Biography

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Baritone Franck Lunion devotes a significant part of his artistic career to Lieder and French mélodie, with a particular affinity for the works of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Mahler, Fauré, Duparc, Hahn, Mussorgsky and Shostakovich.

His artistic development has been shaped by important encounters with singers Anna Reynolds and Christa Ludwig, as well as pianists Claude Lavoix, Jeff Cohen and Irina Kataeva.

He has also worked with distinguished figures such as Claudio Abbado, William Christie and Peter Brook, and has performed at festivals and concert venues in France and abroad.

His recital performances include Schumann's Dichterliebe at the Schola Cantorum in Paris with pianist Agnès Fargier-Lagrange, as well as Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death and Shostakovich's Suite on Verses of Michelangelo, performed at Reid Hall in Paris and in Los Angeles with pianist Irina Kataeva.

Together with Irina Kataeva, he has also performed Schubert's Winterreise, notably at the Rencontres Musicales de Jaugette.

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