Daniel Johannsen
The Austrian tenor Daniel Johannsen (born in 1978) is among the most demanded evangelists and Bach singers of his generation. He studied vocal arts with Margit Klaushofer and Lied interpretation with Robert Holl in Vienna, where he also graduated in church music; Dietrich Fischer Dieskau, Nicolai Gedda and Christa Ludwig chose him for master classes. He is prize winner at numerous competitions (Bach, Schumann, Mozart and Wigmore Hall).
Since his debut in 1998, Daniel Johannsen has been performing oratorio, lied and opera (of all epochs) at the most important European, North American, Middle-Eastern and Japanese music centres. Besides frequent appearances at the Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna, he is regularly invited to attend numerous festivals (styriarte Graz, Salzburg Festival and La Folle Journée amongst others). Daniel Johannsen has been collaborating with renowned orchestras (e.g. Le Concert des Nations, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe) and celebrated for example Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jordi Savall and Sir Neville Marriner).
Daniel Johannsen performed at the Wiener Kammeroper, Volksoper Wien, Lucerne Theatre, Leipzig Opera, Erfurt Theatre, and Ludwigsburger Schlosstheater — representing the lyric roles of Mozart, singing baroque and contemporary works as well as some operettas.
The tenor puts an emphasis on Lied recitals with the whole variety of German repertoire (but also with English and French compositions). Helmut Deutsch, Roger Vignoles, David Lutz and Gerold Huber are amongst his lied duet partners. In spring 2010, Daniel Johannsen’s recording of Schumann’s Dichterliebe was released, following his acclaimed first solo CD Tenore & Traverso which contains arias by J.S. Bach. Numerous radio and TV broadcasts are documenting his artistic work.
In 2011/12, the singer will perform at the Bach Festivals of Wetzlar and Leipzig. Concerts are scheduled at the Handel Festival Halle as well as in Vienna’s Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde. Daniel Johannsen will be representing Tamino in Mozart’s Magic Flute regularly at Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich. Recitals lead him, amongst others, to the Chamber Music Festival Bad Urach (together with Burkhard Kehring).
