French-born tenor Valentin Thill has become a young artist of great merit and in his first professional season has made a notable impression in appearances at Festival d'Aix-en-Provence as Barbarigo in a critically acclaimed concert performance of I due Foscari conducted by Daniele Rustioni, Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse in Michel Fau’s new production of Elektra under Frank Beerman, and with Orchestra national de Lyon in Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 conducted by Ben Glassberg,
As a former Artist in Residence at Brussels’ Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, Valentin studied with José van Dam and Sophie Koch. During this time, he made two key role debuts as Ferrando (Cosi fan tutte) and Nadir (Les pêcheurs de perles) and in concert added Verdi’s Messa da Requiem and Mozart’s Requiem and Coronation Mass to his repertoire. Valentin has also been the recipient of several emerging talent competition awards along the way, including winning the Concours International de la Mélodie de Gordes, the Gabriel Dussurget Prize at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, and taking 2nd Prize at the 52nd Concours International de Chant de Toulouse.