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Stephan GENZ |
Stephan Genz was born in Erfurt
(Germany) in 1973.
A member of the St. Thomas's Boys' Choir in Leipzig, he began to take
an active interest in the Lieder repertory from a very early age, studying
singing with Hans-Joachim Beyer at the Musikhochschule in Leipzig and
with Mitsuko Shirai and Hartmut Höll in Karlsruhe and later attending
classes in Lieder interpretation with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Elisabeth
Schwarzkopf. He soon came to prominence when he won awards in such prestigious
international competitions as the Johannes Brahms Competition in Hamburg
and the Hugo Wolf Competition in Stuttgart. In October 1999 he received
the 'Brahms-Preis des Landes Schleswig-Holstein'. In November 1999 he
received the Grammophone Award in London.
He has received numerous invitations to make guest appearances, including Paris (Bastille, Theatre des Champs-Elysées), Berlin (Deutsche Staatsoper), Lausanne, Strasbourg, Milano (Teatro alla Scala), Opéra de Monte-Carlo
Stephan Genz appeared with important
orchestras, performing under famous conductors such as Myung-Whun Chung,
Pierre Cao, Marcus Creed, Daniel Harding, Thomas Hengelbrock, Philippe
Herreweghe, Gustav Kuhn, Sigiswald Kuijken, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Fabio Luisi,
Georges Prêtre, René Jacobs, Giuseppe Sinopoli., James Judd.
Beside his engagements as an opera - and concert singer Stephan Genz became
one of the most famous recital-singer in his generation.
He has given recitals in Paris (Châtelet, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées), London (Wigmore Hall), Amsterdam (Concertgebouw), Brussel (Opera Royal de la Monnaie), Florence (Maggio Musicale), Schubertiade Feldkirch / Hohenems, Edinburgh Festival, in Spain and Japan (Toyko, Okoyama, Nagaoka).
He recorded Lieder for Capriccio.
Claves, Hyperion and Teldec.
In April 2002 Stephan Genz makes his debut at the Hamburg state Opera
in a production of 'Cosi fan tutte'.