Christiane Gagelmann
Christiane Gagelmann was born in Geislingen an der Steige and studied violin at the Music Universities in Lübeck and Freiburg as well as at the Salzburg Mozarteum. Her first musical position was with the Folkwang Chamber Orchestra in Essen. A fascination with the musical possibilities of the Baroque violin then led her to the University of the Arts in Berlin where she studied with Irmgard Huntgeburth and graduated with honours. She also worked with Hiro Kurosaki, Monica Huggett, Margaret Faultless, Andrew Manze, and Jordi Savall. In 2001, she was invited to be part of the European Union Baroque Orchestra, where she performed under the direction of Andrew Manze, Alfredo Bernadini, Roy Goodman, and Edward Higginbottom. She does freelance work (often as a concert master) with the Dresden Baroque Orchestra, the Musical and Amicable Society in Birmingham, The Göttingen Baroque Orchestra, and the Chemnitz Baroque Orchestra. She performed as soloist with the latter ensemble under the direction of Peter Schreier at the Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg.
Barbara Julia Reiter
Barbara Julia Reiter was born in Raab, Austria. She developed her interest in period instrument performance while studying cello, and obtained teaching and performing degrees with distinction from the Anton Bruckner University in Linz. This led to a post-graduate degree in Baroque cello in the United States, at Ohio’s Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where she was a scholarship student of Catharina Meints. In 2001, during the final year of her studies in the United States, Barbara was offered a position in the European Union Baroque Orchestra. This launched her career as a period instrument specialist, and since that time she has performed throughout Europe and abroad with groups such as Lauttencompagney Berlin, the Dresden Baroque Orchestra, L’Orfeo Baroque Orchestra, the Sweelinck Players of London, La Stravaganza in Cologne, the Main Baroque Orchestra, the Musical & Amicable Society in England, and the Wiener Akademie. Since 2009, Barbara Julia Reiter has resided in The Hague.
Bernhard Prammer
Bernhard Prammer studied organ and harpsichord in Vienna, Linz, and The Hague. He is the founder and director of the Baroque ensemble COLCANTO and makes guest appearances with ensembles such as Ars Antiqua Austria, Musica Antiqua Salzburg, and the L’Arpa festante München Baroque Orchestra. He also teaches organ and harpsichord at the Landesmusikschulwerk in Upper Austria and is active as an instructor at training seminars for music pedagogy.
Along with his artistic commitments he devotes much time and energy to various cultural projects and the organization of concerts, and considers himself a “creative contributor to culture”. He has served as organist on the Bruckner Organ in the Old Cathedral in Linz since the fall of 2007 and is responsible for the “Bruckner stairs” exhibit in Linz’s Bruckner Museum. In 2013, Bernhard Prammer was awarded the Landeskulturmedaille of Upper Austria for his contributions to culture.
