Dorothea Jakob

Dorothea Jakob studied singing at the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music in Dresden with Ilse Hahn and at the same time began studying conducting with Hans-Christoph Rademann, continuing her studies at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague with Jos van Veldhoven and at the Robert Schumann University of Music in Düsseldorf with Anders Eby.

A particular artistic focus of her work is song, to which she devoted herself intensively in courses with Olaf Bär, Ulrich Eisenlohr, and Han Louis Meijer. Furthermore, ensemble music-making is particularly close to her heart, and she works closely with the Belgian Huelgas Ensemble, Schola Heidelberg, and the SWR Vocal Ensemble Stuttgart.

As a soloist, she has already worked with the Mannheim Chamber Philharmonic, the Karlsruhe Baroque Orchestra, the Orchestre d'Auvergne, the Asko Schönberg Ensemble Amsterdam, and the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra.

In addition to oratorios, cantatas, and masses by Bach, Handel, Mozart, and Haydn, her concert repertoire also includes Romantic church music by Brahms, Fauré, Mendelssohn, and Arvo Pärt's St. John Passion.

Together with Kerry Jago, she directs the Bonn-based Sidonia Ensemble, which is dedicated to Renaissance and early Baroque music.

Dorothea has worked extensively as a choir conductor and vocal coach in the past and currently conducts the Zweibrücken Chamber Choir.

She has been a member of SCHOLA HEIDELBERG since 2011.