Capella Augustina

Traverso Michael Schmidt-Casdorff · Gudrun Knop Oboe Susanne Regel · Benjamin Völkel Fagott / Bassoon Rebecca Mertens · Inga Klaucke · Cordula Caso Horn Christian Binde · Jörg Schultess · Uli Hübner · Karen Hübner Trompete / Trumpet Sebastian Schärr · Norbert Vohn Pauke / Timpani Christoph Nünchert Violin I Monica Waisman · Salma Sadek · Anna-Maria Smerd Lorena Padrón Ortiz · Danylo Gertsev · Elisabeth Moog Violin II Gudrun Engelhardt · Jesús Merino Ruiz · Ha-Na Lee Christoph Timpe · Malina Mantcheva Viola Antje Sabinski · Gabrielle Kancachian · Johannes Platz · Sara Hubrich Cello Markus Möllenbeck · Inka Döring · Hannah Freienstein Violone Ioannis Babaloukas · Jörg Lühring Ever since it was founded by Andreas Spering in 1996, the Capella Augustina has been one of the most renowned German orchestras in the area of historical performance practice. Moreover, it is the only ensemble of its kind to perform early music as well as contemporary music (commissioned works).
In recent years, in its function as Orchestra in Residence of the Brühl Palace Concerts (Brühler Schlosskonzerte), the Capella Augustina has rehearsed and performed nine of Joseph Haydn’s operas, all his oratorios, and almost 70 of his symphonies.
The quality resulting from this ensemble’s ongoing endeavor has attracted increasing attention well beyond the Rhine region, as can be noted in a number of rave reviews of the orchestra’s concerts and opera productions. A great number of CDs, including award-winning releases, also testify to the ensemble’s widely acknowledged first-rate quality.