Tenor Nick Pritchard is gaining fast recognition for his performances of the music of Bach and in particular his interpretation of the Evangelist in the Passions. Described as a ‘Masterly Evangelist’ in The Guardian, he has sung the role in Bach’s St John and Matthew Passions around the world, including with St Paul Chamber Orchestra in Minnesota and his recording of the St John Passion (Evangelist) for Deutsche Grammophon with Sir John Eliot Gardiner was nominated for a Grammy Award for best Choral Performance (2023). Recent performances of the piece include those with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra at the Concertgebouw under Jonathan Cohen, for the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Polyphony and Antwerp Symphony Orchestra.

On the concert platform he has performed with Ensemble Pygmalion, Concerto Köln, Les Talens Lyriques, Les Violons du Roy, L’Orchestre du Chambre de Paris, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, English Concert, Early Opera Company, Les Talens Lyrique, Philharmonia Orchestra, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Irish Baroque Orchestra, Gabrieli Consort, Residentie Orkest, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Flemish Radio Choir, the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, Early Opera Company and he made his BBC Proms debut with Britten Sinfonia under David Bates performing Mozart’s Requiem and he performed George Benjamin’s Written on Skin (John/Angel 3) with the Finnish Radio Symphony conducted by the composer and Britten’s St Nicolas at the Aldeburgh Festival.

He has performed under conductors including Harry Bicket, John Butt, Laurence Cummings, Jonathan Cohen, Christian Curnyn, Richard Egarr, Maxim Emelyanychev, Adam Fischer, Emmanuelle Haïm, Simon Halsey, George Petrou, Raphaël Pichon, Christophe Rousset, Sir András Schiff, Masato Suzuki, Ryan Wigglesworth and Peter Whelan.

Nick has performed in major concert halls including Carnegie Hall in New York, Konzerthaus Vienna, Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Chapelle Royale, Versailles, Bozar Brussels, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.

In August 2023 Nick gave his Edinburgh International Festival recital debut with pianist Ian Tindale which was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 including works by Gabriel Fauré, Francis Poulenc and Benjamin Britten. He has also given recitals with Gary Matthewman, James Bailieu, Simon Lepper, Sholto Kynoch, Christopher Glynn, Graham Johnson and Malcolm Martineau at Wigmore Hall, Oxford International Song Festival, Leeds Lieder Festival, Ryedale Festival, Lammermuir Festival and Two Moors Festivals.