Robin Blaze

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Robin Blaze (* 1971 in Manchester ) is an English opera singer ( countertenor ).

Life

Blaze is the son of professional golfer Peter Blaze and grew up in Shadwell , near Leeds . He studied at Leeds Grammar School , Uppingham School and Magdalen College , Oxford .

After his first solo recording as a boy soprano with Stephen Lomas, he became a choir member at Magdalen College, where he also made recordings with the Dufay Consort . After graduating from college, he won a postgraduate scholarship to the Royal College of Music , where he continued his education with Michael Chance and Ashley Stafford. In addition to singing, he also studied flute , piano and organ . He then became a professor of vocal studies at the Royal College of Music.

Opera roles

Blaze showed, among other operatic roles to

Performances

Blaze entered under the following conductors: Harry Christophers , Stephen Cleobury , John Eliot Gardiner , Philippe Herreweghe , Richard Hickox , David Hill , Christopher Hogwood , René Jacobs , Robert King , Ton Koopman , Nicholas Kraemer , Gustav Leonhardt , Paul McCreesh , Nicholas McGegan , Trevor Pinnock and Masaaki Suzuki .

Blaze has performed with orchestras and ensembles for historical performance practice such as the Academy of Ancient Music , Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin , Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir , Bach Collegium Japan , Berliner Philharmoniker , BBC Philharmonic Orchestra , La Chapelle Royale , City of London Sinfonia , Collegium Musicum 90 , Collegium Vocale , The English Concert , Fretwork , Gabrieli Consort (founded in 1982 by Paul McCreesh ), Hallé Orchestra , Hanover Band , Israel Chamber Orchestra , King's Consort , Manchester Camerata , National Symphony Orchestra , Radio Filharmonisch Orkest , Royal Northern Sinfonia , Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment , Florilegium, Palladian Ensemble, The Parley of Instruments, Philadelphia Orchestra , Royal Flanders Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra , RIAS Kammerchor , Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra , Scottish Chamber Orchestra , The Sixteen , Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir and Winchester Cathedral Ch oir .

Blaze works regularly with British pianist and accompanist Graham Johnson and lutenist Elizabeth Kenny.

He is involved in the Dieterich Buxtehude - Opera Omnia project by Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir to record the complete works of Dieterich Buxtehude .

Discography

Blaze now has over 50 solo recordings, including the complete Bach cantatas for Masaaki Suzuki and BIS Records , as well as a series of song recitals with Elizabeth Kenny for Hyperion . His CD with Handel duets with Carolyn Sampson was nominated for the Gramophone Award . His recording of Thomas Adès ' “The Lover in Winter” won the Gramophone Prize for Contemporary Music.

Web links

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Blaze, Robin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English opera singer (countertenor)
DATE OF BIRTH 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Manchester