Benno Schachtner receives the ECHO-Klassik prize 2016. The CD-recording “Water Music” by the ensemble CAPELLA DE LA TORRE was selected and praised for the best ensemble work.
ECHO-Klassik 2016
Category: Allgemein
Bavarian state prize for the advancement of arts 2016
The jury acknowledges Schachtner as one of the most promising and successful young Countertenors in Germany. His natural and effortless performance make even highly artistic and virtuoso passages seem delightfully easy. According to the Jury, Schachtner’s interpretation of the Alto-Arias in the new recording of Bach’s St. John-Passion under the direction of René Jacobs is… Read more »
Artistic director of the festival FR:AME
New and exciting challenges. The first season of the Festival FR:AME initiated by Benno Schachtner is about to begin. Festival Roggenburg: Alte Musik erleben (Festival Roggenburg: experience early music) will take place on the historic site and in the buildings of the monastery of Roggenburg from 28.08.-04.09.2016. www.frame-festival.de