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Anna Schote grew up in a family of musicians in Hanover. At a young age she was accepted into the Mädchenchor Hannover, where she received singing lessons from Prof. Gudrun Schröfel and Ania Vegry and was used as a soloist in numerous girls' choir concerts.

Since the winter semester 2021/22 she has been studying singing with Prof. Mareike Morr at the Freiburg University of Music.

In addition to singing as a soloist, which has led her to work with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester under the direction of Robin Ticciati in the Berlin Philharmonie, the young soprano is very happy to devote herself to ensemble singing. In addition to regularly singing in well-known choirs such as the Kammerchor Stuttgart under the direction of Frieder Bernius, she won first prize in the vocal ensemble category at the Deutscher Chorwettbewerb 2023 with her “Terzett HFH” and is a scholarship holder of the Yehudi-Menuhin-Stiftung “Live Music Now” in Freiburg im Breisgau.

Katharina Schote (née Veit) grew up in a family of musicians in Stade. She learned to play the violin and piano, sang in the children's and youth choir and received her first solo singing experience in the Landesjugendchor Niedersachsen.

The mezzo-soprano initially studied school music in Hamburg (main subject: violin) and received singing lessons from Martina Hamberg-Möbius. For several semesters now she has been continuing her master's degree in school music at the Freiburg University of Music in the singing class of Prof. Mareike Morr.

She enjoys singing in various choirs and ensembles. Ensemble courses with Voces8 and Stephen Connolly (Kings Singers) also complement her training. With her Terzett HFH, she won first prize in the vocal ensemble category at the Deutscher Chorwettbewerb 2023.

Katharina Schote is a scholarship holder of the Dr.-Leo-Ricker-Stiftung and the Yehudi-Menuhin-Stiftung "Live Music Now" Freiburg.

Johannes Opfermann, who grew up in Bensheim, studied choir conducting in the class of Prof. Morten Schuldt-Jensen and church music with Prof. David Franke.

He is currently studying for a master's degree in organ with Prof. Matthias Maierhofer, Prof. Ludger Lohmann and Prof. David Franke, as well as school music with a major in jazz piano in the class of Prof. Ralf Schmid. Master classes and internships complement his training. Since 2022 he has been singing in the Federal Youth Choir under the direction of Prof. Anne Kohler .

Johannes Opfermann is a scholarship holder of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation and the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation Live Music Now Freiburg. He is also the winner of the 2nd International Organ Competition “Augustinus Franz Kropfreiter” in St. Florian.

Since 2021, he has been directing the extra choir at the Freiburg Theater as assistant to the choir director and is currently responsible for the complete choir rehearsal for the German premiere of the opera “PRISM” at the theater.