Johannes Euler, Countertenor

"To share international stages with these five wonderful musicians und to present an enormous bandwidth of ensemble repertoire is one of the most amazing parts of my life as a singer.“

The Countertenor Johannes Euler is a member of the Singphoniker since 2014 and works on top of that as freelance singer.
He studied singing at Hochschule for Music, Theatre and Media in Hannover with Ralf popken until 2016. He perfected his craft in masterclasses with Michael Chance (Countertenor), Evelyn Tubb (Soprano) and Maria Husmann (stage acting, contemporary music).
He gave his operatic debut in 2013 in Georg Philipp Telemann´s “Der aus der Löwengrube errettete Daniel” (“Daniel, who was saved from the lion´s den”) at Osnabrück theatre in the roles of Arbaces and Daniel. In spring of 2015 he sang the role of Oberon in a production of the Hochschule for Music, Theatre and Media Hannover of Benjamin Britten´s “A Midsummernight´s Dream” and in September 2016 he made his debut at Staatsoper Berlin with the part of “Jörg Jannings” in the world premiere of the opera “Comeback” by Oscar Strasnoy.
He is also a sought-after soloist on the concert stage- the alto parts of Johann Sebastian Bach´s cantatas and oratorios are in his standard repertoire as well as the larger roles in Georg Friedrich Handel´s oratorios.
With the Singphoniker he has recorded succesful CDs and has toured Europe as well as Taiwan and Japan.

Daniel Schreiber, First Tenor

"The Singphoniker have become my musical family. To push the boundaries of what is achievable for the human voice with like-minded colleagues - regardless which genre or what era - is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream for me.“

The Tenor Daniel Schreiber is an internationally acclaimed soloist and ensemble singer. Exceptional vocal abilities pairedf with musical empathy make him a most welcome guest with the radio choirs of BR and SWR (Munich and Stuttgart).
His passion is baroque music. Important pillars of his artistic agenda- apart from singing the evangelist parts in Bach´s great oratorios- are frequent collaborations with “Ensemble Stimmkunst” in the “Bach:vokal” concert series in Stuttgart as well as concerts with La Chapelle Rhénane and projects with La petite Bande.
Openness and curiosity are characteristics of this tenor´s musical approach. Important impulses came from his teachers Prof. Bruce Abel and Prof. Francisco Araiza with whom he studied at the “Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst” Stuttgart. His majors were voice and organ.
His versatility and reliabilty are highly appreciated by renowned conductors such as Marcus Creed, Sigiswald Kuijken, Peter Dijkstra, Benoît Haller or Frieder Bernius.
Singing in choirs and ensembles has accompanied Daniel Schreiber since his early childhood. Groundbreaking foundations for his desire to become a professional singer were laid in the choirs of his school “Max-Slevogt-Gymnasium” in Landau, the “Evangelische Jugendkantorei der Pfalz” and the vocal ensemble at Stuttgart music university, “Circus Musicus”.
In 2009, he joined the renowned vocal ensemble the Singphoniker and fulfilled a lifelong dream.

Henning Jensen, Second Tenor

"Our excited curiosity is pushing us to peak performances, always with the goal of entertaining our audiences in a charming way. In now eight years as member of the Singphoniker the words "routine" or "boredom" are simply not in the vocabulary. Engagement, best entertainment and originality - that´s what we stand for!“

Tenor Henning Jensen received his first musical education in the Stuttgart boy´s choir “collegium iuvenum”. Already during his studies of the main subjects voice and Lied with professors Bernhard Jaeger-Böhm and Cornelis Witthoeft he became a member of the renowned vocal ensemble the Singphoniker in early 2009. Even then, he was already an active performer as soloist and ensemble singer in numerous concerts at home and abroad. Being a regular guest with europe´s most outstanding choirs and vocal ensembles such as Kammerchor Stuttgart or the radio choirs of SWR and BR (Stuttgart and Munich), the frequent collaborations with conductors such as Mariss Jansons, Andris Nelsons, Riccardo Muti, Marcus Creed or Frieder Bernius enrich his musical career.
Numerous CD recordings document the great bandwidth and versatility of his work.

Marlo Honselmann Bass-Baritone

(Deutsch) Ein Teil dieses hochkarätigen Ensembles zu sein, dessen mitreißender Klang ganz natürlich aus der solistischen Qualität aller Mitglieder erwächst, dazu mit Kollegen arbeiten zu dürfen, die schnell zu Freunden wurden - das macht mich glücklich.

Since 2022 Marlo Honselmann is part of Die Singphoniker.

Before that he spent two seasons as soloist of the International Opera Studio Nuremberg, where he sang in operas such as Carmen, Peter Grimes ans L’Orfeo and worked with conducters J. Mallwitz, G. Rumstadt and L. de Veer. He gave his operativ debut at the theatre of Fürth in 2018 as Mordax in D. Glanerts opera “Scherz, Satire, Ironie und tiefere Bedeutung”.

In the term 2022/2023 he started teaching singing at the University Augsburg. Before that he taught at the BFSM Plattling for two years.

Marlo studied vocal pedagogy with singphonic founding member Prof. Schmidt-Timmermann and music education with main subject piano in Regensburg – in Nuremberg he studied singing in a masters program with Prof. Hammar. He is also a qualified church musician.

Even as early as his vocal studies he was a sought after soloist in oratorios. His first experiences as a soloist were gathered during his time as a singer in the “Audi Jugendchorakademie” under the direction of Prof. Steidler. In this context it was possible for him to learn a lot about choir singing and singing as a soloist, for example under K. Nagano, together with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, at the opening of the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, or in the Maison Symphonique de Motréal.

His repertoire consists of all common oratorio parts of his Fach, Lieder, and operatic parts.

Further more he is part of the vocal ensemble StimmGold.

Florian Drexel, Bass

"To be a member of Die Singphoniker is the fulfillment of a dream. I am very happy about the possibility to work with such top-class and and the same time kind colleagues and to sing and gather new experiences. The term „Ensemble“ speaks for itself: acquiring new repertoire and then bringing it to life on stage - without losing the characterisics of each voice and singer in the process."

The young bass Florian Drexel discovered his passion for singing in his childhood first and foremost as singer in various choirs – thus, singing in ensembles still is a main part of his work.
He was part of various vocal groups already during his studies in and around Munich and is part of the concert choir of the „Bayerische Rundfunk“.
He studied singing at the „Hochschule für Musik und Theater München“ and recieved several diplomas and master-degrees in concert-singing, Lied-recital and vocal pedagogy.

On stage Florian could be experienced among others as Melisso in Handel‘s „Alcina“, Bartolo in Mozart‘s „Le nozze di Figaro“ and Kalchas in Offenbach‘s „Die schöne Helena“.
He is also at home in the concert-repertoire and can be seen regularly in the great vocal works and oratorios.
Florian Drexel is Director of the munich-based choir „Vollton“ and since 2020 proud member of „Die Singphoniker“.

Berno Scharpf, Piano

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity - to be a part of the Singphoniker as a pianist and accompany and support them with my instrument. Especially because the Singphoniker are the only ensemble of this kind to include their very own pianist in the lineup.“

Chamber music is his metier. Especially in the piano trio setup and in Lied recitals is where pianist Berno Scharpf feels most at home.
Being the vocal ensemble the Singphoniker´s pianist since 1990 he has since toured Europe, the USA, Africa and Asia.
He teaches piano, organ, violin and chamber music at a high school and serves as accompanist for pupils and students during exams.
When he was still a student, he already had various opportunities to perform both as a soloist as well as an ensemble player. After he graduated High School he studied to become a teacher at “Staatliche Hochschule für Musik” Munich with Erik Then-Bergh and Rolf Koenen and subsequentially piano solo with Maria Landes-Hindemith.