“…Phan was the program’s anchor, shining each time he took the stage. Even some of the greatest opera singers have had limited success in the art-song repertoire…To be successful, a singer does not so much perform art songs as enter into and inhabit these miniature worlds, serving more as a musical storyteller than an actor. Phan is the epitome of such an interpreter…”

Grammy Award-winning tenor Nicholas Phan joins WFMT to share selections from his acclaimed discography of lieder and art song including the Grammy nominated A Change is Gonna Come, a collection of American protest songs. Co-founder and artistic director of Art Song Chicago, Phan also previews the organization’s upcoming Collaborative Works Festival and Lieder Lounge series.

GRAMMY® winning tenor Nicholas Phan releases Joel Puckett: Short Stories in London on 22 August on Avie. The album features Puckett’s orchestral song cycle, There Was as Child Went Forth, which was created for Phan and was recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra and conductor Joseph Young….

Nick is interviewed for the Skaneateles Festival Podcast!

American tenor Nicholas Phan won the 2025 Grammy® Award for Best Opera Recording for his starring role on the world premiere recording of Kaija Saariaho’s Adriana Mater. This was his fifth Grammy® Award nomination and his first win...