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, and his most recent release is his first orchestral album of Gluck, Berlioz and Mozart arias for Signum Classics. Concert engagements include Mozart Requiem for the LSO/Sir Colin Davis; Finzi Intimations of Immortality (BBCSO/Daniel); Mozart Mass in C Minor (Hallé Orchestra/Elder); St. Matthew Passion (Netherlands Philharmonic/Colin Davis) and Elgar Spirit of England at the 2007 Last Night of the BBC Proms. Operatic engagements 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); Vere Billy Budd and Peter Quint The Turn of the Screw (Houston Grand Opera), Tito La Clemenza di Tito (Opéra de Lyon and Frankfurt Opera), Don Ottavio Don Giovanni (Opera de Lyon), his La Scala debut as Tom Rakewell and Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Welsh National Opera). Future engagements include a tour of Britten’s Serenade with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra and Max in Der Freischutz for Opera Comique, Paris under Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

Last updated: August 2010

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"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.

"the promise shown by Andrew Kennedy has been confirmed by his rapidly developing international careeer.  His voice has grown in strength, well beyond the sterotypical ‘English tenor’ bleat. Without sacrificing the classical elegance that serve him as Mozart’s Belmonte and Emperor Tito, he has acquired a clarion ring at the top that equips him for Tamino and bravura roles like Gluck’s Achilles."
Michael Scott Rohan, BBC Music Magazine June 2010

"I received much pleasure from listening to this CD. Whatever attributes songs demonstrate in a singer, they do not often call for the upper range of a tenor to be displayed, and those who have heard Kennedy only in the song repertoire may be surprised at how good his top is."
John T Hughes, International Record Review  April 2010

"[Kennedy’s voice] is always clear in definition and often, as in Pylades’ aria and Tito’s three solos, gracefully poised. And it is good to hear him in an operatic recital for a change."
John Steane  Gramophone, July 2010

"Kennedy’s bright, firm tenor is equal to the demands of Gluck’s haute-contre parts. He sings “J’ai perdu mon Euridice” … Simon Over and the Southbank Sinfonia are crystal-clear accompanists and the overture to Tito is splendid."
David Cairns, The Times  21 Feb 2010

Project: CD of Arias by Mozart, Gluck, Berlioz on Signum Classics

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

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