Mentored by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German baritone Benjamin Appl is celebrated by audiences and critics alike for a voice with “an almost infinite range of colors” (Süddeutsche Zeitung).
“I heard people all around me exhale afterward, as if Mr. Appl had rendered them breathless.” The New York Times
Born in South Africa, James Baillieu studied at the University of Cape Town and the Royal Academy of Music in London with Michael Dussek, Malcolm Martineau and Kathryn Stott. He was appointed a Hodgson Junior Fellow in 2007, a Professor of Piano Accompaniment in 2011, and awarded an ARAM in 2012. An accomplished chamber musician, soloist and accompanist, James collaborates with singers and instrumentalists including Lawrence Power, the Heath Quartet, Mark Padmore, Sir Thomas Allen, Dame Kiri te Kanawa, Pumeza Matshikiza, Allan Clayton, Jacques Imbrailo, Ailish Tynan and John Mark Ainsley.
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