German bass-baritone Florian Störtz announced his arrival on the European concert scene with victories at 2023 International Handel Singing Competition as well as the 2023 Helmut Deutsch Song Competition. Together with pianist Mark Rogers he also took the Prix de mélodie at the 2023 Lili et Nadia Boulanger competition in Paris and won the Young Artists Platform at the International Song Festival Zeist, Utrecht 2024.
Florian's 24-25 season sees important débuts singing Bach and Charpentier with the Monteverdi Choir under Christophe Rousset, Bach's Weihnachtsoratorium with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra under Václav Luks, Berlioz L’Enfance du Christ with the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic under Paul McCreesh and Bach B Minor Mass with The English Concert directed by Kristian Bezuidenhout. A current Rising Star of the Enlightenment, his many forthcoming engagements with the ensemble include a European tour of the Matthäuspassion under Jonathan Cohen. He will record his début recital disc with pianist Aleksandra Myslek for Delphian.
Florian recently sang Bach's Weihnachtsoratorium with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Masaaki Suzuki and Handel's Esther at the London Handel Festival with Laurence Cummings. His recording of Duruflé's Requiem with the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge and Stephen Layton is released by Hyperion and was awarded a Diapason d'Or.
He has given recitals in Leeds with Graham Johnson, Zell am See with Helmut Deutsch, a German song programme at Carnegie Hall with Renée Fleming’s SongStudio as well as French song recitals at Salle Cortot, Paris and Wigmore Hall. He also presented Handel and Purcell at the Händel-Festspiele Halle. Florian is an alumnus of the Royal Academy of Music and the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme and recevies generous support from the City Music Foundation. Having enjoyed his upbringing in the vocal music environment around Trier Cathedral, Germany he is now based in London.
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