As a choral sound specialist, Hans-Christoph Rademann is one of the most sought-after conductors worldwide. His work has set standards for historically informed, contemporary interpretation of Baroque vocal music: transparent, lively and close to the text. Particular emphasis is placed on Central German composers such as Heinrich Schütz, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Adolf Hasse, Georg Philipp Telemann, and George Frederic Handel. The award-winning complete recording of Heinrich Schütz' works, on which he worked with the Dresdner Kammerchor from 2009 to 2019, is considered a benchmark recording. His interpretations of romantic works and contemporary compositions have also received the highest acclaim.
In addition to his work as artistic director of the Dresdner Kammerchor and as director of the academy of the International Bach Academy Stuttgart, he is a guest of world-famous choirs and orchestras such as the RIAS Kammerchor, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, the Freiburger Barockorchester, the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Chamber Choir of Ireland and the Collegium Vocale Gent. Concert tours have taken him to the major music centers of Europe and to the United States, Israel, South America, South Africa, India, Russia, China, Taiwan, and Japan.
Hans-Christoph Rademann has received the German Record Critics' Award several times, as well as the Grand Prix du Disque, the Diapason d'or, the Pizzicato Supersonic, the Choc de Classica and the Gramophone Classical Music Award. In 1994 he was honored with the Dresden Music Prize for his contribution to the city's musical life, and in 2014 with the Dresden Art Prize. In 2008 he was awarded the Saxon Constitutional Medal. In 2016 he received the Prize of the European Church Music Schwäbisch Gmünd.
In 1985, Hans-Christoph Rademann founded the Dresdner Kammerchor, which he still leads today. From 1999 to 2004, he was Chief Conductor of the NDR Choir. Since 2000, he has been a professor of choral conducting at the University of Music “Carl Maria von Weber” in Dresden. From 2007 to 2015, he was Chief Conductor of the RIAS Kammerchor and in 2008 initiated the Conductors' Forum in Berlin, which promotes young international conductors. In the summer of 2013, Hans-Christoph Rademann took over as successor to Helmuth Rilling as Director of the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart. He is also the Artistic Director of the Musikfest Erzgebirge.