Martin Platz

Tenor Martin Platz received his musical training at the Würzburg University of Music. He studied singing with Martin Hummel and choral conducting with Prof. Jörg Straube. He also attended master classes with Magret Honig and Peter Nelson, among others. For several years he has been under the artistic supervision of Tilman Lichdi.

Martin Platz is a permanent member of the opera ensemble of the Nuremberg State Theatre, where he has sung roles as a lyric tenor such as Belmonte in Mozart's "Abduction from the Seraglio", Tamino in Mozart's "Magic Flute", Don Ottavio in Mozart's "Don Giovanni", Steuermann in Wagner's "The Flying Dutchman" and in the Haute-contre roles of Rameau's "Platée" and "Les Indes galantes". In the 2022/23 season in Nuremberg, his roles included Alan Turing in the world premiere of Anno Schreier's opera "Turing". In the 2023/24 season his agenda included Capito in Hindemith's "Mathis, der Maler", L'Infea and La Natura in Cavalli's "Callisto", Alfred in "Fledermaus" and Don Ottavio in "Don Giovanni". In 2024/25, he will be heard again in Nuremberg as Alan Turing. He will also sing Tamino in the new production of "The Magic Flute" and Oronte in the new production of Handel's "Alcina".

Martin Platz is also a sought-after concert soloist. The tenor has an active collaboration with Jordi Savall, with whom he performed in J. S. Bach's "Christmas Oratorio" (CD production) in Barcelona in 2019, followed by Bach's "Mass in B minor" in 2021. In 2022, Martin Platz made his debut at the Salzburg Festival as tenor soloist in Handel's "Messiah" under the the baton of Jordi Savall, where he returned in 2024 for Beethoven's 9th Symphony. He also made his debut under Jordi Savall at the Styriarte in Graz. In 2023, he performed Beethoven's "Missa solemnis" under Savall at the Philharmonie de Paris, L'Auditori Barcelona and the Dresden Music Festival. He has also appeared at the Beethovenfest Bonn, the Berlioz Festival Cote Saint-Andre, the Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci, the Palau de la Musica Barcelona, the Philharmonie am Gasteig Munich, the Laeiszhalle Hamburg and many other renowned concert halls in Germany and Europe. His main focus is on the Evangelist parts of Bach's "St. John Passion" and "St. Matthew Passion", which are as dear to his heart as all other works by J. S. Bach. In 2018 he sang the Evangelist part in Bach's "St. Matthew Passion" in John Neumeier's choreography with the Hamburg Ballet in Moscow. In addition, he sings numerous concerts with works by Monteverdi, Handel, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Rossini, Dvořák and many more. Martin Platz has worked with conductors including Philippe Herreweghe, Jordi Savall, Joana Mallwitz, Christopher Hogwood, Bernhard Labadie, Wolfgang Katschner, Hansjörg Albrecht, Enoch zu Guttenberg, Marcus Bosch, Paul Agnew and Hervet Niquet.

Concert engagements in the 2024/25 season include Beethoven's 9th Symphony under Jordi Savall in Vienna, Bach's "Christmas Oratorio" with the Augsburg Cathedral Boys' Choir and Beethoven's 9th Symphony with the Warsaw Philharmonic under Krzysztof Urbański. His CD project "Seelenfrieden" with works by Johann Philipp Krieger and others is planned for BR with the Lautten Compagney Berlin, including concerts at festivals such as the Mozartwoche Salzburg, Winter in Schwetzingen, Aequinox and ION Nuremberg.

In recent years he has also performed several times with the song cycle "Die schöne Müllerin" by Schubert, "Die schöne Magelone" by Brahms and Hugo Wolf's Mörike Lieder.

Martin Platz has been teaching singing at the University of music in Wurzburg since 2007.