Ian Bostridge

Ian Bostridge, CBE ( born December 25, 1964 in London ) is a British tenor. It acts both as a song as well as an opera singer.

• 3.1 Media (selection)
• 3.2 movie
• 3.3 Books

Life

Training

Bostridge studied at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge history and philosophy and was after his graduation (1990 ) first as a post-doctoral fellow at Corpus Christi College (Oxford) act to then, however, to devote himself entirely to his artistic career soon.

Career

• Wigmore Hall debut in 1993
• Purcell Room debut ( with Schubert's Winterreise ) 1994
• Recitals in Lyon, Cologne, London, Aldeburgh, Cheltenham and Edinburgh 1996
• Recital at the Alte Oper Frankfurt 1997
• Further recitals in Paris, Stockholm, Lisbon, Brussels, Amsterdam and the Vienna Konzerthaus
• In the U.S., recitals in New York at the Frick Collection and the Alice Tully Hall
• 1998 Schubert's Winterreise in Cuvilliéstheater, Munich
• Regularly visiting the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg
• Concert performances, among others with the London Symphony Orchestra under Sir Colin Davis and Mstislav Rostropovich, the. Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Sir Charles Mackerras, and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle

Honors

• 2004 Ian Bostridge was nominated for his services to music Commander of the Order of the British Empire ( CBE).
• In 2013 he was awarded the ECHO Klassik for Best Opera Recording of the Year ( Opera of 20-21. Century).

Publications

Media (selection)

• Britten: Songs with Antonio Pappano (EMI Classics, 2013)
• Britten: The Rape of Lucretia with Angelika Kirschschlager (Virgin Classics, 2013)
• Three Baroque Tenors Arias (EMI Classics, 2010)
• Adès: The Tempest by Thomas Adès (EMI Classics, 2009)
• Schubert Swan Song with Antonio Pappano (EMI Classics, 2009)
• Schubert: The Wanderer: songs and fragments with Leif Ove Andsnes (EMI Classics, 2008)
• Great Handel arias with Harry Bickett (EMI Classics, 2007)
• Schubert: Songs and Sonatas with Leif Ove Andsnes (EMI Classics, 2007)
• Britten: Les Illuminations, Serenade, Nocturne with Simon Rattle (EMI Classics, 2005)
• Schubert: 25 Lieder with Julius Drake ( EMI Classics, 2005)
• Schubert: The Beautiful Miller's Wife Mitsuko Uchida with (EMI Classics, 2005)
• Schubert: Winterreise with Leif Ove Andsnes (EMI Classics, 2004)
• Monteverdi: Orfeo with Emmanuelle Haim (Virgin Classics, 2004)
• Bach: Cantatas and arias with Fabio Biondi (Virgin Classics, 2000)
• Handel: L' allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato with John Nelson (Virgin Classics, 2000)
• The English Songbook with Julius Drake ( EMI Classics, 1999)
• Schumann: Lieder circle Dichterliebe etc. with Julius Drake ( EMI Classics, 1998)

Film

• Ian Bostridge: Witchcraft and Its Transformations: 1650 - 1750 Clarendon Press 1997, ISBN 0-19-820653-4.
• Ian Bostridge: The Book of Songs. Faber and Faber 2005, ISBN 0-571-22439-3
• Ian Bostridge: A Singer 's Notebook. Faber and Faber 2011, ISBN 978-0-571-25245-9