Liederabend Mauro Peter

Tenor Mauro Peter was born in Lucerne and studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich. In 2012, he won first prize and the audience prize at the International Robert Schumann Competition. Since then, he has performed at leading concert halls and opera houses worldwide, including Wigmore Hall in London, Philharmonie de Paris, Carnegie Hall, Kölner Philharmonie, Elbphilharmonie, Hamburger Laeiszhalle, Musikverein Vienna, Wiener Konzerthaus, Verbier Festival, Lucerne Festival, Montréal Symphony Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, Zurich Opera House, Pierre-Boulez-Saal, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Salzburg Festival, Semperoper Dresden, Musikfest Dresden, Bregenzer Festspiele, and Opéra National de Paris. His repertoire includes roles such as Andres ("Wozzeck"), Ferrando ("Così fan tutte"), Tamino ("The Magic Flute"), Loge ("Rheingold"), Naraboth ("Salome"), Nemorino ("L’elisir d’amore"), Eisenstein ("Die Fledermaus"), Prince ("The Love for Three Oranges"), and Max ("Der Freischütz"). As an internationally sought-after concert soloist, he has performed under the musical direction of renowned conductors including Ivor Bolton, Teodor Currentzis, Gustavo Dudamel, Iván Fischer, Philippe Herreweghe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Marie Jacquot, Vladimir Jurowski, Fabio Luisi, Joana Mallwitz, Antonello Manacorda, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Minasi, Andris Nelsons, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Trevor Pinnock, Simone Young, and Christian Thielemann.

Helmut Deutsch is one of the most sought-after and successful Lied pianists of our time. Born in Vienna, he studied piano and composition at the city’s University of Music and Performing Arts, as well as musicology at the University of Vienna. He specialized in song accompaniment and chamber music and began his international concert career as the piano partner of Irmgard Seefried. Since then, he has appeared in the world’s leading concert halls and at major festivals with many distinguished singers, including Juliane Banse, Grace Bumbry, Ileana Cotrubas, Diana Damrau, Brigitte Fassbaender, Angelika Kirchschlager, Genia Kühmeier, Christiane Oelze, Anne Sofie von Otter, Dawn Upshaw, Ruth Ziesak, Olaf Bär, Matthias Goerne, Dietrich Henschel, Wolfgang Holzmayr, Jonas Kaufmann, Thomas Moser, Christoph Prégardien, Josef Protschka, Thomas Quasthoff, Andreas Schmidt, Bo Skovhus, Peter Schreier, Christoph Strehl, Michael Volle, and Bernd Weikl, and has released several highly acclaimed recordings on various labels. He enjoyed a twelve-year close artistic partnership with the baritone Hermann Prey. Helmut Deutsch is a winner of the Vienna Composition Prize, teaches at the University of Music in Munich, and gives masterclasses and interpretation courses throughout Europe and Japan.