Baritone Jonas Müller is the winner of the International Competition for Lied Art 2024, organised by the International Hugo Wolf Academy (IHWA).
In 2022, he sang Count Almaviva (»Le nozze di Figaro«) at the Münchner Cuvilliés Theater, followed by the role of Lubano in »Der Stein der Weisen«. The recording of this predecessor opera to »The Magic Flute« was released by Sony Classics in 2024.
As an internationally sought-after concert singer, Jonas Müller will make his debut in December 2024 in the Cologne Philharmonie with the WDR under Simon Halsey. He has sung under the baton of renowned conductors such as Frieder Bernius, Christoph Poppen, Jos van Immerseel, Hans-Christoph Rademann, Hansjörg Albrecht and Roberto González-Monjas. He has sung various solo roles in major oratorios at venues including the Berlin Philharmonie, Munich's Isarphilharmonie and Herkulessaal, Hong Kong City Hall, the Pavarotti-Freni Theatre in Modena and Hamburg's Laeiszhalle, where he has appeared alongside singers such as Ian Bostridge, Simon Keenlyside and Daniel Behle. Lied singing plays a major role in Jonas Müller's artistic work, which is supported by his close collaboration with the renowned pianist Gerold Huber. The two have recently performed at the Danish festivals Hindsgavl and HICSUM and at the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin.
With the globally active guitar duo Tomasi-Musso, he created a new version of Schubert's »Winterreise« for this special instrumentation, which has already been performed in Rome, Turin and several German cities. He sang folk songs by Johannes Brahms at the Heidelberger Frühling song festival in 2024. Together with Anna Gebhardt, Jonas gave his UK debut at the University of St Andrews (Scotland) in October 2024 with a recital. He further refined his interpretation skills at masterclasses with Brigitte Fassbaender, Thomas Hampson, Christoph Prégardien and Ian Bostridge. In 2022-2024, he also attended the Lied class of Prof. Christian Gerhaher. The »Lied the future« programme, which is supported by the Associació Franz Schubert Barcelona, arranged concerts for him at the Schubertiada Vilabertran, at Musica en Segura and organised a collaboration with the pianist Julius Drake in Cáceres.
Jonas Müller has won numerous prizes, including first prize in the young category of the Louis Spohr Competition 2018, the Dan Canto Prize Copenhagen 2019, the Förderpreis der Konzertgesellschaft München e.V. and the Förderpreis für Kultur, awarded by his home town of Osterhofen 2020. He has received scholarships and grants from the Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now München e.V., the Fritz Wunderlich Society e.V., the Hans and Eugenia Jütting Foundation Stendal and the Thomas Gotthold Greinwald Foundation. In May 2023, he and his duo partner Anna Gebhardt won the Kulturkreis Gasteig Music Prize in the song duo category. In 2024, Jonas Müller received the Deggendorf District Culture Prize in music.
Under Jörg Halubek's direction, Jonas Müller will sing Adonis in J. S. Kusser's opera of the same name as part of Winter in Schwetzingen in 2024/25.