Volker Hanemann

Volker Hanemann was born in Cologne in 1966 and studied oboe and English horn with Winfried Liebermann at the music academies in Lübeck and Heidelberg-Mannheim. From 1987 to the summer of 2000, he was engaged as an English horn player at the National Theater in Mannheim and worked as a tutor at the local music academy.

In 1993, he was appointed to the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra. Since August 2000, Volker Hanemann has been principal English horn player with the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden and has performed in solo concerts under conductors such as Fabio Luisi and Sir Colin Davis. He is also active in chamber music with the Kapellquintett.