Julian Prégardien was born in Frankfurt. He is an internationally outstanding representative of today’s young generation of singers. As an opera singer, he has made guest appearances at the Festival d’Aix en Provence, at the Hamburg and Bavarian State Operas, and at the Opéra Comique in Paris. He gave his debut at the Salzburg Festival in 2018, followed a year later by his debut at the Berlin State Opera as Tamino in a new production of Mozart’s “Magic Flute”. At the “Mozart Week” in 2023 he gave his first performance as Don Ottavio in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”, under the baton of András Schiff. His activity as an artist includes a special focus on song recitals and chamber music projects. At the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, for example, he has curated a Brahms evening, and he also gives recitals at venues such as the Konzerthaus in Dortmund, the Cologne Philharmonic, the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, the Wigmore Hall in London and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. He is a professor of singing at the University of Music and Theatre in Munich, a member of the Schumann Network and the artistic director of the Brentano Academy in Aschaffenburg