Des grands chefs comme Sylvain Cambreling (Catulli Carmina / Orff et les Noces / Stravinsky), Helmut Rilling et Stéphane Denève (Jeanne d’Arc au Bucher/Honegger) l’engagent pour des enregistrements.
His partners include June Anderson, José van Dam, Béatrice Uria-Monzon, George Gagnidze, Catherine Foster, François Le Roux, Jen-Philippe Lafont; and directors Christophe Marthaler, Romeo Castellucci, John Fulljames, Anthony Pilavachi, Charles Roubaud…
After a career of over 20 years on some of the world’s greatest opera stages, including the Teatro Real Madrid (Hoffmann 2014), La Monnaie Brussels, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Opéra de Lyon, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Suntory Hall Tokyo, Bordeaux, Warsaw, etc., it seemed only natural that he should pass on the knowledge and experience he has acquired over the years on stage.
A singing teacher since October 2024 at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, from October 2022 to July 2024 at the Hochschule für Musik in Dresden and from September 2017 to July 2022 at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Strasbourg and its Pôle Supérieur, he is also the founder and director of the Internationale SommerAkademie am Rhein, a summer course since 2016 focusing on opera in Germany, near Strasbourg.
The Musicalta summer academy, which is held in Alsace for 29 years, regularly invites him to be one of its teachers.
He is also invited to give masterclasses (Musikhochschule Mannheim in November 2021, CRR Paris in 2015) and to sit on juries.
He holds the ‘die Kunst der Lehre 4.0’ diploma awarded by the continuing education network of German Hochschulen für Musik in June 2024, as well as the Gesangpädagogische Zertifikat awarded to him in June 2021 by the Bundesverband Deutscher Pädagogen (an association of which he is a member and which is part of the EVTA (European Voice Teachers Association)). This has considerably opened up his possibilities and introduced him to a whole range of German literature on pedagogy, the voice, etc.
He also works closely with Francine Kostmann, a speech therapist in Strasbourg, which adds to his experience as a voice technician.
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Recommendation from Prof. Dr. Barbara Hoos de Jokish (Universität der Künste / Berlin)
‘In teaching his students and his own colleagues, I have found Mr Briend to be an extremely competent and attentive teacher, who works in a focused way while taking into account the individual needs of each student. In an atmosphere that is both concentrated and pleasant to work in, he manages to adapt to the level of his students, enabling them to make technical progress, encouraging musical understanding and stimulating interpretation. His skills at the piano, his good knowledge of the repertoire and his vast artistic experience are a great help.’
