Manuel Nickert, born in Berlin, studied vocal performance at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin with Professor Renate Faltin and Professor Thomas Quasthoff, as well as choral conducting at the University of Birmingham with Professor Simon Halsey.

As a concert singer, he is particularly active in the field of early music, both in Germany and internationally. He regularly performs major works of the Baroque and Renaissance with ensembles including lautten compagney BERLIN, Neues Kammerorchester Potsdam, and les tempéramens variés Paris.

He is also passionately committed to contemporary music, performing György Ligeti’s “Aventures” and “Nouvelles Aventures”, world premieres by Berliner Atonale at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Igor Stravinsky’s Les Noces, and Alfred Schnittke’s “Faust Cantata”. He has appeared as a soloist with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, the Bielefeld Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Konzerthausorchester Berlin.

What fascinates you about singing?

I grew up singing in choirs. There are so many fascinating aspects to making music together: I find the work on sound and the refinement of details just as exciting as the act of listening to one another.

I also very much enjoy being part of a social group. Singing as a soloist can sometimes be quite lonely, whereas in a choir you are always surrounded by wonderful colleagues and connected to other people. This shared experience of music makes it something truly special.