Biography

"The bass-baritone Hanno Mueller-Brachmann is an ideal Figaro: a youthful appealing actor, a singer with a firm, dark and exciting voice."

The New York Times 12.8.2013

„Müller-Brachmann is a rising star in Germany, and with good reason; his sonouros, flexible bass-baritone communicated every single word.”

"The Guardian" writes about his interpretation of Gustav Mahler’s “Lieder aus des Knaben Wunderhorn” with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski.

„Refined, text-related and differentiated and vocally affected by interesting interpretation options”

"Die Presse" comments his song debut in the big hall of the Viennese Concert Hall together with Andreas Schiff.

The bass baritone Hanno Müller-Brachmann has worked as a song, concert and opera singer with many of the most influential musical personalities of our time. These include Sir Simon Rattle, Bernard Haitink, Herbert Blomstedt, Iván Fischer, Andris Nelsons and Zubin Mehta. Important piano partners include Malcolm Martineau, Hendrik Heilmann, Philippe Jordan and Daniel Barenboim. Under him, he was accepted into the ensemble of the Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden at the age of 27. Appearances at the State Operas in Munich, Vienna and Hamburg as well as La Scala in Milan and at festivals in Salzburg, Florence, Aix, Munich, Berlin, Beijing and Edinburgh, at the Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg and the BBC Proms followed, as did his collaborations with leading orchestras in Berlin, New York, Boston, Chicago, London, San Francisco, Madrid, Shanghai, Tel Aviv and many more.

Hanno Müller-Brachmann studied in Freiburg with Ingeborg Most and in Mannheim with Rudolf Piernay. He attended Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's song class in Berlin. Awards at major competitions, including ARD, mark the beginning of his international success.

As a teacher, he initially held teaching positions at the Berlin University of the Arts and the Hanns Eisler University of Music before being appointed to the Karlsruhe University of Music in 2011. He is a juror at international competitions and is a strong advocate for the preservation and improvement of musical education.