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Ensemble - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Holger Simon

Holger Simon

Holger Simon* (Fagottist) bekam im Alter von 16 Jahren den ersten Fagottunterricht. Er studierte in Würzburg (Eberhard Buschmann), am Mozarteum Salzburg (Milan Turkovic) und Mannheim (Alfred Rinderspacher). Schon während des Studiums spielte er in namhaften Orchestern in Österreich und Deutschland als Aushilfe. Nach Engagements am Theater Oberhausen und der Philharmonia Ungarica wechselte er 1991 in das Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin. Dort wurde er 1996 zum Berliner Kammermusiker ernannt.

Holger Simon initiierte KLASSIK IS' COOL !, ein Jugendprogramm, welches über 15 Jahre erfolgreich an der Deutschen Oper Berlin durchgeführt wurde. Neben seinem Hauptberuf studierte Holger Simon den Diplomstudiengang Kulturmanagement und Betriebswirtschaftslehre an der Fernuniversität Hagen. Er organisierte als Orchestervorstand der Deutschen Oper Berlin viele Konzerte, Events, Pressekonferenzen, CD-Präsentationen und akquirierte und pflegte Sponsorships. Zwölf Jahre lang arbeitet er außerdem mit Jugendorchestern. So war er Manager der Deutsch-Skandinavischen Jugend-Philharmonie, Interimsgeschäftsführer des Bundesjugendorchesters (2000/2001) und erschuf mit dem Dirigenten Christoph Altstaedt das trinationale Junge Klangforum Mitte Europa, das sich sehr für die Aussöhnung zwischen Tschechien, Polen und Deutschland engagiert hat. Holger Simon selbst sowie Projekte, die er organisiert hat, wurden mit namhaften Preisen ausgezeichnet, wie dem Kunstpreis der Dresdner Bank, dem Innovationspreis Ehrenamt, dem Praemium Imperiale – The Grant for Young Artists, dem Marion-Dönhoff-Förderpreis und dem Europäischen Jugendorchesterpreis.

In den letzten Jahren hat sich Holger Simon neben Aushilfstätigkeiten in namhaften Spitzenorchestern verstärkt pädagogischen Aufgaben gewidmet. Er hat eine Fagottklasse an der Musikschule Tempelhof-Schöneberg aufgebaut und gibt regelmäßig Kurse in Barcelona, Malmö (Musikhögskolan) und London (Guildhall School of Music and Drama). Bei „Jugend musiziert“ gehörte er oftmals der Jury des Bundeswettbewerbes an und in 2015 unterrichtete er als Mentor an der Orchesterakademie der Deutschen Oper Berlin.

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18
DEC

Adventskalender in der Tischlerei: Das 18. Fensterchen

Today in the Tischlerei:Leoncavallo, Gounod, Korngold and Britten
with Geon Kim (baritone), Martina Baroni (mezzo-soprano) and Chris Reynolds (piano)
5.00 pm / Tischlerei
Duration: approx. 25 minutes / Free admission


Behind today's 18th door of the Advent calendar, we will be treated to a selection of arias and songs. Martina Baroni (mezzo-soprano), a scholarship holder of the Förderkreis der Deutschen Oper Berlin, opens the programme with two British pieces, the song cycle ‘Five Elizabethan songs’ by composer and poet Ivon Gurney, which is based on poems from the Elizabethan era, and Benjamin Britten's lullaby cycle ‘A Charm of Lullabies’. This is followed by a block of works from the German repertoire, including the duet by Robert Schumann, in which Martina Baroni will be joined by our ensemble member Geon Kim, as well as excerpts sung by Geon Kim from Erich Wolfgang Korngold's ‘Five Songs Op.28’ and ‘Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen’ from DIE TOTE STADT, one of the most beautiful baritone arias of all. The programme concludes with further hits from the opera repertoire: ‘Ô sainte médaile... Avant de quitter ces lieux’ from Charles Gounod's FAUST, the duet ‘E fra quest'ansie... E allor perchè’ from PAGLIACCI by Ruggero Leoncavallo, and the cheerful duet ‘Dunque io son’ from Rossini's opera BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA.

In the 2024/25 season, Martina Baroni is a scholarship holder of the Förderkreis of the Deutsche Oper Berlin in the Talent Circle (Belcanto Group Scholarship), where she sings, among other roles, Der Missmut / ANTIKRIST, Eine Kartenaufschlägerin / ARABELLA, Mercédès / CARMEN, the Fox / THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN, 2nd Lady / THE MAGIC FLUTE, 2nd Maid / ELEKTRA, Fenena / NABUCCO and Polina / THE QUEEN OF SPADES. During her studies, Martina Baroni took part in two productions at the Teatro Regio Turino, where she sang the role of Frantik in THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN by Leoš Janácek, and performed Benjamin Britten's cantata 'Phaedra' with the conservatory orchestra. In 2024, she made a guest appearance at the Teatro Regio as a soloist in the operetta THE LITTLE PRINCE by Pierangelo Valtinoni. Martina Baroni was supported by DE SONO – Associazione per la Musica. Since 2015 she has been a member of the award-winning Coro da Camera di Torino under the direction of Prof. Tabbia. In 2023 she took part as a singer and pianist in the performance of ‘Sonic Blossom’ by the artist Lee Mingwei at the MAO in Turin. In addition, Martina Baroni has sung as a soloist at various festivals in Italy, including Unione Musicale, MITO Settembre Musica, and Smart Opera, and performed opera arias by Giuseppe Verdi at the Nuits Romatiques in Aix le Bains. In January 2024, Martina Baroni won first prize at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition.

Baritone Geon Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea. He completed his studies at the Seoul National University College of Music, where he already took on roles such as Masetto in Mozart's DON GIOVANNI, Guglielmo in COSÌ FAN TUTTE and Conte Almaviva in LE NOZZE DI FIGARO as well as Gianni Schicchi and Spinelloccio in Puccini's GIANNI SCHICCHI during his studies there. In the 2023/24 season, he was a member of the Korea National Opera Studio and was also awarded a scholarship from the Seah Woonhyung Lee Foundation. He attended masterclasses with renowned figures such as Kwangchul Youn, Hans Choi, Jonathan Papp and Carlo Rizzi. In 2024, he won the Georg Solti Academy Competition in Seoul, the KBS Singing Competition in 2020 and the Korean Classical Music Competition. In the 2024/25 season, he will make his debut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where he will be heard in the roles of Marcello in LA BOHÈME, Forester in THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN, Monterone in RIGOLETTO and Moralès in CARMEN, among others. He enriches the ensemble here as a scholarship holder in an exchange programme with the Korean National Opera.