About
He was born in 1957 in Cologne. Werner Erhard had been trained as a violinist authentic in Brussels, Oxford, and Cologne, among his mentors Sigiswald of Kaken. Improved as the conductor Karl Heinz Bloemeke in Detmold.
He has performed as a conductor at the Stuttgart State Opera, conducted the Hamburg and Bern Symphony orchestra, the Stuttgart and Bern Chamber orchestras, the RIAS Kammerchor and the Tölzer Knabenchor. Among the soloists with whom he collaborates: Xavier de Maistre, Bruno Ganz, Andreas Scholl, Barbara Hendricks, Magdalena Kozena, Roberta Mameli, Edita Gruberova... He performed concerts in European countries, in North and South America.
From 1985 to 2005 he directed the famous ensemble of ancient music "Concerto Köln", was one of its founders. Under his artistic direction the style of interpretation of Baroque works of Northern Europe, characteristic for this ensemble, was developed. In 2004 he founded the ensemble "L'arte del mondo", which he continues to lead at the present time]. In November 2014, he performed with this orchestra and soloist Roberta Mameli in St. Petersburg at the Silver Lira festival.
In 2007, Werner Erhard with the ensemble " Concerto Köln "received an award in the category" Old music "from Echo Klassik for the recording of" Il Divino boemo " by Joseph Myslivecek. Werner Erhard's complete list of recordings includes more than 50 discs. Constantly cooperates with recording companies Sony Music Entertainment, Deutsche Grammophon.