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Benjamin Lyko

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The countertenor Benjamin Lyko, born and raised in Lower Lusatia, studied singing at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin with Prof. Renate Faltin and Magdaléna Hajóssyová. In master classes with Andreas Scholl, Axel Köhler, Wolfgang Katschner and Sigrid T'Hooft, he received valuable artistic impulses in the field of historical performance practice and Baroque gestures.

Guest engagements have taken him to the Konzerthaus Berlin, Schlosstheater Potsdam, Theater Freiburg and the Wuppertaler Bühnen. Invitations to festivals such as TONarten, Vielklang Tübingen, the Innsbruck Festival and Winter in Schwetzingen followed. With theatrical dedication he embodied the title role in Handel's Xerxes, Polinesso (Ariodante), Athamas (Semele), Sesto (Giulio Cesare) on the opera stage. The productions of Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea (Oslo Academy) and Purcell's King Arthur (Theater Freiburg) also deserve special mention.

The first recording of David Pohle's “Liebesgesänge” based on texts by Paul Fleming will soon be released by Audite.

In October 2022 Benjamin Lyko will make his debut at the Theater an der Wien.

In addition to his work as a soloist, Benjamin Lyko devotes himself to playing sacred music from the Renaissance and early Baroque in various ensembles, without losing touch with contemporary art forms: Experimental music theater productions (Don Giovanni in the Underworld / Junges Forum Hamburg; Out of this world! / toy piano weekend) and world premieres always arouse his interest and testify to the wide range of his musicality.

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