Christian Gerhaher is widely regarded as one of the leading baritones of his generation and is internationally acclaimed as one of today’s foremost interpreters of the German Lied. He studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich with Paul Kuën, Raimund Grumbach and Friedemann Berger, and further refined his artistry in masterclasses with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Inge Borkh. For more than three decades, he and pianist Gerold Huber have formed one of the world’s leading Lied partnerships.
As a concert and opera singer, Gerhaher regularly collaborates with renowned orchestras and conductors, including the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Kirill Petrenko and Daniel Harding. His signature operatic roles include Amfortas (Parsifal), Wolfram (Tannhäuser), Wozzeck, Wotan in Wagners Das Rheingold and Simon Boccanegra. His artistic achievements have been recognised with numerous awards, including the Laurence Olivier Award and the German theatre prize Der Faust.
An exclusive Sony Classical artist, Christian Gerhaher has released numerous award-winning recordings, including acclaimed recordings of Schubert, Schumann and Mahler’s song repertoire. In 2025, his album of selected Brahms songs received the OPUS KLASSIK Award. Christian Gerhaher lives in Munich with his family.