the author of several books, including The Songmakers' Almanac: Twenty Years of Recitals in London (Thames Publishing), The French Song Companion (Oxford University Press; 2000), Britten, Voice & Piano: Lectures on the Vocal Music of Benjamin Britten (Guildhall; 2003) and Gabriel Fauré – The Songs and Their Poets (Guildhall; 2009). In 2014, Yale University Press published Johnson's three-volume study of Schubert songs and vocal ensembles, and their poets. In 1997 Johnson met the American baritone Brandon Velarde, with whom he entered into a civil partnership in 2005. Honours Johnson was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1994 Birthday Honours list. He was the Royal Philharmonic Society's Instrumentalist of the Year in 1998. In June 2000, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. In 2002, he was created Chevalier in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. He was granted Honorary Membership in the Royal Philharmonic Society in 2010. Awards for his recordings include the Gramophone solo vocal award in 1989 (with Dame Janet Baker), 1996 ( with Ian Bostridge), 1997 (for the inauguration of the Robert Schumann series with Christine Schäfer) and 2001 (with Magdalena Kožená). In February 2013 Graham Johnson received a special citation and medal from the Jerusalem Music Centre in Jerusalem, Israel, where he also gave master classes in piano accompaniment and took part in several concerts of Lieder by Franz Schubert. In 2018 Graham Johnson was awarded the Schubert Prize by the German Schubert Society for his life's work. In February 2021 Graham Johnson was awarded the Cross of the Order of Merit (Bundesverdienstkreuz) by the Federal Republic of Germany in recognition of his “outstanding contribution to the art of German song in Britain.” German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier praised the British pianist’s “tireless commitment to advancing the careers of young talent” and “special contribution to British-German musical friendship”. Bibliography The Songmakers' Almanac. Twenty Years of Recitals in London. Thames Publishing, 1997 The French Song Companion. Oxford University Press, 2000 Britten, Voice & Piano. Lectures on the Vocal Music of Benjamin Britten. Guildhall, 2003 Gabriel Fauré. The Songs and Their Poets. Guildhall, 2009 Franz Schubert. The Complete Songs. Yale University Press, 2014 References External links Askonas Holt agency page on Johnson Hyperion Records' Graham Johnson page British classical pianists Male classical pianists Classical accompanists LGBT classical musicians British LGBT musicians Alumni