Max Ciolek is a German tenor, conductor and composer. He is the founder of VokalEnsemble Köln. As a singer, he is noted for his recordings of Bach works, particularly the Evangelist in his Passions, but he has recorded music from all periods of classical music and has appeared internationally.
Ciolek is noted for interpreting the Evangelist in Bach's Passions and oratorio. In 1999, he performed the part in a recorded concert of Bach's St Matthew Passion as part of the festival Musikwochen Weserbergland, with choirs and orchestra of the Marktkirche, Hameln [de], alongside Hans-Christian Hinz as the vox Christi, Veronika Winter, Gabriele Binder and Gotthold Schwarz, conducted by Hans Christoph Becker-Foss.[3] In 2002 he was the Evangelist in a recording of Bach's Christmas Oratorio at St. Michael, Aachen [de], with Wolfgang Karius conducting the Aachener Bachverein and the Hamburger Barockorchester on period instruments, alongside Sabine Schneider, Christine Wehler and Raimund Fischer.[4] In 2003 he was the Evangelist in a recorded performance of Bach's St John Passion as part of the Bach-Tage Wuppertral, with Wolfgang Kläsener conducting the Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke and the orchestra of the Immanuelskirche.[5]
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