Winner of the Maureen Forrester Prize and the German Lied Award at Concours Musical International de Montréal, Winner of the Wigmore Hall / Kohn Foundation International Song Competition and the Kathleen Ferrier Awards, Julien Van Mellaerts represented New Zealand at Cardiff Singer of the World. Recital appearances include Wigmore Hall, London, Salle Cortot, Paris, Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, Chamber Music New Zealand and LIFE Victoria. Operatic engagements include Salzburg Mozart Week, Opéra national de Lorraine, Göttingen Festival, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Israeli Opera, New Zealand Opera and Verbier Festival. He sings Samuel Barber’s Dover Beach on Resonus Classics’ Samuel Barber: The Complete Songs