short Biography

Praised for his text clarity, expressivity and sound culture (Komische Oper Berlin), his warm, versatile and elegant baritone (CD Éternelle Dualité), shining timbre and vocal plasticity (Teatro Colon/Buenos Aires), Amsterdam based baritone Florian Just enjoys a varied international career on the opera and concert stage, as well as in the oratorio and chamber music world.
He started his musical education as a boy soprano at the Dresdner Kreuzchor and completed his studies at the Conservatories of Amsterdam and Metz with Udo Reinemann.
He is a sought-after soloist in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio (Staatskapelle Dresden, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra), his Passions (Nederlandse Bachvereniging, Gelders Orkest, Northern Consort), Mahlers Liederen (De Philharmonie, Ebony Ensemble), Brahms’ Requiem and Orff’s Carmina Burana. He sang the leading roles in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo (Holland Opera), Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande (Muziektheater Transparant), Subotnik’s Jacob’s Room (Bregenzer Festspiele), Xenakis’ Oresteia and Aïs (Teatro Colon/Buenos Aires and Teatro Argentino/La Plata ) and sang  in Sciarrino’s Luci mie traditrici (Teatro San Martin), Enrico in Haydn’s L’isola disabitata (Grachtenfestival) and during the Saturday matinee of the Concertgebouw Amsterdam in Bergs Wozzeck and Strauss’ Elektra. He has worked with conductors such as Frieder Bernius, Jos van Veldhoven, Markus Stenz, Ed Spanjaard, Reinbert de Leeuw, Vaclav Lúks, Peter Dijkstra, Arturo Tamayo and Alejo Peres. Florian Just won the ‘Vriendenkrans’ as well as the Press Prize of the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and the Schubert Prize at the “Schubert und die Musik der Moderne” competition in Graz.

In 2016, his debut CD Monologue, which was praised by the international press, was released in collaboration with pianist Jan-Paul Grijpink. In October 2022 his 2nd CD Éternelle Dualité was released with French songs accompanied by piano, flute and cello.