Rüdiger Lotter

 

"With this recording, Rüdiger Lotter, as the director of his Hofkapelle München, demonstrates his stylistic mastery as well as a pronounced sense of expression and dramaturgy in shaping the works."  „Wanderer”, November 2022

 

Rüdiger Lotter is one of the most distinguished and versatile artists of his generation. With the Hofkapelle München, he founded an elite period-instrument ensemble that has been internationallysuccessful for over ten years and was awarded the Echo Klassik in 2015.

 

As a conductor, he has appeared at major festivals such as the Chopin Festival in Warsaw, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Rheingau Music Festival, the MA Festival in Bruges, the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music, the Tage Alter Musik in Regensburg, Styriarte, and the Tage Alter Musik in Herne. He has conducted orchestras including the West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Bochum Symphony Orchestra, the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra, and the Orchestra of the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele.

 

Rüdiger Lotter has extensive experience collaborating with internationally renowned singers such as Christiane Karg, Franco Fagioli, Julia Lezhneva, Yeree Suh, Max Emanuel Cencic, Valer Sabadus, Anna Lucia Richter, Olivia Vermeulen, and Julian Prégardien. He has also worked with choirs such as the Bavarian Radio Choir, Chorwerk Ruhr, and the Chor der KlangVerwaltung.

 

To further enhance the historical and musical legacy of the Hofkapelle München, Rüdiger Lotter expanded the ensemble in 2024 by founding its professional choir, the „Chor der Hofkapelle München”.

 

As a passionate musical explorer, Rüdiger Lotter frequently focuses on lesser-known works from the Baroque and Classical periods. This is evident in his collaboration with baritone Konstantin Krimmel on the Alpha-released album „Zauberoper”, which spotlights the creative world of Franz Schikaneder and his Theater auf der Wieden. His revival and recording of Schikaneder’s opera „Der Stein der Weisen”, featuring Daniel Behle and Michael Schade, was enthusiastically received at the Würzburg Mozart Festival in 2023 and will be performed at the Theater an der Wien in 2025. In 2024, he realized his own version of „Die Zauberflöte”, which was performed at the Herrenchiemsee Festival and the Blaibach Concert Hall, attracting significant press attention.

 

Lotter’s repertoire spans from early music to contemporary compositions. In 2020, as part of the „No Beethoven” project at the Cologne Philharmonic, he conducted the world premiere of Lisa Streich’s „Händeküssen", a work specifically composed for the Hofkapelle München.

 

As a Baroque violinist, Rüdiger Lotter has set new standards with several recordings. His live recording of Heinrich Ignaz Biber’s „Rosary Sonatas” in 2004, marking the composer’s 300th anniversary, was hailed by the British magazine „Gramophone” in 2018 as the finest available interpretation on the market. Regarding his recording of the „Brandenburg Concertos”, critics wrote: "The fact is, future recordings will have to measure up to this one."

 

Since 2023, Rüdiger Lotter has been a professor of violin, historical performance practice, and orchestral conducting at the Academy of Music in Darmstadt.