Dantes Diwiak studied singing with Klaus Kirchner and opera at the
Musikhochschule Hannover with
Theo Altmeyer. He took master classes with
Hermann Reutter,
Birgit Nilsson,
Helmuth Rilling and
Scot Weir. He was a member of the
Staatsoper Hannover and the opera houses of
Bremen and
Oldenburg. Diwiak sang the part of the
Evangelist in Bach's
Passions also in Moscow, France, Syria and Israel, among others. In 1989, he sang in Haydn's
Die Schöpfung with the Harburger Kantorei in the St. Johanniskirche in
Harburg, Hamburg. In the
Neustädter Kirche, Hannover, he sang in choral concerts, in 1986
Stravinsky's
Canticum sacrum, in 1988 Stravinsky's
Cantata and Mozart's
Great Mass in C minor, in 1990 Bach's
Mass in B minor, in 1991 he was the
Evangelist in the
St Matthew Passion in the last concert conducted by
Erhard Egidi, together with Anselm Richter,
Monika Frimmer,
Ralf Popken and Joachim Gebhardt. In 1994, a concert of the Mass in B minor in the Peterskirche in
Heidelberg was recorded.
Gerald Kegelmann conducted the Heidelberger Madrigalchor, the Accademia Filarmonica Köln and the Trumpet Consort ,
Veronika Winter,
Kai Wessel and
Raimund Nolte. In 2007, Diwiak performed with the MarkusChor Hannover Haydn's
Paukenmesse, Mozart's
Krönungsmesse and Mendelssohn's
Elias. With the choir Nordschleswigsche Musikvereinigung he performed among others in 2009 Haydn's
Missa in angustiis and Bach's
cantata Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten! BWV 172. In 2002, Diwiak founded together with
Monika Frimmer,
Christa Bonhoff and
Peter Kooy a quartet
Tanto Canto to sing rarely performed music
a cappella, with piano or with ensemble. The quartet recorded in 2005 excerpts from the collections
Augsburger Tafel-Confect (short for:
Ohren-vergnügendes und Gemüth-ergötzendes Tafel-Confect, in English:
Augsburg Table Confectionery, Pleasuring the Ears and Delightful to the Soul) of the composers
Valentin Rathgeber and
Johann Caspar Seyfert. In 2010, he appeared in a concert of the
Universität Hamburg in the oratorio
Die Glocke of
Max Bruch. Dantes Diwiak is married to the contralto
Christa Bonhoff. == References ==