The Inner Light

Karl Kaiser studied at the Colleges of Music in Cologne and Münster. Parallel to this he also studied theology, philosophy and musicology at the universities in Bonn and Cologne, ultimately deciding on a musical profession. Since then he has made an excellent name for himself as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician in the area of historically informed performance techniques.
After gaining wide-ranging and inspiring experience in the most varied of orchestras and groups for historical music, Karl Kaiser now concentrates on a few complementary ensembles. He has been a flautist at the Camerata Cologne for almost 30 years, with worldwide concerts and more than 50 CDs covering a large part of the Baroque and early classical chamber music.
He has been a member and flautist of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra for many years and is constantly underway worldwide with this ensemble as an orchestral musician and soloist. Karl Kaiser is also a founding member and flautist of the La Stagione orchestra in Frankfurt under Michael Schneider. Karl Kaiser plays early Romantic chamber music with Petra Müllejans (violin) and Sonja Prunnbauer (guitar) on original instruments in the trio Sérénade à Trois.
Karl Kaiser is an enthusiastic and all-embracing teacher. He is Professor for Historical Flutes and Performance Techniques at the College of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt and at the College of Music in Freiburg. He regularly gives master courses and holds presentations on performance techniques of the 18th century. He has published articles in newspapers and a book of his, Fundamental Knowledge of Baroque Music was published by the con brio Verlag. Karl Kaiser sees his teaching activities as being within a higher-ranking framework – beyond the pure communication of skills.