Jochen Kupfer | The Artist

"In the abstract, the Lied is the essence of a complete opera – situation, character, emotion and above all: music."

Jochen Kupfer

Composers

Mahler, Schreker, Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, Brahms, Korngold, Mendelssohn, Bach, Haydn, Händel, Beethoven, Strauss, Mozart, Zemlinsky, Wagner

Poetry

Goethe, Heine, Eichendorff, Dehmel

Prose

Th. Mann, Hesse, Garcia Márquez, Garcia Pavon

Influences

Kurt Masur, Masaaki Suzuki, Fabio Luisi, Christoph Prick, Elio Battaglia, Enoch zu Guttenberg, Harald Stamm, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Opera Houses

Semperoper Dresden, Staatstheater Nürnberg, Staatsoper Berlin,
Opernhaus Graz, Bayerische Staatsoper München

Concert Halls

Victoria Hall, Suntory Hall Tokyo, Izumi Hall Osaka, Kreuzkirche Dresden, Frauenkirche Dresden, Carnegie Hall, Gewandhaus Leipzig,
Berliner Philharmonie

At Home

in nature, in the forest, in the Romanticism of the 19th century...
taking a walk along a creek in Franconia...
absorbed in painting, if I can find time...
relaxing in warm thermal water, swimming...
in the forest, looking for rare fungi...
preparing a feast for family and friends...
with my son (16), fishing...
on stage in productions where I was allowed to contribute my ideas...
in concert with my favourite repertoire...
in a recital when, between two songs, I must strain my eyes to see whether there are still people in the auditorium, because it is so wonderfully quiet...
fooling around with friends, drinking a beer...
nestling down in a rug, watching a nice french movie...

I

am an artist with heart and soul