With the launch of the series “The Complete Hugo Wolf” (Der ganze Hugo Wolf) in March 2016, the International Hugo Wolf Academy (Stuttgart, Germany) began an ambitious, multi-year endeavor to perform all of the songs (Lieder) of composer Hugo Wolf. By December 2019, with the tenth concert of the series, more than 200 of Wolf’s nearly 300 songs had received a performance. The series, which was conceived and planned by Brazilian pianist Marcelo Amaral, will come to a close in 2022. In addition to a live moderator, each concert is accompanied by a detailed program booklet featuring essays and commentary on the life and songs of Hugo Wolf by the renowned American musicologist Susan Youens. Youens works in the English language, and this is the first time that such texts are also translated into German. All concerts are recorded and select individual videos appear on YouTube and on the website of the International Hugo Wolf Academy (https://www.ihwa.de).

Thomas Hampson is a member of the Artistic Advisory Committee (Künstlerischer Beirat) of the International Hugo Wolf Academy.

Information about the programs:

• Program I: Springtime (Frühlingszeit) – Passion (Leidenschaft) – Evening Songs (Abendlieder) – Fairy Tales (Die Märchenwelt)
• Program II: “Love has awakened” (“Die Liebe ist wach”) – Serenades and Sunsets (Serenaden und Abendröthe) – Love’s anger, scorn, and mockery – Love and War (Liebe und Krieg)
• Program III: Nature and Her Secrets (Natur und ihre Geheimnisse) – Death, Grief, and Memory (Tod, Trauer und Erinnerung) – Wandering (Wanderer)
• Program IV: (This program is only available in German–please switch to the German version of this page to access Program IV.)
• Program V: Sacred Songs (Geistliche Lieder) – The Forsaken (Die Verlassenen) – Songs of Travel (Rollenlieder)
• Program VI: On Foreign Soil (In der Fremde) – A Song Cycle (Ein Liederkreis) – Longing (Sehnsuchtsvoll) – Songs of Travel II (Rollenlieder II)
• Program VII: Night and Dreams (Nacht und Träume)
• Program VIII: Comic Songs (“Wohin mit der Freud?”)
• Program IX: “…and Love is cheerful…” (“…und Amor ist gut gelaunt…”)
• Program X: The Spirit of Christmas (“Es weihnachtet sehr…”)