Julius Drake, described by The New Yorker as the ‘collaborative pianist nonpareil’, lives in London and enjoys an international reputation as one of the finest instrumentalists in his field, collaborating with many of the world’s leading artists, both in recital and on disc. His passionate interest in song has led to invitations to devise song series for the Wigmore Hall, London, Royal Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 92nd Street Y, New York, and Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin. His annual series of song recitals, ‘Julius Drake and Friends’, in the historic Middle Temple Hall, London, has featured concerts with outstanding vocal artists such as Sir Thomas Allen, Olaf Bär, Ian Bostridge, Dame Sarah Connolly, Alice Coote, Lucy Crowe, Iestyn Davies, Veronique Gens, Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager, Sergei Leiferkus, Dame Felicity Lott, Christopher Maltman, Mark Padmore, and Sir Willard White. During the 2024 / 25 season he appeared at Teatro alla Scala, Milan with Ludovic Tézier, made return visits to the Pierre Boulez Saal for the series ‘Lied und Lyrik’, gave a recital tour in the USA with Ian Bostridge, presented the complete songs of Mahler in five recitals at the Mahler Festival in the Royal Concertgebouw, performed recitals at Gran Teatre del Liceu, in Barcelona, with Dame Sarah Connolly, Gerald Finley, and Iréne Theorin, returned to the Chamber Music Festivals of Santa Fe and Oxford, gave concerts in Berlin and at the Aldeburgh Festival with Andrè Schuen, offered recitals in the USA and Europe with Fleur Barron, Mercedes Gancedo, Julia Kleiter, Christoph Prégardien, Anna Prohaska, and Roderick Williams, and, at Wigmore Hall, performed a series of recitals of works by Mendelssohn and Liszt. He has amassed a vast award-winning discography, partnering such artists as Natalie Clein, Nicholas Daniel, Joyce DiDonato, Gerald Finley, Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson, Václava Housková, Julia Kleiter, Bejun Mehta, Christian Poltéra, Christoph Prégardien, Nicky Spence, and Christianne Stotijn. Julius Drake is a Professor of Collaborative Piano at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, and is regularly invited to give master-classes worldwide.