Martin Platz

Tenor Martin Platz received his musical training at the Würzburg University of Music. He studied voice with Martin Hummel and choral conducting with Jörg Straube. He also received valuable guidance from Margreet Honig and Tilman Lichdi.

Martin Platz is a permanent member of the opera company at the Nuremberg State Theater, where, as a lyric tenor, he has performed roles such as Belmonte in Mozart’s “The Abduction from the Seraglio”, Tamino in “The Magic Flute”, Don Ottavio in “Don Giovanni”, the Steersman in Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman”, Oronte in Handel’s “Alcina”, Alwa in Berg’s “Lulu”, as well as the haute-contre roles in Rameau’s “Platée” and “Les Indes Galantes”. In November 2022, he sang the title role to great acclaim in the world premiere of Anno Schreier’s opera “Alan Turing”. Monteverdi’s “Orfeo,” with Martin Platz in the title role, has been released as an opera film in a production by Bayerischer Rundfunk. In the current 2026/27 season, he can be heard, among other roles, as Henry in “Die schweigsame Frau” by R. Strauss. He will also appear on the stage of the Nuremberg State Theater as Walter von der Vogelweide in “Tannhäuser” and as Paolo Borsellino in the world premiere of Arno Schreier’s “Cosa nostra”.

In addition, Martin Platz is a sought-after concert soloist. The tenor has a close working relationship with Jordi Savall, with whom he performed in J. S. Bach’s “Christmas Oratorio” (CD recording) in Barcelona, followed by Bach’s “Mass in B Minor” there. In 2022, Martin Platz made his debut at the Salzburg Festival as a tenor soloist in Handel’s “Messiah” under the baton of Jordi Savall, and he returned there in 2024 for Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. He also made his debut at Styriarte in Graz and, in 2023, performed under Savall in Beethoven’s “Missa solemnis” (CD recording) at the Philharmonie de Paris, L’Auditori in Barcelona, and the Dresden Music Festival. Concert engagements for the 2024–25 season include, among others, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 under Jordi Savall at the Konzerthaus Wien, Bach’s “Christmas Oratorio” with the Augsburg Cathedral Boys’ Choir, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Warsaw Philharmonic under Krzysztof Urbański, as well as Mozart’s Mass in C minor and J. S. Bach’s Mass in B minor at the Herrenchiemsee Festival under Kent Nagano. In 2027, he will once again perform Beethoven’s “Missa solemnis” under the direction of Jordi Savall as part of a tour.

Martin Platz has performed at renowned venues such as the Beethovenfest Bonn, the Berlioz Festival in Côte Saint-André, the Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci, the Palau de la Música in Barcelona, the Philharmonie am Gasteig in Munich, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Elbphilharmonie, the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, Milan Cathedral, and many other prestigious concert halls in Germany and Europe

He also performs in numerous concerts featuring works by Monteverdi, Handel, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Rossini, Dvořák, and many others. Martin Platz has worked with conductors such as Philippe Herreweghe, Joana Mallwitz, Christopher Hogwood, Bernhard Labadie, Wolfgang Katschner, Dorothee Oberlinger, Hansjörg Albrecht, Enoch zu Guttenberg, Marcus Bosch, Paul Agnew, and Hervet Niquet, among others.

In 2025, Martin Platz launched his solo project “Seelenfrieden” in collaboration with the Lautten Compagney Berlin, under Wolfgang Katschner, featuring early Baroque music by composers such as Johann Philipp Krieger. The project included concerts at the Salzburg Mozart Week, Winter in Schwetzingen, and ION Nuremberg, as well as an accompanying CD production with Bayerischer Rundfunk. The CD was released in April 2026.

In recent years, he has also performed on several occasions with the song cycles “Die schöne Müllerin” by Schubert, “Die schöne Magelone” by Brahms, as well as Hugo Wolf’s “Italienisches Liederbuch” and “Mörike Lieder.”

Since October 2026, Martin Platz has been teaching as a professor of voice at the Leopold Mozart College of Music at the University of Augsburg.