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Sophie Rennert (mezzo-soprano)
Ammiel Bushakevitz (piano)

A Liederabend featuring works by Robert Schumann, Hugo Wolf, Franz Schubert, and Gustav Mahler

Sophie Rennert is an Austrian mezzo-soprano who has built a strong international reputation as a Lied interpreter. She studied singing in Vienna and appears regularly in major song recital series and festivals across Europe. Her repertoire spans Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms through Mahler and Strauss, as well as rarely performed women composers and contemporary song literature.

Ammiel Bushakevitz was born in Jerusalem, grew up in South Africa, and studied in Leipzig and Paris with Phillip Moll and Alfred Brendel. One of the last private students of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, he focuses particularly on the Lied and collaborates with singers including Ilker Arcayürek, Christian Gerhaher, Julia Kleiter, and Konstantin Krimmel. As an accompanist, soloist, and chamber musician he has performed worldwide - among other venues at Carnegie Hall in New York, Wigmore Hall in London, the Philharmonie de Paris, Konzerthaus Berlin, and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam - as well as at festivals in Salzburg, Lucerne, Bayreuth, Aix-en-Provence, and the Schubertiade.

His album Mythos with Konstantin Krimmel (Alpha) appeared in 2024, with a further album with Samuel Hasselhorn (Harmonia Mundi) following in 2025. Die schöne Müllerin received the Diapason d'or in 2024. Since his debut album in 2013 with Schubert works, he has released numerous award-winning recordings; he is currently working on a complete recording of Schubert's piano works (2024-2028).