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Joel Frederiksen was born in 1959. He is an American bass singer and lutenist based in Germany, and director of the early music Ensemble Phoenix Munich. He studied for a master’s degree in Early Music at Oakland University, where he received numerous awards, including the Distinguished Musicianship, Matilda Award, and Distinguished Alumni Achievement awards. From 1990 to 1999, while living in New York City, he was a member of the Waverly Consort and the Boston Camerata.
He has released award-winning CDs with Harmonia Mundi France and Sony/Deutsche Harmonia Mundi. His 2012 album Requiem for a Pink Moon, an Elizabethan tribute to Nick Drake, won the ECHO Klassik 2013. His 2016 album Tell Me True Love presents music of John Dowland. His 2018 album Un niño nos es naçido presents Christmas music of Spain and Latin America from the 16th and 17th centuries.
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