Johannes Honecker is a young conductor from Cologne. He is a student at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln and the conductor of the concert choirs tonart and the Madrigalchor Aachen.
Johannes, who was born in Aachen, pursued a degree as music educator before deciding to add a Bachelor in choral conducting. He now studies with professor Peter Dijkstra as well as attending master classes with Frieder Bernius, Denis Rouger, Hans Leenders and Daniel Reuss.
As a singer, from an early age he was part of the LandesJugendChor NRW. Later he joined the chamber choir of the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln under Marcus Creed and Peter Dijkstra and the Kölner Kammerchor under Peter Neumann. He also performs as a soloist, recently singing Schubert´s “Winterreise” in Bonn.
From 2012 to 2018 he directed several church choirs in Aachen. He has worked with various ensembles of the greater area, including the vocal ensemble of the Conservatory in Cologne, Studium Chorale Maastricht, the choral academy of the WDR Rundfunkchor, the Philharmonische Chor Bonn, Kammerchor Constant and Ensemble Caleidon. Since 2017 he is the conductor of the concert choir tonart, with whom he has performed Puccinis Messa di Gloria and will conduct Mozart´s Requiem later in 2019. As conductor of the Madrigalchor Aachen he is actively involved with the further development of the Internationale Chorbiennale Aachen.