Christoph Prégardien
Tenor Christoph Prégardien is best known for his performance of lieder, opera, and oratorio. He has won several awards for his recordings. He has also established himself as a conductor and educator.
Prégardien was born in Limburg an der Lahn, Germany, on January 18, 1956. He began his musical education at the Limburg Cathedral Choir School. He went on to study at the Frankfurt Musikhochschule with Martin Gründeler, and later with Carla Castellani in Milan, Karlheinz Jarius in Frankfurt, and Alois Treml in Stuttgart.
He has built up a major reputation as a concert artist, performing the oratorios and passions of the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods. Prégardien's repertoire also encompasses the works of 17th century composers Monteverdi, Schütz, and Purcell, and 20th century composers Britten, Stravinsky, Killmayer, and Rihm. Among the conductors he has performed and recorded with are Brüggen, Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Herreweghe, Hogwood, Jacobs, Koopman, Kuijken, Leonhardt, and Rilling. As an operatic tenor, Prégardien has given performances in many major venues, among them London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Montpellier, and Tokyo. His roles have included such characters as Monteverdi's Ulisse, Mozart's Tamino and Don Ottavio, and Rossini's Count Almaviva.
Prégardien's special love is lieder, which he studied at the Frankfurt Musikhochschule in classes with Hartmut Höll. After the great success of his first lieder recordings, Prégardien embarked on a major recording career. His outstanding achievements as a lieder singer have been acknowledged with numerous awards, such as the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, Edison Award, Diapason D'or de l'année, and the Cannes Classical Award, among others.
Since 2012, Prégardien has worked as a conductor with Le Concert Lorrain, the Nederlands Kammerkoor, the Duisburger Philharmoniker, and Collegium Vocale Gent. He taught at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Zurich, the Academy of Music in Cologne, and has given master classes throughout the world.
Prégardien and Andreas Staier performed together internationally beginning in 1991, and in 1997, they signed an exclusive contract with Teldec. Their debut album for the label, Schubert's Winterreise, won numerous awards as well as being chosen for the German Record Critics' Quarterly List. His other favorite piano partner is Michael Gees, with whom he released Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin in 2008. Other releases by Prégardien have included an album of songs by Beethoven and his contemporaries Nikolaus von Krufft and Franz Lachner, Brahms' Die schöne Magelone, a recording of duets with his son Julian in 2014, and an album of Schumann and Wagner lieder in 2019.
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New Piano Music (Edition Ruhr Piano Festival, Vol. 17) (Live)
Maki Namekawa, Tamara Stefanovich, Dennis Russell Davies, Roland Pöntinen, Christoph Prégardien, Siegfried Mauser
Classical - Released by Cavi-Music on 16 Jan 2011
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Bach: Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56, "Kreuzstabkantate"
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 27 Apr 2018
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Alphons Diepenbrock: Songs 1
Robert Holl, Christoph Prégardien, Jard van Nes, Roberta Alexander, Rudolf Jansen
Classical - Released by Donemus Composers' Voice on 1 Jan 1995
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Lieder (Franz Schubert)
Art Songs, Mélodies & Lieder - Released by Christophorus on 27 Sep 2011
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Mendelssohn, Felix: The Symphonies
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, Claudia Mahnke, Christoph Poppen, Sibylla Rubens, Christoph Prégardien, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
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Georg Anton Kreusser: Der Tod Jesu
Mainzer Domorchester, Domkantorei St. Martin, Karsten Storck, Christoph Prégardien, Julia Sophie Wagner, Johannes Mayer
Classical - To be released on 31 May 2024 by Rondeau Production
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Britten: Sinfonietta / Serenade / Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal / Nocturne
Christoph Prégardien, Ib Lanzky-Otto, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Osmo Vänskä
Classical - Released by BIS on 1 Jan 1991
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Schubert: Hyperion Song Edition 23 – Songs of 1816
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Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 May 1995
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Alphons Diepenbrock: Songs 3
Roberta Alexander, Jard van Nes, Christa Pfeiler, Christoph Prégardien, Robert Holl, Rudolf Jansen
Classical - Released by Donemus Composers' Voice on 1 Jan 1996
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Pfitzner: Lieder (Complete Edition, Vol. 1)
Andreas Schmidt, Christoph Prégardien, Julie Kaufmann, Rudolf Jansen, Michael Gees, Donald Sulzen
Classical - Released by CPO on 1 Apr 1999
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Georg Anton Kreusser: Der Tod Jesu: 11. Aria: So stehet ein Berg Gottes
Christoph Prégardien, Karsten Storck, Mainzer Domorchester
Classical - Released by Rondeau Production on 19 Apr 2024
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