Artist · Tenor
Richard Resch
Biography
Richard Resch received his first musical training with the Regensburg Cathedral Boys Choir, „Regensburger Domspatzen“.
His vocal studies took him to the Leopold Mozart Zentrum at the University of Augsburg and at the Schola Cantorum Basiliens, where he studied with Agnes Habereder, Hans-Joachim Beyer, Edda Sevenich and Dominik Wortig, among others, as well as with Evelyn Tubb and Anthony Rooley. Richard Resch complemented his training with Brigitte Fassbaender, Margreet Honig, Regina Resnik, Irvin Gage, Rudolf Jansen, Rudolf Piernay, Udo Reinemann, Wolfram Rieger and Gerd Türk, among others. He has won prizes at international singing competitions such as the "Concorso Internazionale Per Cantanti 'Toti dal Monte'" in Treviso, the international opera competition "Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg" and the international singing competition "Gut Immling". The City of Augsburg honoured him with its „Kunstförderpreis“.
Richard Resch has given guest performances at Opera Houses such as Augsburg, Braunschweig, Bregenz, Opera National de Bordeaux and Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich and has worked with conductors such as Howard Arman, Francesco Corti, Christoph Eschenbach, Ton Koopman, Sigiswald Kuijken, Andrea Marcon, Marc Minkowski, Andrew Parrott, Philippe Pierlot, Christophe Rousset, Helmuth Rilling, Johanna Soller, Andreas Spering, Jos van Veldhoven and Peter Whelan.
Numerous concerts and radio broadcasts have taken him all over Europe, as well as to Asia and North and South America, for example to the Rheingau Musikfestival, the Salzburger Mozartwoche or the Festival de Pâques in Aix-en-Provence.
Recently, Carpe Diem Records released his solo debut CD "Wenn ich nur Dich hab" with masterpieces of northern German baroque music.
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Selected press reviews
Fanfare MagazineA selection of reviews of recordings featuring Richard Resch. Full articles are available in the Fanfare Archive; a subscription may be required.
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