Raoul Steffani
Baritone Raoul Steffani was awarded the Dutch Music Prize in 2023, having previously won the Elisabeth Evertsprijs and the Grachtenfestival Prize. He was a member of Equilibrium, the young artists’ programme run by soprano/conductor Barbara Hannigan.
He recorded Berg’s Vier Gesänge, op. 2 in a new orchestration with Hannigan and Camerata RCO.
His debut album Deep in a Dream (2018) with pianist Gerold Huber was followed in 2021 by Robert and Clara Schumann: Love’s Spring with Huber and mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená. After studying with Margreet Honig, Steffani continued at Vienna’s Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst. From 2016 to 2018, he was a member of the Dutch National Academy.
Steffani made his Concertgebouw debut in 2016 in the Recital Hall. His Main Hall performances include the role of Jesus in Bach’s Johannes-Passion in 2022, with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conducted by Mark Padmore.
