Representation: World
Julian Prégardien was born in Frankfurt and received his earliest music training in the choirs of Limburg Cathedral. After studying in Freiburg and joining the academy of the Aix-en-Provence opera festival, he was a member of the Frankfurt Opera ensemble from 2009 to 2013. At the same time, he developed an international career as a concert performer. Today, the tenor is an outstanding representative of the younger generation of singers.
As an opera singer, he has appeared at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, at the Hamburg and Bavarian State Operas and at the Opéra Comique in Paris. In 2018 he made his debut at the Salzburg Festival as Narraboth in Richard Strauss’ Salome (director: Romeo Castellucci) with the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Franz Welser-Möst. In 2019 this was followed by his debut as Tamino in a new production of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte at the Berlin State Opera under the baton of Alondra de la Parra. At the Mozartwoche 2023 he will be heard for the first time as Don Ottavio in two semi-staged performances of Mozart's Don Giovanni conducted by András Schiff, and at the Teatro San Carlo in Napoli he will be seen in the staged version of Romeo Castellucci's Mozart Requiem conducted by Raphaël Pichon.
Julian Prégardien was "Artiste Ètoile" of the Mozartfest Würzburg in 2019, where he performed with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, among others. Recent highlights include a tour with Concentus Musicus under Stefan Gottfried, his debut with the Cleveland Orchestra under Franz Welser-Möst, and his Carnegie Hall debut with Orchestra St. Luke's under Bernard Labadie. In the 2021/2022 season Julian Prégardien was heard with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestera under Klaus Mäkelä, with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks under Sir John Eliot Gardiner, with the Tonhalle Orchester and Alondra de la Parra, as well as with the Ensemble Pygmalion under Raphaël Pichon.
Highlights of the 2022/2023 season include Schubert's Mass in E-flat Major conducted by Franz Welser-Möst at the Salzburg Festival, Beethoven's IX. Symphony with the SWR Symphony Orchestra under Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Schubert's Mass in E-flat Major with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under András Schiff, as well as with the Cleveland Orchestra under Franz Welser-Möst, Mozart's Requiem with the Concertgebouw Orkest under Klaus Mäkelä, Bach's St Matthew Passion with the Vienna Philharmonic under Franz Welser-Möst, Bach's St John Passion with the Gewandhaus Orchestra under the Thomaskantor Andreas Reize, and a tour of Handel arias together with La Cetra under Andrea Marcon.
A special focus of Julian Prégardien's artistic activities are song recitals and chamber music projects. For example, he curates a Brahms evening as part of the Schleswig-Holstein Festival and gives recitals at the Konzerthaus Dortmund, the Kölner Philharmonie, the Alte Oper Frankfurt, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Ittingen, Gent, Lille, Bari and La Chaux-de-Fonds.
Julian Prégardien records exclusively for the label Alpha Classics. He is a professor at the Munich Academy of Music and Theatre’s vocal department, a member of the Schumann Network and artistic director of the Brentano Academy in Aschaffenburg.
2022 | 2023
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Schubert/Mendelssohn: Schwanengesang | String Quintet
Julian Prégardien
Piano: Martin Helmche
Violin: Christian Tetzlaff & Florian Donderer
Viola: Rachel Roberts
Cello: Tanja Tetzlaff, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker
Label: Alpha Classics | 2021
Schumann: Dichterliebe
Julian Prégardien, Sandrine Piau
Piano: Eric Le Sage
Label: Alpha Classics | 2018
Bach: Matthäus- Passion BWV 244
Julien Prégardien, StéphaneDegout, Sabine Devieilhe,
Lucile Richardot, Christian Immler, Reinoud Van Mechelen
Pygmalion
Conductor : Raphaël Pichon
Label: harmoniamundi | 2022
Zender/Schubert: Die Winterreise
Julian Prégardien
Conductor: Robert Reimer
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie
Label: Alpha Classics | 2018
Julian Prégardien, tenor
Christoph Prégardien, tenor
Orchestre de Chambre de Paris
Harry Ogg, direction
Danae Dörken, piano
works by Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert
Julian Prégardien, tenor
Christoph Prégardien, tenor
Michael Gees, piano
Duo-Recital with works by Franz Schubert, Benjamin Britten and Wilhelm Killmayer
Franz Schubert: Die Winterreise, D 911, op 89
Julian Prégardien, Gesang und Rezitation
Michael Gees, Klavier
Julian Prégardien, tenor
Michael Gees, piano
Franz Schubert ›Die Erwartung‹ D 159
Michael Gees Improvisation
Franz Schubert ›Die Bürgschaft‹ D 246
Franz Schubert ›Einsamkeit‹ D 620
Michael Gees Improvisation
Ludwig van Beethoven »An die ferne Geliebte« Liederkreis von Alois Jeitteles für Singstimme und Klavier op. 98
Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion BWV 244
Julian Prégardien, evangelist (tenor)
Liviu Holender, christ (baritone)
Christina Landshamer, soprano
Anna Lucia Richter, mezzo-soprano
Martin Mitterrutzner, tenor
Ludwig Mittelhammer, baritone
Wiener Philharmoniker
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Wiener Sängerknaben
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Representation: World