Hubert Mayer

Hubert Mayer was born in Hüfingen in the Black Forest. He studied at the Freiburg University of Music and attended masterclasses with Richard Miller, Aldo Baldin, and Nicolai Gedda.

Engagements took the tenor to stages in Freiburg, Biel, Lüneburg, and Karlsruhe, to the Gärtnerplatz Theater in Munich, and to the Cologne Opera. Among the nearly 40 roles he has performed are Tamino (The Magic Flute), Don Ramiro (Cenerentola), and Tony (West Side Story). He has sung under renowned conductors such as Hans Zender, Gabriele Ferro, Heinz Holliger, Ingo Metzmacher, Roberto Abbado, and Sylvain Cambreling, made guest appearances at the Salzburg Festival, the Berlin Festival, and other prestigious festivals, and performed at traditional venues such as the Alte Oper Frankfurt, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, and the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. From 1989 to 2023, he was a member of the SWR Vocal Ensemble Stuttgart.

Hubert Mayer has an extensive repertoire covering a wide range of styles and has worked with leading early music ensembles as well as outstanding contemporary music groups such as Musikfabrik Köln and ensemble recherche from Freiburg.

In recent years, Hubert Mayer has made a name for himself as an interpreter of contemporary works. In 2003, he sang the tenor part in the Spanish premiere of Luigi Nono's PROMETEO. He also performed this role in 2011 at the Salzburg Festival and at the Berlin Music Festival under the baton of Ingo Metzmacher. This was followed in 2013 by Luigi Nono's IL CANTO SOSPESO in the opening concert of the WIEN MODERN festival under Cornelius Meister, and in 2015 by IL CANTO SOSPESO again at the Teatro Communale di Bologna.

He has rendered outstanding services to the work of Karlheinz Stockhausen. Since 1999, he has regularly participated in world premieres, CD productions, and as a lecturer at Stockhausen courses. In 2011, he took on a leading role in the spectacular first complete performance of Stockhausen's opera SONNTAG aus LICHT at the Cologne Opera. In 2019, he played MICHAEL in DONNERSTAG aus LICHT at the Royal Festival Hall in London, in 2020 MICHAEL in DIENSTAG aus LICHT at the Philharmonie de Paris, and in November 2023 SONNTAG aus LICHT again, also at the Philharmonie de Paris.

Hubert Mayer has been a member of KlangForum Heidelberg since 2023.