Johannes Hustedt

Biography

“A phenomenal musicality, no less artistic sensitivity and intellectual aristocracy awaken in this man dedicated to music a power of expression that one would like to call anti-virtuosity, because it has surpassed perfectly mastered virtuosity and elevated it to the core of higher values.” (Literatūra ir menas, Edmundas Gedgaudas)

“In fact, it feels like his playing makes the world stand still for a moment.”
(Hessische Allgemeine)

“Anyone who plays a CD by this musician in the car is tempted to take a detour.” (Mitteldeutsche Zeitung)

Johannes Hustedt studied music education and flute in Bremen with Renate Ruge-von Rohden and in Karlsruhe with Renate Greiss-Armin, where he , as awardee of the Richard Wagner Scholarship Foundation Bayreuth, graduated with honours in 1990. Masterclasses with Aurèle Nicolet, Alain Marion, Paul Meisen and András Adorján complemented his studies.

With the aim of musical-cultural exchange, he performs worldwide as a crossover artist between interpretation and improvisation. World premieres and concerts at prestigious festivals such as Ludwigsburg, Hohenlohe, Madrid, Warsaw, Kiev, Lviv, Vilnius, Nida / Lithuania, Bergen / Norway, Toronto, Los Angeles and New York City bear witness to this, as do his internationally acclaimed CD releases as a soloist and chamber music partner, as well as worldwide radio and television productions.

His playing is inspired by the exploration of music from all cultures, especially Asia, South America and Eastern Europe, as well as historical performance practice.

Johannes Hustedt teaches at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe and is an internationally sought-after guest lecturer and juror. Since 2023, Hustedt has been responsible for the artistic direction of the largest classical open-air concert in Baden-Württemberg: Mount Klassik as part of DAS FEST Karlsruhe with up to 20,000 listeners.
He is dedicatee of numerous works by contemporary composers. As part of the Reger Year 2016, the Max-Reger-Institute Karlsruhe entrusted Hustedt with the posthumous premiere of Reger's Scherzo in G minor for Flute and String Quintet. He was also commissioned by the Archiv Frau und Musik in Frankfurt to give the posthumous world premiere of Felicitas Kukuck's third flute sonata as well as the world premiere of Wolfgang Rihm’s authorized new trio version of "Über die Linie VI" in 2025.

Hustedt's first recording of all of Georg Metzger's flute concertos with the Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra and Sebastian Tewinkel was nominated for the German Record Critics' Award in 2022. The duo querhorn with his wife Chai Min Werner has received the award Green Event BW from the state of Baden-Württemberg several times for its sustainable concert formats and was selected by an expert jury for the 2022/23 ensemble funding programme of the German Music Council and Neustart Kultur. Together with her, he founded the Kunsthaus-Durlach in 2006 with the aim of bringing music, visual art and spirituality to life.

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