Dirigentenakademie Kammerchor Stuttgart

Stuttgart Chamber Choir
Participants in the Conductors’ Academy
Frieder Bernius | Concept and Training
Tristan Meister | Assistant

The program, developed during the 3rd Conductors’ Academy in 2026 under the direction of Frieder Bernius, is dedicated to the siblings Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and Fanny Hensel:

Fanny Hensel (née Mendelssohn):
“Night Dance. The Trees Rustle”
“Silently, Night Descends”
From “Garden Songs, Op. 3”: No. 5 “Already in the Evening, the Forest Rustles”

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy:
From the “Three Motets, Op. 23”: No. 1 “Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir,” No. 2 “Ave Maria”
From the “Three Motets, Op. 69”: No. 1 “Lord, Now You Let Your Servant Go in Peace”
From the “Three Psalms, Op. 78”: No. 2 “Judge Me, O God”
“Te Deum” MWV B 15 for eight solo voices, two mixed choirs, and basso continuo

With its Conductors’ Academy—as it did with the successful academies in 2016 and 2020—Musik Podium Stuttgart offers conductors the opportunity to deepen their craft in the musical metropolis of Stuttgart, gain new inspiration, and work at the highest artistic level.
Internationally sought-after as a leader of conducting master classes and workshops, Frieder Bernius has been sharing his knowledge worldwide for decades—from Sydney to Paris, Jerusalem, and Barcelona to Kyoto, and most recently in Lisbon. This year, he will be assisted by Tristan Meister (Mannheim) and the Stuttgart Chamber Choir—one of Europe’s most renowned choirs, founded by Bernius himself.