short Biography

Florian Just started his musical education at an early age at the “Dresdner Kreuzchor” and completed his studies at the Conservatories of Amsterdam and Metz with Udo Reinemann. He is regularly performing Bach’s Christmas oratory and passions (Staatskappelle Dresden, Gelders Orkest), Mahler‘s orchestral songs (De Filharmonie), Brahms‘ Requiem and Orff’s Carmina Burana. He sang the leading roles in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo (Holland Opera), Debussy‘s Pelléas et Mélisande (Opera Transparant), Subotnik’s Jacob’s Room (Bregenz Fesival), Xenakis Oresteia (Teatro San Martin/Buenos Aires and Teatro Argentino/La Plata) and performed in Sciarrino’s Luci mie traditrici (Teatro San Martin), as Dulcamara in Donizetti‘s L’elisier d’amore (Haarlem) and as Enrico in Haydn‘s L‘isola disabitata (Grachtenfestival).With pianist Jan-Paul Grijpink and lutist Israel Golani he forms duos that perform numerous concerts all over the Netherlands. Florian Just won the „Vriendenkrans“ and press price of the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and the Schubert price of the contest “Schubert and the music of modern times” in Graz, Austria. He took part in master classes of Thomas Hampson, Roger Vignoles and Jard van Nes.