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Knut Schoch studied voice in Hamburg with Wilfried Jochens and Alan Speer.
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In 1999, he was awarded at the Concours Musica Antiqua Bruges. In the field of historically informed performance he has collaborated with Thomas Hengelbrock, Ton Koopman, Sigiswald Kuijken and Ludger Remy. He has performed oratorios by George Frideric Handel and the part of the Evangelist in Bach"s Passions.
Schoch appeared in Baroque and classical opera, including the title role in Monteverdi"s L"Orfeo, Campra"s L"Europe galante, Handel"s Almira and Alcina, and Mozart"s operas Zaide, Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Die Zauberflöte.
Interested in the interplay of music and poetry, he is a performer of Lieder. He has performed with pianists Johannes Debus and Henning Lucius, singing not only songs of the romantic era but also works of Krieger, Beethoven and Britten.
He performed Schubert"s song cycle Die schöne Müllerin with guitarist Carsten Linck, other songs by Schubert with Eckart Begemann and Ludger Rémy accompanying on the period"s Hammerflügel. With pianist Norman Shetler, he sang music by Schubert, Spohr and Schumann.
Schoch appeared at international Festivals such as the Handel festivals in Göttingen and Halle, Bachwoche Ansbach, Rheingau Musik Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival and Festival of Flanders.
