Matthias Goerne is one of the most versatile and internationally sought after vocalists and a frequent guest at renowned festivals and concert halls. He has collaborated with the world’s leading orchestras, conductors and pianists. Born in Weimar, he studied with Hans-Joachim

Beyer in Leipzig, and later with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

 

Goerne is Artist in Residence at Shanghai Symphony Orchestra for season 2024/2025. He has appeared on the world’s principal opera stages, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Teatro Real in Madrid, Paris National Opera and the Vienna State Opera. His roles range from Wagner’s Wolfram, Amfortas, Wotan, Strauss’ Orest and Jochanaan to the title roles in Béla Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle and Alban Berg’s Wozzeck.

 

His artistry has been documented on numerous recordings, many of which have received prestigious awards, including four Grammy nominations, an ICMA Award, a Gramophone Award, the BBC Music Magazine Vocal Award 2017 and a Diapason d’or Arte. After his legendary recordings with Vladimir Ashkenazy and Alfred Brendel, he recorded a series of selected Schubert songs on 12 CDs with eminent pianists. His latest recordings of Brahms songs with Christoph Eschenbach, of Schumann songs with Markus Hinterhäuser, of Mahler songs with the BBC Symphony and of Wagner arias with the Swedish Radio Symphony have received rave reviews.

 

From 2001 through 2005, Matthias Goerne taught as an honorary professor of song interpretation at the Robert Schumann Academy of Music in Düsseldorf. In 2001, he was appointed an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music in London.

 

In addition to his residency with the New York Philharmonic in the 2018-19 season, he has given recitals with Daniil Trifonov, Leif Ove Andsnes and Sir Antonio Pappano at the Philharmonie in Berlin, Philharmonie de Paris, Wigmore Hall in London, Palau de la Música in Barcelona and other major European venues. His festival appearances include Ravinia, Salzburg and Verbier.