Ian Bostridge
Biography
Ian Bostridge studied history and philosphy at Cambridge and Oxford. In 1991 he won the National Federation of Music Societies/Esso Award, and with the support of the Young Concert Artists’ Trust he embarked on a full-time career as a singer in 1995.
He first performed at Wigmore Hall in 1993, followed by his first solo recital in 1995, for which he won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s debut award.
Bostridge’s operatic debut was as Lysander in 'A Midsummer Night’s Dream' with the Australian Opera at the Edinburgh Festival, after which he made his acclaimed debut with the English National Opera, singing his first Tamino in 'The Magic Flute'.
Music
In February 1998, Bostridge released his first album under an exclusive contract with EMI Classics, followed by the 1999 release of Vaughan Williams’ 'On Wenlock Edge' with Bernard Haitink and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
The remarkable success of his albums is marked by the many awards he has received. In 1998 he received the ‘Classical CD of the Week’ in the Guardian and the Polish magazine Studio Album of the Year for the Schubert Lieder disc. In December 1999 he was awarded the Time Out Classical Music Award. In May 2000 'The English Songbook' won the Critics’ Choice Classical Brit Awards.
Bostridge has preformed in Haydn’s 'Die Schöpfung' under James Levine at Carnegie Hall, Britten’s 'War Requiem' in Chicago under Mstislav Rostropovich and in London with the Orchestra of the 'Age of Enlightenment' under Simon Rattle.
Discography
2007 - Great Handel with Harry Bickett
Schubert: Lieder and Sonata with Leif Ove Andsnes
2006 - Wolf Lieder with Antonio Pappano
2005 - Britten: Les Illuminations, Serenade, Nocturne with Simon Rattle
Schubert: 25 Lieder with Julius Drake
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde with Antonio Pappano
Schubert: die Schöne Müllerin with Mitsuko Uchida
Schubert: Lieder and Sonata No.21 with Leif Ove Andsnes
2004 - Schubert: Winterreise with Leif Ove Andsnes
Monteverdi: Orfeo with Emmanuelle Haïm
2003 - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas with Emmanuelle Haïm
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge with Bernard Haitink
Schubert: Lieder and Sonata D850 with Leif Ove Andsnes
2002 - Mozart: Idomeneo with Charles Mackerras
Britten : Canticles & Folksongs with Julius Drake
Britten : Turn of the Screw with Daniel Harding
2001 - Schubert: Lieder volume II with Julius Drake
2000 - Bach: Cantatas and Arias with Fabio Biondi
Handel: L'allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato with John Nelson
1999 - The English Songbook with Julius Drake
1998 - Schumann: Liederkreis & Dichterliebe etc. with Julius Drake
Schubert: Lieder volume I with Julius Drake
