Andrew Kennedy

tenor BBT Award Winner 2006

Andrew Kennedy studied at King's College, Cambridge and the Royal College of Music in London. He was a member of the Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden where he performed many solo principal roles. In 2005 he won the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Rosenblatt Recital Prize. He is a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award winner and won the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artists' Award in 2006. He was also a member of BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists Scheme. His discography includes four solo albums: 'Strauss Songs' with Roger Vignoles for Hyperion; 'On Wenlock Edge' with the Dante Quartet/Simon Crawford Philips for Signum Classics; 'The Dark Pastoral' with Julius Drake and Simon Russell Beale for Altara Classics and 'The Curlew' with Simon Lepper for Landor Records. Operatic engagements include include Tamino The Magic Flute (English National Opera); Flute A Midsummer Night's Dream (Royal Opera Covent Garden); Jaquino Fidelio (Glyndebourne Festival); Ferrando Così fan tutte (Glyndebourne Touring Opera); Nemorino L'elisir d'amore (Opera North); Tom Rakewell The Rake's Progress (La Monnaie and Opéra de Lyon and recently released on DVD); Vere Billy Budd (Houston Grand Opera), Tito La Clemenza di Tito (Opéra de Lyon and Frankfurt Opera), Don Ottavio Don Giovanni (Opera de Lyon) and his La Scala debut as Tom Rakewell. Future engagements include Haydn's 'Creation' with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Tristan und Isolde with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Peter Quint in The Turn of the Screw for Houston Grand Opera and Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail for Welsh National Opera.

Photograph taken by Benjamin Ealovega

"deeply felt performances which make the most of these songs...cleverly put together and sensitively performed"
BBC Music Magazine, November 08

"A great deal of thought has gone into this recital reflecting on the First World War and its legacy in British song and poetry. Fine musicianship too, with Julius Drake's accompaniments matching Kennedy's tenor in subtlety."
The Times June 2008

Project: The Dark Pastoral (first of two CDs recorded by Altara Music) with Julius Drake and Simon Russell-Beale. Released June 2008.

CD for Altara Records
New photos
CD with Southbank Sinfonia for Signum Records

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General Management

Tim Menah at Askonas Holt
telephone: 020 7400 1715
tim.menah@askonasholt.co.uk
www.askonasholt.com

Following earlier successes the BB Trust is enabling me to sustain a high level profile by funding and promoting two CD recordings that I hope will introduce a large audience to my love of singing and the sort of repertoire that I hope to continue exploring throughout my career. Such financial support alongside effective marketing and publicity and the collective experience of the BB Trust board cannot be quantified and I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to continue making music to the very highest standard.

Andrew Kennedy

Arias by Gluck, Mozart and Berlioz

Andrew Kennedy has deliberately chosen an operatic disc to illustrate the dramatic capabilities of his voice which, he feels, has grown considerably and now equally balances emotional and technical powers. Watch BBT's video profile of Andrew Kennedy filmed during recordings for this CD.

"The Dark Pastoral"

"The Dark Pastoral" explores new territory and perspectives in the music and poetry of World War I with readings by Simon Russell Beale. Andrew Kennedy has chosen previously unheard or unpublished songs of three composers - William Denis-Browne, Ivor Gurney and Eugene Goossens.

Read Andrew Kennedy's BBT blog
The Dark Pastoral - an emotional journey