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Quasthoff began his vocal studies with Professors Charlotte Lehmann and Huber-Contwig  in Hannover, Germany and has to date been the recipient of numerous international awards. He appears regularly with the world’s leading orchestras under such renowned conductors as Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim and Sir Simon Rattle,  to name but a few, and is also a vocal professor at the Hanns Eisler Music University in Berlin.
In this week’s Inspired Minds Thomas Quasthoff talks to Breandáin O’Shea about his singing career, his passion for the German lied and a new competition he is organising for 2009, where he hopes some of the world’s most promising young lieder singers will be given the spotlight. 

Interview Breandáin O'Shea