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Andre Morsch

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Born in Kassel, André Morsch began his studies in Austria, at the Conservatory in Feldkirch, with Ralf Ernst. After graduating with distinction in 2000, he had continued studying with Margreet Honig at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, where he received a scholarship supporting excellent young musicians for 2002. André Morsch has also completed this study with distinction in 2003.

With the New Opera Academy of The Netherlands , André Morsch has interpreted the roles of Leporello in Mozart's Don Giovanni conducted by Kenneth Montgomery , the Clock in Ravel's L'Enfant et les Sortilèges conducted by Jose Esandi, and Figaro in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro under the musical direction of Jed Wentz. He has graduated the New opera Academy program with distinction in July 2002.

Recent opera engagements include a.o. Cadmus in Lully's Cadums et Hermione at the Opera Comique in Paris, Michelotto Cibo in Shrecker's Die Gezeichneten as well as Frère Rufin in Messian's St François d'Assise at the De Nedrelandse Opera in Amsterdam, Polyphonus in Strauss's Des Esels Schatten in the Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, De Brétigny in Massenet's Manon, Ping in Puccini's Turandot and Simanov in Jan van de Putte's Wet Snow all with the National Reis Opera of The Netherlands, Adario in Rameau?s Les Indes Galantes at the Zurich Opera, Morales in Bizet's Carmen at the Opera of Lausanne, a world tour with Les Arts Florissants conducted by W. Christie as part of Le Jardin des Voix, Boris in Shostakovich's Moskva - Cheremushki at the Opéra de Lyon, Achillas (Giulio Cesare) with Oper Stuttgart, Sid in Puccini?s La Fanciulla del West during the NPS matinee series at the Amsterdam?s Concertgebouw as well as several roles in Bernstein's Candide with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.

André Morsch is also regularly on the concert stage. He performed o.a. the arias and Christus parts in all both J.S.Bach?s Passions with orchestras such as the Residentie Orchestra of The Hague, The Orchestra of the 18th Century and with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Galicia, Spain. He sung Händel's Alexander's Feast and Haydn's Creation with the Bochumer Symphoniker, Jesus in Kaiser's Brockes passion with Les Talens Lyriques and Mendelssohn's Elias with the Israel Chamber Orchestra in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

André Morsch has had the pleasure to work with conductors such as Frans Bruggen, Jaap van Zweden, Ingo Metzmacher, Christophe Rousset, William Christie, Nicolas Chalvin, and Peter Dijkstra....

Future engagements include: Cadmus in Lully's Cadmus et Hermione on a new tour in France, Paris (Romeo et Juliette) and Stephano in F. Martin's Der Sturm at the Amsterdam's Concertgebouw during the prestigious NPS Opera Series, Jake Wallace (La Fanciulla del West) as well as 2nd Nazarene (Salome) at De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam and Beethoven 9th Symphony with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Norway.

André Morsch Is a sought after recitalist and in October 2007, he won the first prize at the prestigious Hugo Wolf Akademie Lieder competition in Stuttgart. He also received the Prix Bernac of the Ravel Academie in Saint Jean de Luz in 2002. Most recent appearances include a series of recitals during the Delft Chamber Music Festival, where he enjoyed wide critical acclaim. Morsch has taken part in several master classes for Lieder working with, among others, Hartmut Höll, Rudolf Jansen, Graham Johnson, Mark Tucker, Roger Vignoles, Konrad Richter and Udo Reineman.

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