Stephen Stubbs

Stephen Stubbs ( born 1951 in Seattle ) is a lutenist and conductor who is dedicated to the historical performance practice.

Life

He studied harpsichord and composition at the University of Washington, where he also began playing the lute and other plucked instruments baroque. After graduation he specialized in England and the Netherlands, and gave in his debut in London's Wigmore Hall in 1976. Between 1980 and 2006, was attended Stubbs in Northern Germany. He has taught since 1981 at the Akademie für Alte Musik Bremen, which merged in 1994 in the University of the Arts Bremen, where he holds a professorship.

He's gone through numerous recordings and a busy concert with ensembles such as Fiori musicali, Musicalische Compagney, Tragicomedia and Teatro Lirico, whose founder he is known as a continuo player. Other partners were the Hilliard Ensemble and Andrew Lawrence-King, Les Arts Florissants and Philippe Herreweghe. The success of his performances of opera La morte d' Stefano Landis Orfeo in 1987 as part of the Early Music Festival in Bruges meant that he conducted operas of the early Baroque world. In 1994 he was awarded the Edison Award.

In 2006 he moved back to Seattle. He founded the Seattle Academy of Baroque Opera for young professional singers and is an adjunct professor at Cornish College of the Arts. Together with Paul O'Dette he is artistic director of the Boston Early Music Festival.

Discography (selection)

  • Sonatas and suites of the 17th century. 1981 Recreation TGS 301 LP ( with Fiori musicali; works of Schwartzkopff, Erlebach and warriors )
  • Italian solo music in 1630 toccata -. Canzone - sonata. 1982 Recreation TGS 302 LP ( with Fiori musicali; works of Castello, Fontana, Merulo, Piccinini, Frescobaldi )
  • Sonata concertati. In 1982. Teldec, 8.44010 ZS. CD (with the Musicalisches Compagney )
  • Fiori concertati. In 1983. Teldec, 8.44011 ZS. CD (with the Musicalisches Compagney )
  • Georg Friedrich Händel: Israel in Egypt. 1984th LP ( with Mieke van der Sluis, Hedwig van der Meer, John York Skinner, Theo Altmeyer, Peter Kooy, Harry van der Kamp; Groningse Bachvereniging, Fiori musicali )
  • Heinrich Schütz: Psalms, Concerto, motets. In 1985. Ambitus, amb 97843rd CD (with the Musicalisches Compagney )
  • Vincent Lübeck: All cantatas. 1986th motet, CD 50181 (David Cordier, Graham Pushee Harry Geraerts, Harry van der Kamp, New College Choir Oxford, Fiori musicali )
  • Heinrich Schütz: Christmas Story; My soul doth magnify the Lord; The seven words. In 1986. Dabringhaus and Grimm, MD GL 3229th CD (with the Musicalisches Compagney )
  • Heinrich Schütz: love and action. In 1986. Dabringhaus and Grimm, MD GL 3230th CD (with the Musicalisches Compagney )
  • Stefano Landi: La morte d' Orfeo. 1987th Accent ACC 8746/47 D. CD (with Tragicomedia )
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Solo Cantatas. In 1988. Dabringhaus and Grimm, MD GL 3297th CD (BWB 56 and 82 with Harry van der Kamp and Fiori musicali )
  • A Musical Dreame. In 1988. Hyperion CDA66335. CD (with David Cordier, Michael Chance and Tragicomedia )
  • My mind to me a kingdom is. In 1989. Hyperion CDA66307. CD (with David Cordier and Tragicomedia )
  • I am Orpheus 1991. EMI Classics CDC 7543112th CD ( with Barbara Borden, David Cordier, John Potter, Harry van der Kamp and Tragicomedia )
  • Sprezzatura. 1991st EMI Classics CDC 7,543,122th CD (with Tragicomedia )
  • Reinhard Keiser: Masaniello furioso. Dramma musicale. 1993 cpo. 999110-2. CD (with David Cordier, Wilfried Jochens, Harry van der Kamp, Hein meens, Barbara Schlick, Dorothea Rosch, Michael Schopper, Jelle Dreyer, Winfried Mikus; Fiori musicali )
  • David Kellner: XVI 's Choice lute pieces. 1993 cpo. 999097-2. CD.
  • Luigi Rossi: Le canterine novels. In 1993. Teldec 4509-90799-2. CD (with Tragicomedia )
  • Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigali concertati. In 1993. Teldec 4509-91971-2. CD (with Tragicomedia )
  • Claudio Monteverdi: Il ballo della ingrate; Il Tancredi e Clorinda combattimento di. In 1993. Teldec 4509-90798-2. CD (with Tragicomedia )
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach ( 1725) - A Selection. In 1994. Teldec 4509-91183-2. CD (with Tragicomedia )
  • Vanitas vanitatum. Rome in 1650. 1995. Teldec 4509-98410-2. CD (with Tragicomedia )
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