German-born Justin Austin performs a wide range of repertoire and holds advanced degrees in music performance from Manhattan School of Music. Mr. Austin joined Heidelberger Frühling in 2017 as a Lied Scholar Artist in Lied Akademie with Artistic Director Thomas Hampson. He is a 2016 Schwab Vocal Rising Star with Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, and has performed with the New York Festival Of Song in their Emerging Artist Series as well as with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as a Richard Gaddes Festival Artist. In July 2016, Justin was honored by the National Association of Negro Musicians and named the National Winner of their prestigious Vocal Performance Scholarship.