Christoph Prégardien

Christoph Prégardien (born 18 January 1956 in Limburg an der Lahn) is a German singer with the vocal category of a lyric tenor.

Life

Christoph Prégardien grew up as the third child of originating from Cologne merchant, Günther Prégardien and his wife Christina, born Hübinger on in Limburg. His great-grandmother Paula, née Neuman, was a granddaughter of the Aachen entrepreneur Friedrich August Neuman.

He worked early on with at the Limburg Cathedral Boys' Choir. This was followed by singing studies in Frankfurt am Main at Martin Gründler, in Stuttgart and Milan, in particular song singing with Hartmut Holl.

In 1983 he had his first engagement at the Frankfurt Opera, which he received following a recommendation by Michael Gielen. From 1986 to 1988, he sang the first lyric tenor at the opera house in Gelsenkirchen and began collaborating with conductors and song companions Michael Gees and Andreas Staier. Prégardien published with them a number of successful recordings, especially of Schubert songs. The focus of his work lies in the Lied and Oratorio, his repertoire encompasses all periods.

From 2000 to 2005 he was a singing class at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Zurich, since the fall of 2004 he is professor at the Musikhochschule in Cologne and author of vocal technique base station Schott Master Class Singing in the Schott publishing house, which he also uses for teaching purposes. Among his pupils Ulrich Cordes heard. His son Julian Prégardien is also a lyric tenor.

Awards (selection)

Works

• Christoph Prégardien: Schott Master Class singing. Technique, interpretation, repertoire. Schott Music, Mainz 2006, 176 pp., ISBN 978-3-7957-0540-4, with 1 DVD