madrigals and Romantic compositions. With their roots in the city where Johann Sebastian Bach lived and worked for decades, and with their performance skills blessed with instinctive certainty, the five singers intone the vocal heritage of Bach, come up with inventive arrangements of traditional folk songs, and even add their own drive to jazz and soul songs. Yet despite treating each style individually, the result is always unmistakably amarcord: accomplished, harmonically sophisticated, and brilliantly performed.

Behind amarcord’s success is its curiosity for music of every type and genre, its history, compositions, traditions and uniqueness. Over the years, the members have forged a musical diversity taking them to over 50 countries, where they keep their eyes and ears open amidst the local musical heritage in search of inspiration for future programmes. Music, musicians, people and places merge into a symbiosis which remains the driving force behind amarcord.

For the audience, this is now the golden age of amarcord, an ensemble at the height of its abilities. With their musical perfection, conceptual prowess and world-class voices, Wolfram Lattke, Robert Pohlers, Frank Ozimek, Daniel Knauft and Holger Krause leave their mark today where tomorrow their legacy will lie.

Experiencing these five exceptional singers from Leipzig is an unforgettable experience. The ensemble’s name is perfectly apt, for in the Emilia-Romagna dialect, the word amarcord means ‘I remember’. In their performances, amarcord unearth musical gems from yesteryear and present jewels of contemporary composition, creating an unforgettable evening for the audience which long lives on in the memory.

Masterclasses with the Hilliard Ensemble – and the start of a long friendship with this British male vocal quartet

Initiators of the a cappella festival in Leipzig, now a firm fixture on the international music calendar

Appearance in the world premiere of Irina Pauls’ ‘Jedermann tanzt’ at Schauspiel Leipzig

Winners of a fellowship in the German Music Competition

Several concert tours of the USA and in nearly all major cities

Winners of the German Music Competition

Presented with the Crown Award by Holsten Brewery

Winners of a CARA (Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award) in the categories Best Classical Album for ‘Hear the Voice’ and Best Classical Song for ‘Tenebrae’ by Marcus Ludwig

World premieres of various song cycles by Bernd Franke

Performance of Kurt Weill’s ‘The Seven Deadly Sins’ with the Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by John Mauceri

Winners of the Ensemble Award at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival (NORDMETALL Foundation)

Tour of Southeast Asia, including Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Jakarta

Winners of a CARA in the categories Best Classical Album for ‘Nun komm der Heiden Heiland’ and Best Classical Song for ‘Sanctus Incessament’

Concerts in Jordan and Lebanon

Japanese tour (Tokyo and Yokohama)

Performances in Israel and on the West Bank

Central American tour: Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua and Mexico

Winners of an ECHO Klassik in the category Choir Recording of the Year for ‘Rastlose Liebe – Ein romantischer Spaziergang durch Leipzig’

Winners of a CARA in the Best Classical Album category for ‘Rastlose Liebe’

Performance with Bobby McFerrin at the Gewandhaus concert hall during the a cappella festival

Konzertreise nach Ghana, Togo und in den Senegal

Australian tour: Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Newcastle and Canberra

Winners of an ECHO Klassik in the category Ensemble of the Year – Vocal Music for ‘Das Lieben bringt gross Freud’

Robert becomes our new 2nd tenor in fall

Concert tours to Spain, Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic and the USA

International Classical Music Award (ICMA) in the Early Music category for ‘Zu S. Thomas’

Concert tours to Switzerland, Cyprus, Madeira (Portugal), England,
Estonia, Sweden, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands

Farewell of the Hilliards with joint performances in Cambridge and
Leipzig at the Festival “a cappella”

Winners of a CARA in the Best Folk/World Album category for ‘Folks & Tales’

Concert tours to the USA, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Spain,
Poland, Russia and Denmark

Concert tours to Italy, Sweden, Ireland, France, Czech Republic,
Cyprus, Luxembourg and Switzerland

Collaboration with HK Gruber (at the Kurt-Weill-Festival in Dessau)

Concert with Federal President Joachim Gauck at Bellevue Palace Berlin

“Supersonic Award” and nomination for “Preis der deutschen
Schallplattenkritik” for CD “Schubert” (with Eric Schneider on piano)

ICMA nomination for “Wald.Horn.Lied” (with german hornsound)

Japanese tour (including in Tokyo and Kyoto)

Collaboration with Jörg Widmann: World premiere of his ‘Kinderreime und Nonsensverse’ (‘Nursery Rhymes and Nonsense Poetry’) with the Munich Chamber Orchestra

Premieres of the plays and programs “Ballroom Dreams” in Rotterdam/NL,
“Stadt, Land, Lied” for children in Leipzig and “Leipziger Disputation” with Calmus
in Leipzig

Pavilion “Middle Ages” at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival

Appearance in the world premiere of Irina Pauls’ ‘It’s Schiller’ at euro-scene Leipzig

Advent concert weekend at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival

various Monteverdi and Bach programs with the Lautten Compagney Berlin
in Lörrach, Nuremberg and Tübingen

Director of the Vocal Summer School of the Landesmusikakademie Rheinland-Pfalz at Engers Castle

Gewandhaus premiere of Jörg Widmann’s ‘Kinderreime und Nonsensverse’

Concert tours to Luxembourg, Belgium, Czech Republic, Malta, Italy, Poland
and Switzerland

OPUS Klassik with Calmus as choral work recording of the year for “Leipziger Disputation”

Concert tour of Taiwan and South Korea

Concert tours to Austria, Hungary, Switzerland and the Netherlands

Third residency at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival: 360° Singing
at Ulrichshusen Castle

ZDF Christmas Concert with Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Live streams on arte from the Thomaskirche (in cooperation with
“accentus”) and from the Frauenkirche Dresden (with Daniel Hope for
“Hope@home on tour”)

Concerts and program premieres with Daniel Hope, Nils Mönkemeyer, amici
musicae, the Lautten Compagney and others.

Concert tours to Italy, Spain and Switzerland

World premiere of the piano version “Kinderreime und Nonsensverse” by Jörg
Widmann at the Leipzig Gewandhaus with Alexander Schmalcz at the piano

Program cooperations with the Philharmonic Children’s Choir Dresden under
Gunter Berger, with the Austrian Salonists and the Thuringian
Bach Collegium

World premieres for “America!” by Steven Sametz, Sidney M. Boquiren and
Scott Lee

Anniversary concert series “30 years of amarcord” in Leipzig with Daniel Hope,
Nils Mönkemeyer, german hornsound, the Lautten Compagney and many others

Concerts at “La folle journée” in Nantes (France), concert tours to the
Netherlands, to Denmark, Poland and Austria

Concert tour through the USA