Hans-Christoph Rademann is a versatile and distinguished conductor who is passionately devoted to both early and contemporary music. Born in Dresden and raised in the Erzgebirge (a mountainous region in Saxony, Germany), he was influenced early on by the Central German cantor and music tradition. He was a pupil at the traditional Kreuzgymnasium and a member of the Kreuzchor, and later studied choral and orchestral conducting at the Dresden University of Music.
While still a student, he founded the Dresdner Kammerchor in 1985, which he has conducted ever since and developed into an internationally renowned ensemble. Since 2013, Hans-Christoph Rademann has also been the Director of the International Bach Academy in Stuttgart. He works closely with numerous leading choirs and orchestras, including the Nederlandse Bachvereniging, the Collegium Vocale Gent, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, the Freiburger Barockorchester and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg. From 1999 to 2004, he was principal conductor of the NDR Chor, and from 2007 to 2015 of the RIAS Kammerchor.
His artistic work has received numerous awards, including the Johann Walter Plaque, the Saxon Constitution Medal, the Art Prize of the State Capital Dresden, the German Record Critics' Award, the Grand Prix du Disque, the Diapason d'or and the Opus Klassik. In 2025, he received one of the highest honours in German choral music, the Georg Friedrich Händel Ring from the Association of German Concert Choirs.
Particular mention should be made of his recording of the complete works of Heinrich Schütz with the Dresdner Kammerchor for Carus-Verlag – a major editorial project that was awarded with the Heinrich Schütz Prize in 2018 and the Opus Klassik in 2020.
Hans-Christoph Rademann is Professor of Choral Conducting at the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music in Dresden, Artistic Director of the Erzgebirge Music Festival, Ambassador of the Erzgebirge and patron of the Christian Hospice Service Dresden.