ANNA SCHOLL | Chapel master and artistic director
Anna Scholl works as a harpsichordist, organist and conductor in the field of baroque music.
As the orchestra's leader, she directs the musical events while playing on the harpsichord and gives lively historical performanceson a high artistic level.
Since the beginning of 2017, she has been appointed organist at two churches with historical musical instruments in Altenbruch (1498/1730) and Lüdingworth (1598/1682) as well as artistic director of the internationally renowned concert series and the local organ foundation.
She studied organ, harpsichord, basso continuo / ensemble direction, conducting and church music in Basel, Stuttgart, Hamburg and Berlin. She studied with Wolfgang Zerer, Jörg Halubek, Andrea Marcon and Jörg-Andreas Bötticher to name a few.
Anna has been awarded top grades and distinction with every master’s degree at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. She also won the Hans Balmer Prize Basel twice.
In 2020, she completed her master's degree in church music with focus on conducting. She got top grades and distinction at the HfMT Hamburg where she presented G.F Händel’s oratorio "Alexander's Feast" in two sold-out performances in Altenbruch and Hamburg (mirror hall of the Museum of Art and Crafts).
Since 2018, she has been appointed teacher of harpsichord and basso continuo at the newly established Center for Early Music at the Université Antonine (Beirut, Lebanon), alongside her colleagues Jana Semaan and Veit-Jacob Walter.
She was also a guest lecturer in harpsichord / basso continuo, performance practice and literature analysis at universities in Heidelberg and Stuttgart.
As a lecturer, she regularly gives master classes in Germany and abroad in the fields of historical performance practice, basso continuo and organ music from the Baroque period.
Anna is a part of several CD recordings. Her CD recorded last 2018 on the Lüdingworther Wilde-Schnitger organ was listed under the “Favorite Pieces” series, in addition to another recording she made 2019 on the Fritzsche-Klapmeyer organ in Altenbruch.