My professional maxim is in the spirit of Walter Felsenstein. According to this, ‘…the performer should not only sing because he is endowed with a beautiful voice, but above all because he is urged to sing in a dramatic situation…’
University
I took up a professorship for singing at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin in the winter semester of 2013. You can apply for lessons with me there.
The application deadlines and modalities for the aptitude tests at the university can be found on the university’s website.
Current courses and events can be found on the homepage.
Study successes
EXTRACTS
Juliana Zara
MA graduate
From 2019 to 2021 member of the Opera Studio of the Bavarian State Opera
Permanent engagement in Darmstadt
Nomination for the Faust Theatre Prize (title role A. Berg/Lulu)
Carnegie Hall debut (2024)
International career since then
Sotiris Charalampous
BA and MA graduate
several productions at the Brandenburg Theatre
Deutsche Oper, Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Michaella Cipriani
MA graduate
Theater an der Wien
Permanent engagement at the Volksoper Vienna (Chorus)
Hanseong Yun
MA graduate and currently studying for his concert exam
Participation in competitions and numerous awards, including finalist at the Tenor Vinas Competition (2024), special prize at the ‘Riccardo Zandonai’ (2023) 3rd prize at the Joongang Music Competition (2022), Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition 2025 3rd prize
from September 2025 Member of the opera studio at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin
Junho Hwang
in the Master’s programme
2023 1st prize Alessandro Ariosi Special Prize, Holleander Calix Special Prize and Aydin Ustuk Special Prize in the International Singing Competition Competoisone dell’Opera
Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition 2024/ 3rd prize
since 2024 Member of the opera studio of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin
Theresa Pilsl
Ma Graduate
Pietro Antonio Cesti Competition (Audience Award and Special Prize of the Wiener Konzerthaus)
Bundeswettbewerb Gesang Berlin 2018 (Special Prize of the Walter Kaminsky Foundation) and Emmerich-Smola-Förderpreis at the SWR Junge Opernstars 2020
Scholarship holder of the Lied Academy of the Heidelberger Frühling
Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir
BA graduate
2019/Debut Berlin State Opera
Permanent engagement at Basel Theatre
Junho Hwang
Montreal International Musical Competition, 2. Platz