TENOR
Julian Prégardien
Representation: World
- Helga Machreich-Unterzaucher
- +43 (0)5 06 80-012
- machreich@machreich-artists.com
GALLERY
BIOGRAPHY
Julian Prégardien was born in Frankfurt and received his earliest musical training as a chorister in the Limburg Cathedral choirs. Following his studies in Freiburg and his time with the Académie du Festival Aix-en-Provence, he became a member of the Frankfurt Opera ensemble from 2009 to 2013, alongside which he began to develop an international concert career.
Today Julian Prégardien is a leading figure among the next generation of classical vocal artists. His vocal clarity, together with his deep connection to the text and its expression make him a sought-after Lied interpreter. Recitals and chamber music projects hold a particular significance in Julian Prégardien’s artistic work. To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the creation of Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin, he performed the masterpiece across 10 diverse venues in Vienna in autumn 2023, inspiring the artist to found and lead the "Liedstadt" Festival, which debuted in Hamburg in October 2024. Following its resounding success, the festival moves on to Weimar, Berlin, Leipzig and Salzburg.
On the operatic stage he has appeared at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, the Hamburg and Bavarian State Operas and the Opéra Comique in Paris. In 2018 he made his debut at the Salzburg Festival as Narraboth in Richard Strauss’ Salome (directed by Romeo Castellucci) with the Vienna Philharmonic under Franz Welser-Möst. Further highlights were a new production of Mozart's Magic Flute at the Berlin State Opera, Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni) at the Mozartwoche Salzburg and at the Salzburg Festival, a staged version of Romeo Castellucci's Mozart Requiem under Raphaël Pichon in Naples, Tamino in Mozart's Magic Flute in Cleveland under the baton of Franz Welser-Möst, followed by a new production of Mozart's Magic Flute at the Vienna State Opera in January 2025. In the new season, Julian Prégardien can be heard as Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni) and as Oronte in a new production of Handel's Alcina at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, as well as in a new production of Monteverdi's l'Orfeo at the Schwetzingen Festival. Summer 2025 saw his return to the Salzburg Festival with a semi-staged production entitled ‘Zaide oder der Weg des Lichts’ under the direction of Raphaël Pichon.
Julian Prégardien has become a firm favourite on the international concert scene. Recent highlights include a tour with Concentus Musicus under Stefan Gottfried, concerts with the Cleveland Orchestra under Franz Welser-Möst, his debut at Carnegie Hall with the Orchestra St. Luke's under Bernard Labadie, as well as concerts with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Klaus Mäkelä, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Sir John Eliot Gardiner and Riccardo Muti, the Tonhalle Orchestra and Alondra de la Parra, the Ensemble Pygmalion under Raphaël Pichon, and La Cetra under Andrea Marcon. Notable highlights were Bach's St Matthew Passion with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under Franz Welser-Möst, Bach's St John Passion with the Gewandhaus Orchestra under the Thomaskantor Andreas Reize and with the Ensemble Pygmalion under Raphaël Pichon.
Julian Prégardien was ‘Artiste Ètoile’ of the Mozartfest Würzburg in 2019. In the 2025-2026 season, he takes up the position of Artist in Residence at the Wiener Konzerthaus, where he can be heard in recitals with Sir András Schiff and in concerts with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, and as part of his own series of concerts entitled ‘Schubert for everyone’. Other highlights of the 2025-2026 season include Bach's Mass in B minor with the Gewandhaus Orchestra under Andreas Reize, concerts with the Camerata Salzburg, Bach's Christmas Oratorio with the Balthasar Neumann Ensemble and the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Iván Fischer, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Dima Slobodeniouk, concerts with Christoph Prégardien and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Haydn's The Seasons with the Gewandhaus Orchestra under Franz Welser-Möst, orchestrated Schubert Lieder with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Franz Welser-Möst, Bach's St Matthew Passion under Raphaël Pichon, Zender's Winterreise with the Ensemble Modern, and Mahler's Rückert Lieder with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra under Cornelius Meister.
In addition to recitals throughout Europe, he will perform Schubert in recital with Sir András Schiff at the Vienna Konzerthaus and the Kronberg Academy and perform Schubert's Die Schöne Müllerin together with Kristian Bezuidenhout at the Schubertiade in Hohenems, the Cologne Philharmonie, the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie and the International Hugo Wolf Academy in Stuttgart.
Julian Prégardien has released Schubert's Winterreise, his Schwanengesang and Schumann's Dichterliebe with Alpha Classics. He is an exclusive artist with Harmonia Mundi, under which his recording of Schubert's Die Schöne Müllerin, with Kristian Bezuidenhout on the fortepiano, was released in August 2024. Off stage, he has been a professor at the Munich Academy of Music and Theatre’s vocal department since 2017, a member of the Schumann Network and was until December 2024 the artistic director of the Brentano Academy in Aschaffenburg.
2025 | 2026
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DISCOGRAPHY
Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin
Julian Prégardien
Piano: Kristian Bezuidenhout
Label: Harmonia Mundi | August 2024
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Julian Prégardien, Gwendoline Blondeel, Marie Perbost, Eva Zaicik, Cyril Auvity, Luc Bertin-Hugault, Luigi de Donato, Vlad Crosman, Paul Figuier
Les Épopées
Conductor: Stéphane Fuget
Label: Château de Versailles | June 2024
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
VIDEOS
CALENDAR
Hugo Distler: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248, Teil I: »Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage«
Jan Sandström: Det är en ros utsprungen (Es ist ein Ros entsprungen)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248, Teil V: »Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen«
Thomas Adès: The Fayrfax Carol für gemischten Chor
Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248, Teil VI: »Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben«
Julian Prégardien, Evangelist
Agnes Kovacs, Soprano
Anne Bierwirth, Alto
Terry Wey, Countertenor
Jakob Pilgram, Tenor
Felix Schwandtke, Bass
Daniel Ochoa, Bass
Balthasar-Neumann-Choir und -Orchestra
Lionel Sown, Conductor
Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 (Cantatas 1 - 3 & 6)
Julia Lezhneva, soprano
Olivia Vermeulen, alto
Julian Prégardien, tenor
Hanno Müller-Brachmann, bass-baritone
Budapest Festival Orchester
Iván Fischer, conductor
Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 (Cantatas 1, 2, 3, 6)
Julian Prégardien, tenor
Julia Lezhneva, soprano
Olivia Vermeulen, mezzo-soprano
Hanno Müller-Brachmann, bass-baritone
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Iván Fischer, conductor
Collegium Vocale Gent
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor op. 125
Christiane Karg, soprano
Beth Taylor, alto
Julian Prégardien, tenor
Alexander Grassauer, bass-baritone
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Vienna Singing Academy
Dima Slobodeniouk, Conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor op. 125
Christiane Karg, soprano
Beth Taylor, alto
Julian Prégardien, tenor
Alexander Grassauer, bass-baritone
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Vienna Singing Academy
Dima Slobodeniouk, Conductor
CONTACT
Representation: World
- Helga Machreich-Unterzaucher
- +43 (0)5 06 80-012
- machreich@machreich-artists.com
