Thomas E. Bauer has performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Bernard Haitink, the Vienna-based Concentus Musicus under Nikolaus Harnoncourt, and the La Scala Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta, among others. He has appeared in Schubert’s Lazarus at the Salzburg Festival and in Schoenberg’s Jacob’s Ladder with the Berlin Philharmonic. He has sung in several world premieres, including that of Jörg Widmann’s oratorio Arche conducted by Kent Nagano for the inauguration of Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie. Bauer is a recipient of the Schneider-Schott Music Prize. Many of his CDs, including Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and Beethoven: Christus am Ölberge with Philippe Herreweghe conducting the Collegium Vocale Gent and Orchestra of the Champs-Elysées, have earned prestigious awards. He received his earliest musical training as a member of the legendary Regensburg Cathedral Choir and studied voice at the University of Music and Theater in Munich.