Advent concert with the DRESDNER KREUZCHOR
A special, eagerly awaited highlight of the Advent season for many is the traditional boys' choir concert in the Concert Church in Neubrandenburg during the Advent and Christmas season. In Advent 2026, we are expecting a top-class visitor to KLASSIK DELUXE: the DRESDNER KREUZCHOR will be our guest and will lovingly perform an exquisite selection of well-known but also rarely heard Christmas carols with their clear voices. KREUZKANTOR MARTIN LEHMANN
Martin Lehmann was born in Malchin (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) in 1973. He grew up in Dresden, where he became a member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor in 1983. He studied choral conducting with Prof. Hans-Christoph Rademann at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden. During this time, Lehmann was artistic assistant to the Dresden Chamber Choir and co-founder and director of the chamber choir cantamus dresden. He also held a teaching position at the Dresden University of Music. In 2001, Martin Lehmann became the director of the Leipzig girls' choir Schola Cantorum, followed by an appointment as musical director of the Wuppertal Kurrende in 2005. In 2012, he took over the artistic direction of the renowned Windsbach Boys' Choir. Under his ten-year leadership, the boys' choir has regularly performed at major festivals around the world and at international venues such as the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, the Oriental Arts Center Shanghai and the Tonhalle Zurich. Martin Lehmann has worked with renowned ensembles such as the Freiburger Barockorchester, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, the ensembles 1704 Prag and Concerto Palatino and the WDR BigBand. Numerous competition successes and an extensive discography document his diverse work. In 2017, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria recognized Lehmann's services to church music and appointed him Church Music Director (KMD). Martin Lehmann has been the 29th Kreuzkantor of the Dresden Kreuzchor since September 2022. His repertoire includes the great oratorio works of Bach, Handel, Mozart and Mendelssohn as well as sacred and secular a cappella choral music from all eras. DRESDNER KREUZCHOR
The Dresdner Kreuzchor is one of the oldest and most famous boys' choirs in the world. Its history goes back to the first mention of the city of Dresden in the early 13th century. Even after more than 800 years, one of the choir's most important tasks is to sing in the liturgical services of the Kreuzkirche on Dresden's Altmarkt. Here, the Dresden Kreuzchor performs in vespers and church services and regularly gives concerts with outstanding works of sacred music. They form the core of the repertoire and are an expression of the choir's Christian-humanistic character. The choir's main artistic partners are the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra and the Staatskapelle Dresden, as well as renowned soloists. The Dresdner Kreuzchor also works with early music ensembles such as the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. The repertoire of the Dresden Kreuzchor ranges from the Renaissance to world premieres of contemporary works. His extensive artistic work is documented in numerous recordings.
In addition to its formative role in musical life in Dresden, the choir, which is supported by the city, has been touring Germany and beyond European borders to Israel, Canada, Japan, South America, Korea, China and the USA for almost 100 years. It represents the Saxon state capital as its oldest cultural institution on almost every continent and most recently made its debut at the Shanghai International Arts Festival and together with the Staatskapelle Dresden at the Salzburg Easter Festival. The choir singers are also regularly engaged as soloists for opera roles. The Crucians attend the Evangelisches Kreuzgymnasium, one of the oldest schools in Germany, until they graduate from high school. Many Kruzians live in the neighboring Alumnat, the choir's boarding school. In addition to the normal school routine, the singers, aged between nine and eighteen, receive individual singing and instrumental lessons. Their intensive rehearsals and the unique magic of the boys' voices form the foundation for the international fame of the Dresden Kreuzchor.
