Franziska Markowitsch studied Romance languages and school music in Berlin and Geneva, as well as opera singing at the University of Music in Leipzig with Prof. Regina Werner-Dietrich. She was a scholarship holder of the DAAD and the Stuttgart Bach Academy and attended numerous master classes. As a soloist, she has worked with conductors such as Philippe Herreweghe, Eric Ericsson, Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, and many others, and with orchestras such as the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, the Freiburger Barockorchester, and the Orchestre des Champs-Elysées. She regularly performs the alto parts in works by Bach and Handel. She is also increasingly taking on roles in the Romantic repertoire. She has a keen interest in performing recitals, which she performs with pianist Liana Vlad, the Alato Trio, and the Duo Arcadie. Until 2016, she held a teaching position in voice training at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in instrumental and vocal pedagogy at the Academy of Music in Freiburg.

What does it mean to you to be part of the RIAS Kammerchor Berlin?

The RIAS Kammerchor Berlin is my musical home. Even when I was a student, it was my dream to sing here. Working at the highest musical level in the most beautiful concert halls in the world is a great privilege that I appreciate more and more every day.