The English tenor and conductor, Julian Podger, was educated in Kassel, Germany, where upon leaving school, he first established himself as a solo singer and conductor. In 1987 he took up a Choral Award to read Music at Trinity College, Cambridge. There, in addition to his many commitments as a solo singer, he was instrumental in the development of the early music scene, and concerts under his direction gained widespread recognition, aided by the use of historical performance practice. As part of his post-graduate studies he carried out research into the performance practice of Tudor church music, and he continues to direct performances of mainly “early” music with his vocal ensemble, Trinity Baroque, experimenting with both historical and new approaches. As an oratorio soloist Julian Podger is now much in demand in England and abroad, particularly Germany. He has recorded the arias of J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion (BWV 245) with The Scholars Baroque Ensemble and regularly performs as Evangelist, high points being a tour to the Canary Islands with J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion (BWV 244) and a performance of the same in St. John’s, Smith Square, London. He has appeared regularly as a soloist for Paul McCreesh, Christopher Hogwood, John Eliot Gardiner and with Musica Antiqua Köln under Reinhard Goebel. He made a tout to Japan as Lucano in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea with The Purcell Quartet Opera Project and Bach Cantatas with Andrew Parrott and the Taverner Conso