Stephan Genz is a German baritone, born in Erfurt, GDR, in 1973. At the age of 8, he joined the St. Thomas boys’ choir in Leipzig where he remained a »Thomaner« until 1991. He then pursued his studies with Hans-Joachim Beyer at the Leipzig Conservatory, Mitsuko Shirai and Hartmut Höll at the Karlsruhe Conservatory, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in Berlin and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf in Zurich.

He earned his first successes by winning the international competition »Johannes Brahms« in Hamburg (1994) and »Hugo Wolf« in Stuttgart (1994). In 1998, he recived the »Brahms-Preis« of Schleswig-Holstein and in 2000, he was elected »Young Artist of the Year« by the Belgian Critics.

Recognized for his interpretations of Lied and German repertoire, he divides his career between opera, recitals and concerts. He sang on international stages such as the Berlin Staatsoper, the Bastille Opera, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and the Châtelet in Paris, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Semperoper in Dresden, the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, the Bolshoi in Moscow as well as on the stages of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Opéra Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, the Louvre in Paris, various halls in New York and Tokyo and in numerous the festivals including the Edinburg festival, the festival d’Aix-en-Provence, the Maggio Musicale Firenze, and the festival de Verbier.

He worked under the direction of conductors such as Teodor Currentzis, Myung-Whun Chung, Daniel Harding, Philippe Herreweghe, Thomas Hengelbrock, Sigiswald Kuijken, René Jacobs, Fabio Luisi, Kent Nagano, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Kurt Masur, and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Stephan Genz released more than 50 recordings. His recital CD’s got awarded international prizes.

Since October 2020, he is responsible for teaching Lied and Oratorio at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. He divides his time between Geneva, Salzburg and Paris, where he teaches German repertoire at the Conservatoire National de Paris.