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Raimonds Spogis studied singing in Münster, Hamburg and Karlsruhe. Opera engagements, oratorio concerts and lied programs lead him to numerous European podiums. He teaches at the Landesmusikgymnasium RLP and at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln.
The soprano Ruth Hartmann studied school music and English, as well as musical theatre singing, at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen. Since 2002, she has made her debut at numerous opera houses, including those in Bern, Athens, Innsbruck, Hamburg, Dijon, Braunschweig, Bonn, Graz and Basel. In 2008, she made her debut at the Opéra National de Paris, and in 2014 she performed at the Vienna Festival. In 2016, she sang the lead role in the opera *Koma* by G.F. Haas, which was voted ‘World Premiere of the Year’. She has made numerous radio recordings and recordings of world premieres. Since 2005, she has held a teaching post in singing at the Cologne University of Music and has been teaching at the Landesmusikgymnasium RLP since 2021.
Andreas Frese studied piano and song accompaniment with Ria Goetze and Irwin Gage in Düsseldorf and Zurich. In addition to lied interpretation with singers such as Christoph Prégardien, his main focus is on chamber music, including with the Trio Ganymede.    |
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