Biography

Hanno Müller-Brachmann studied in Freiburg under Prof. Ingeborg Most, attended the song class of Prof. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in Berlin and took his concert exam with Prof. Rudolf Piernay in Mannheim.

After successes in international competitions as ARD or „New Voices“, he currently sings on concert podia and opera stages in Europe, Israel, Japan and America with leading orchestras under conductors as Barenboim, Abbado, Harnoncourt, Rattle, Thielemann, Haitink, Boulez, v. Dohnányi, Masur, Mehta, Gardiner, Gielen, Marriner, Chailly, Runnicles, Eschenbach, Jacobs, Blomstedt, Janowski, Mackerras and A.Schiff. He was guest on different Festivals like Granada, London Proms, Luzern, Aldeburgh, Edinburgh, Flandern, Tanglewood or Salzburg.

From 1998 to 2011 he was an ensemble member of the Berlin States Opera where under the direction of Daniel Barenboim the great Mozart parts such as Leporello, Figaro, Guglielmo and Papageno became his favorite roles. Moreover, he was heard, for example, in the role of Orest, Golaud, Tomski, Amfortas, Kaspar, Escamillo or Wotan (Rhinegold). Hanno Müller-Brachmann gave guest performances at the States Operas in Vienna, Munich, Hamburg as well as San Francisco, Modena, Paris, Madrid, Tokyo, Budapest or Sevilla.

Apart from the oratorio and the opera, the song is a further focus of his work. He was heard in recitals for example in Tokyo, Paris, Lausanne, Antwerpen, Amsterdam, Hamburg as well as at festivals in Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Edinburgh Festival, Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Beethoven Festival Bonn and the Berlin festival weeks. He regularly appeared in recitals at the Berlin States Opera with Philippe Jordan, Burkhard Kehring or Daniel Barenboim. In his debut at the London Wigmore Hall he performed with András Schiff. Furthermore, he collaborates with pianists like Graham Johnson, Marcus Creed, Hendrik Heilmann, Malcolm Martineau or Eric Schneider.

Radio and TV broadcasts, CD and DVD productions document his work. Among others, "The Magic Flute" (Papageno) under Claudio Abbado was recorded at the Deutsche Grammophon, which received the Gramophone Awards.

After the professorships at both Berlin Universities, beginning of WS 2011 Hanno Müller-Brachmann took over a professorship for song at the Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe.