Henning Jendritza first studied Catholic theology and philosophy at the Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelm-University in Bonn and received his vocal training at this time from the soprano Dorothea Kares in Brühl. He then went onto study vocal performance at the Cologne University of Music and Dance (HfMT Köln) with Prof. Lioba Braun. He gained further experience through additional lessons with various teachers and has attended masterclasses with Thomas Heyer, Stephan MacLeod, Delfo Menicucci, Dietrich Hilsdorf, Josef Loibl & Philippe Jaroussky.

He was a scholarship holder of the Cusanuswerk Episcopal Study Fund and the Richard Wagner Association.

 

The young tenor feels very much at home in the field of concert and oratorio. He has sung a number of important tenor roles and has worked with orchestras such as the Bergische Symphoniker, the Beethovenorchester Bonn, Concerto Köln, the Kourionorchester Münster, Concert Royal Köln, Orquestra Barroca Catalana, and Capella Augustina under Andreas Spering. Henning Jendritza has performed as part of the famous 10 year cycle under Kay Johannsen in Stuttgart as well as at the BACHcelona Festival in Catalonia. Further concert engagements have taken him to the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Cologne Philharmonie, Cathedrals of Cologne, Aachen,  Osnabrück & Berlin, the Hercules Hall in Munich, the Bach Festival in Leipzig, Palau de la Música Catalana and the Haydn Festival as part of the Brühl Palace Concerts. Most recently he performed with the Dresden Kreuzchor under Kreuzkantor Martin Lehmann, as well as the Leipzig Thomanerchor under Thomaskantor Andreas Reize.

 

In addition to his concert activities, Henning Jendritza has made guest appearances on international opera stages such as the Joburg Theatre (Johannesburg/South Africa), the Kammeroper München, Theater Schaffhausen (Switzerland), Theater Solingen and in 2017 & 2019 he performed as tenor soloist in a St. Matthew Passion staged by Gregor Horres in Bonn & Leipzig.

 

In 2019, Henning featured as a soloist on a CD released by Musicaphon Records of the world premiere recording of Christoph Förster's cantata Jauchzt ihr frohen Christenscharen alongside Echo Award -winners Concert Royal Cologne.

 

Henning Jendritza is winner of the international Salvat Beca Bach competition in Barcelona and was finalist at the international Concorso Musica Sacra 2021 in Rome.