Tim Mead

Tim Mead (born 1981 in Chelmsford) is an English countertenor.

Life and career

Tim Mead was born in Chelmsford, Essex and began singing as a treble in the choir of Chelmsford Cathedral. He was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School (Chelmsford) and the Junior Department of Trinity College of Music where he studied cello and piano. He was an undergraduate at King's College, Cambridge, where he was a choral scholar studying musicology. After graduating, he won a number of scholarships for post-graduate studies at the Royal College of Music where he studied with Robin Blaze.[1]

Mead has performed with many leading interpreters including conductors Howard Arman, Harry Bicket, Ivor Bolton, William Christie, Stephen Cleobury, Marcus Creed, Laurence Cummings, Christian Curnyn, Alan Curtis, Ottavio Dantone, Paul Goodwin, Emmanuelle Haïm, Thomas Hengelbrock, Vladimir Jurowski, Raymond Leppard, Nicholas Kraemer, Alessandro de Marchi, Nicholas McGegan, Marc Minkowski, James O'Donnell, Antonio Pappano, Hans-Christoph Rademann, Andreas Spering, Masaaki Suzuki and Jos van Veldhoven. He has collaborated with opera directors including David Alden, Robert Carsen, Doris Dörrie, Stephen Langridge, David McVicar, Katie Mitchell, Ole Anders Tandberg, Deborah Warner and Chen Shi-Zheng.

He has appeared with ensembles including Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Academy of Ancient Music, English Concert, Les Arts Florissants, Le Concert d'Astrée, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Concerto Köln, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble, Accademia Bizantina, Bach Collegium Japan, the Netherlands Bach Society, Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, and the RIAS Kammerchor.

Mead is a founding member of The Prince Consort.[2] The consort have recorded works by Ned Rorem, Brahms and Stephen Hough.

Opera roles

Mead's opera roles to date have included:[3]

Recordings

Mead has a wide-ranging and growing discography including the Gramophone Award nominated recording of Handel's Flavio with the Early Opera Company under Christian Curnyn (Chandos, 2010).[12] He is featured on 2 recordings as a treble chorister soloist.

References

  1. ↑ Biography at Musicmakers website
  2. ↑ The Prince Consort. Ensemble biography
  3. ↑ Biography at artist's website
  4. ↑ Bayerische Staatsoper page on Tim Mead
  5. ↑ Operatoday.com review by James Sohre
  6. ↑ Seen and Heard International review by Simon Thompson
  7. ↑ Concertclassic.com review by Luc Hernandez
  8. ↑ Guardian review by Erica Jeal The Guardian (London) 17 March 2005.
  9. ↑ Interview for COMMANDOpera
  10. ↑ Guardian review by Kate Molleson The Guardian (London) 16 February 2011.
  11. ↑ London Evening Standard review by Barry Millington Evening Standard (London) 5 July 2011.
  12. ↑ Telegraph review by Rupert Christiansen The Telegraph (London) 29 October 2010.

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