Nebula Performances Society reunites three-time Grammy Award-winning tenor Ian Bostridge, CBE, and pianist Wenwen Du for two evenings of art song this May. Their across Canada tour will begin on May 6 at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre in Ottawa. Then followed by a performance on May 14 at the Vancouver Playhouse, marking ten years since the duo's last appearance in Vancouver. These recitals will feature exquisite music by Benjamin Britten and Hugo Wolf.

 

One of the most influential recitalists of our time, Ian Bostridge is celebrated worldwide for his profound musicianship, intellectual depth, and definitive interpretations of Lieder and art song.

 

"Bostridge makes you think anew about the music in hand, interpreting all these songs as much through the mind of the poetry as that of the composer” (Gramophone).

 

Wenwen Du is known as much for her “superb” pianism (The New York Times) as for her dedicated mentorship and artistic leadership at Vancouver’s Nebula Performances. New York Classical Review wrote, “Accompanists are expected to be sensitive… Du was indeed sensitive but also forceful—her playing was more duet than recital.”

 

Together, Bostridge and Du have been praised as “not just on the same page, they anticipate each other’s every nuance in perfect synchronization” (The Vancouver Sun).

 

“… In the hands of an ideal team like Bostridge and Du, a performance of the cycle is, in spite of itself, a testament to the capacity of music to articulate — if not transcend — human suffering.” "If you are able, to hear, see, savour this extraordinary work of art, through the gifts of Ian Bostridge, and Wenwen Du… by all means do, and maybe more than once” (Operawire)

 

This engagement of Ian Bostridge is made possible by the generous support of Executive Producer Alice Chee.