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Jörg Halubek is an internationally renowned conductor, harpsichordist and organist who specialises in early music. After studying church music, organ and harpsichord in Stuttgart and Freiburg, he deepened his knowledge of historical performance practice at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis under Jesper Christensen and Andrea Marcon. He is currently Professor of Historical Keyboard Instruments at the Stuttgart University of Music and Artistic Director of the International Handel Academy in Karlsruhe.In addition to his work as a conductor, Jörg Halubek has been active as a harpsichordist and organist in Germany and abroad since winning the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig in 2004. In 2019, he launched his multimedia project “Bach Organ Landscapes”, with a complete recording of Bach's organ works on original instruments - and locations.
In recent years, he has conducted various opera productions, including at renowned opera houses and festivals such as the Komische Oper Berlin, the Nationaltheater Mannheim, the Staatstheater Kassel, the Basel Theatre, the Handel Festival Halle and the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music. He has worked with leading directors such as Harry Kupfer, Calixto Bieito and Lorenzo Fioroni. He maintains a close collaboration with the Mannheim National Theatre as part of the Monteverdi cycle, which will continue in 2026 with a production of “L'Orfeo” after The Homecoming of Ulysses, The Coronation of Poppea, Monteverdi's Vespers of the Virgin Mary and the madrigal evening “Ombra e Luce”. Further highlights include his engagements as soloist in Handel's Organ Concerto in B flat major HWV 295 with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and an invitation to the Ansbach Bach Week with an orchestrated interpretation of Bach's “Art of Fugue”.
In 2008, he founded the Stuttgart baroque orchestra il Gusto Barocco, with which he has established his own baroque series in Stuttgart since 2020. A trademark of his work is the rediscovery and performance of forgotten operas and works and is documented with various recordings: “Cleofida, Queen of India” in an arrangement of Handel's “Poro” by Georg Philipp Telemann, Monteverdi's “Marienvesper”, Johann David Heinichen's “Flavio Crispo”, Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello's “Tisbe”.
The world premiere recording of the forgotten baroque opera “Adonis” by Johann Sigismund Kusser, which was released at the beginning of 2024, marks a new rediscovery. In November 2024, the work also celebrated its premiere on the opera stage, in the Rococo Theatre at the baroque festival “Winter in Schwetzingen”.
Halubek's international activities have also taken him to Lucerne Theatre, where he made his debut in 2024 with Vivaldi's “Giustino”. In March 2025, he will conduct the short opera “Il prigioniero” by Luigi Dallapiccola and Zelenka's “Requiem in D major” in a double bill entitled “Requiem for a Prisoner”. Another highlight of the season will be the staged performance of Johann Christian Bach's cantata “Amor vincitore” at the Schwetzingen Festival in May 2025.
The season will be rounded off with two album releases: an orchestrated version of Bach's “Art of the Fugue” and the opera “L'Ercole amante” by Antonio Bembo, which was premiered with great success in Stuttgart and at the Early Music Festival in Herne in 2023.
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www.halubek.comAll about the exciting project "Bach. The Works for Organ" here:
www.halubek.com/bach/
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A contemplative double evening in Lucerne
‘Requiem for a Prisoner’ - a juxtaposition of two short operas, Il prigioniero by Luigi Dallapiccola and the Requiem by Jan Dismas Zelenka, on the subject of human dignity. This double bill will be performed for the first time on 16 March 2025 under the musical direction of Jörg Halubek at the Lucerne Theatre.Further information and performance dates:
luzernertheater.ch
Jörg Halubek conducts Kusser's baroque masterpiece Adonis in Schwetzingen
On the 23rd of November 2024, Jörg Halubek will conduct this year's premiere of the Heidelberg Winter Opera at the Rokkokotheater Schwetzingen: Johann Sigismund Kusser's Adonis. Jörg Halubek has already performed Adonis with his ensemble Il Gusto Barocco in the Liederhalle Stuttgart and brought it to life; the live recording of this successful performance was released by cpo in a world premiere recording in 2024. In spring 2025, Lucerne audiences can then look forward to Jörg Halubek performing Zelenka's Requiem in D major and Il Prigioniero by Dallapiccola at Lucerne Theatre.
Further information and performance dates:
www.theaterheidelberg.de
Further information and performance dates:
www.theaterheidelberg.de
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Bachs: Das Orgelwerk I, Die Idee des Projekts
Bachs Praeludium pro Organo pleno (BWV 552)
"Jörg Halubek macht an der Spitze des im barocken Stil abermals vorzüglich agierenden Philharmonischen Orchester Heidelberg den Reiz der Musik in jedem Takt mit animierender Munterkeit spürbar."
"Erstens kann man nur erneut bewundern, wie souverän sich das Philharmonische Orchester Heidelberg auf die frühe Opernmusik einlässt, zweitensprofitiert die Unternehmung von Halubeks tiefgreifender Befassung mit der ungewohnten Materie. Ein Dirigent muss hier mancherlei entscheiden, und Halubek war es um Farbenreichtum, Abwechslung, Finesse zu tun."
"Jörg Halubek holt aus dem Orchester des Theaters Heidelberg mit geballter Continuo-Fraktion aus Laute, Harfe, Celli und zwei Cembali alles raus, was in der Partitur steckt."
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Bachs: Das Orgelwerk I, Die Idee des Projekts
Bachs Praeludium pro Organo pleno (BWV 552)
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Adonis / Heidelberg / 26.11.2024 / Frankfurter Allgemeine
"In Jörg Halubek, der zuletzt auch die Ersteinspielung des Werks leitete, hat man in Schwetzingen nicht nur einen Kenner Alter Musik, sondern vor allem einen Streiter für dieses Werk gewonnen. Im Wissen um die zentrale Funktion, die der Continuogruppe im Adonis zufällt, hat er die Besetzung um Fagott, Laute und Barockharfe erweitert, zudem entfallen große musikalische Anteile auf Oboen und Flöte. So leuchtet dieses Werk farbenreich und mit einer melodischen Vielfalt, wie man sie selten bei einer Barockoper hört. "Adonis / Heidelberg / 25.11.2024 / Die Rheinpfalz
"Jörg Halubek macht an der Spitze des im barocken Stil abermals vorzüglich agierenden Philharmonischen Orchester Heidelberg den Reiz der Musik in jedem Takt mit animierender Munterkeit spürbar."
Adonis / Heidelberg / 25.11.2024 / Frankfurter Rundschau
"Erstens kann man nur erneut bewundern, wie souverän sich das Philharmonische Orchester Heidelberg auf die frühe Opernmusik einlässt, zweitensprofitiert die Unternehmung von Halubeks tiefgreifender Befassung mit der ungewohnten Materie. Ein Dirigent muss hier mancherlei entscheiden, und Halubek war es um Farbenreichtum, Abwechslung, Finesse zu tun."
Adonis / Heidelberg / 24.11.2024 / Mannheimer Morgen
"Jörg Halubek holt aus dem Orchester des Theaters Heidelberg mit geballter Continuo-Fraktion aus Laute, Harfe, Celli und zwei Cembali alles raus, was in der Partitur steckt."