Forsaking careers as a philosopher or doctor, he preferred that of singer. Invited to the Salzburg Festival in 2006, then to Vienna and the Royal Opera House in London in 2010, he very quickly became a virtuoso of the Lied and has remained so ever since with his long-term collaborator, pianist Gerold Huber. In Geneva, his recital is devoted in its entirety to Robert Schumann, one of his favourite composers.
