In 2026, he appeared as soloist with the Collegium Vocale Gent under Philippe Herreweghe on a European tour of J. S. Bach’s St Matthew Passion. He also made his debut with the Kammerakademie Potsdam under Johanna Soller in a fully staged production as Gianguir in J. C. Bach’s ‚Zanaida‘. Performances of Mozart’s Requiem and Mendelssohn’s ‚Paulus‘ reunited him with Frieder Bernius.
During the 2026/27 season, he will be taking the role of the Evangelist in Bach’s St John Passion on a tour in Australia with Vox Luminis and the Australian Chamber Orchestra under Lionel Meunier and in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with the Latvian Radio Choir under Kaspars Putniņš in Riga/Latvia. With Frieder Bernius, he will further be heard in Beethoven’s ‚Missa solemnis‘, including performances at the Rheingau Musik Festival and the ION Festival Nürnberg. Other highlights include return engagements at the Bachfest Leipzig, the Heinrich Schütz Musikfest and C. P. E. Bach’s Magnificat with the Nederlandse Bachvereniging under Johanna Soller.
Renowned for his warmly coloured timbre and effortlessly projecting sound, the lyric tenor is equally sought after on the operatic stage. His professional career began while still a student, when he joined Oper Chemnitz as a resident guest artist, making notable role debuts as Pedrillo in Mozart’s ‚Die Entführung aus dem Serail‘ and Dancairo in Bizet’s ‚Carmen‘. From 2022 to 2024, he appeared in the title role of Jan van Leiden in the operatic pasticcio ‚J. S. Bach – Die Apokalypse‘ by Opera2Day, created for the centenary of the Nederlandse Bachvereniging and presented at venues including the Royal Theatre The Hague and Leipzig Opera. This extraordinary production will be released on YouTube in fall 2026.
As a recital artist, Florian Sievers performs across Germany, e. g. with the pianist Ragna Schirmer in the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie. He recently made his Leipzig debut in Gustav Mahler’s ‚Das Lied von der Erde‘ (original version for piano). He enjoys a close artistic partnership with Doriana Tchakarova, with whom he is particularly devoted to the great ballad settings of the 19th century.
His stylistic refinement and remarkable versatility are further reflected in numerous award-winning recordings, including Bach cantatas with the Bach Foundation St. Gallen with Rudolf Lutz and Le Concert Français under Pierre Hantaï, Schütz’s Christmas Oratorio (Evangelist) with Vox Luminis and Lionel Meunier, as well as works by Haydn, Schubert and Spohr with the Kammerchor Stuttgart under Frieder Bernius.
Florian Sievers has collaborated with conductors like Alain Altinoglu, Justin Doyle, Raphael Pichon, Wolfgang Katschner, Hans-Christoph Rademann, Christophe Rousset, Jordi Savall, Jos van Veldhoven, Yuval Weinberg and with ensembles such as the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, B’Rock, Concerto Köln, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Dresdner Philharmonie, Ensemble Pygmalion, Freiburger Barockorchester, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Hamburger Symphoniker, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Monteverdi Choir, RIAS Kammerchor, Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie Chemnitz, Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester, Sinfonietta Riga, Staatskapelle Halle, Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg and Thomanerchor Leipzig.
Florian Sievers is a regular guest at major festivals like Bachfest Leipzig, Boston Early Music Festival, Festival d‘Ambronay, Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, Festival International de Musiques Sacrées Fribourg, Heinrich Schütz Musikfest, Internationale Händelfestspiele Halle, ION Festival Nürnberg, MDR Musiksommer, Musikfest Bremen, Origen Festival Cultural, Residenzwoche München, Rheingau Musik Festival, Salzburger Festspiele.
Florian Sievers gained his first singing experience as a soprano in Uetersen Boys’ Choir. He is based in Leipzig where he studied with Berthold Schmid at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater ’Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’ and graduated with distinction in 2021. In 2016, he was awarded a scholarship to spend a semester at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where he studied with Cesar Ulloa.
In 2024, he was appointed to teach a voice class in the Early Music Department of his Alma Mater.
