Knut Schoch is a German tenor in opera and concert as a specialist in the field of historically informed performance, and an academic voice teacher.
[1] In the field of historically informed performance he has collaborated with Thomas Hengelbrock, Ton Koopman, Sigiswald Kuijken and Ludger Remy.
[2] Schoch appeared in Baroque and classical opera, including the title role in Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, Campra's L'Europe galante, Handel's Almira and Alcina, and Mozart's operas Zaide, Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Die Zauberflöte.
He has performed with pianists Johannes Debus and Henning Lucius, singing not only songs of the romantic era but also works of Krieger, Beethoven and Britten.
[2] He sang on live recordings of the choir Junge Kantorei in Eberbach Abbey, including Bach's Mass in B minor in 2011, to celebrate the 80th birthday of conductor Joachim Carlos Martini, with Miriam Feuersinger, Franz Vitzthum, Klaus Mertens and the Barockorchester Frankfurt.