Christian Gerhaher’s art balances mattersof metaphysics and poetic imagination withthe pressing practicalities of performance.

Wigmore Hall’s Singer in Residence shareshis thoughts on the nature of fine Liedersinging with outstanding postgraduatestudents from UK conservatoires, as heworks with duos on settings of Goethe'sWilhelm Meister.

His masterclass sessionsinvariably offer insights to participants andaudience members alike, lifting the veil onthe alchemical process of understandingand interpreting the raw material of notesand words on a printed page.