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The German tenor and choral conductor, Fabian Kelly, began his musical education with piano lessons from age 6, followed by instructions in organ playing, harmony and Tonsatz. At age 15, he joined the oratorio choir Liedertafel in Neustadt an der Weinstraße, also singing solo parts at times. He passed his Abitur in 2013, and then studied pedagogy of music and French at the Hochschule für Musik Mainz. From 2016, he has studied opera and concert singing at the Hochschule für Musik Mainz with Andreas Karasiak, on a scholarship of the Fritz Wunderlich Foundation. He has taken part in an excellence program for historically informed performance, Barock Vokal.
As a singer, Fabian Kelly is most active in concert, including historically informed performances. He made his stage debut in 2017 as Tamino in a production of W.A. Mozart's Die Zauberflöte for children by the Hochschule. He performed there also as Sellem in Igor Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress. He is a member of the vocal ensemble Vokalconsort Frankfurt, and a regular soloist for the Galluskonzerte at St. Gallus, Flörsheim. There, he performed in 2018 in an Advent concert of the Flörsheimer Kantorei, conducted by Franz Fink, including Part I of George Frideric Handel's Messiah. A reviewer noted that his dramatic and expressive voice filled the church. On September 1, 2019, he performed the second tenor solo part in Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine at St. Martin, Idstein, conducted by Franz Fink, alongside soprano Elisabeth Scholl, tenor Mirko Ludwig and bass Johannes Hill. A reviewer credited the six soloists with perfect technique and harmony among their voices in the ensembles. On October 3, 2021, he sang the tenor solo in Rossini's Petite messe solennelle of Chor von St. Bonifatius in Wiesbaden, conducted by Roman Twardy.
Fabian Kelly is choral conductor of the choir Manual in Spiesheim. As a singer, he has performed internationally, including in Malta, London, Antwerp and Luxembourg. He has peformed at Worked at Oper Frankfurt (January-February 2017); Rheingau Musik Festival (August 2017-2018); RheinVokal - Festival am Mittelrhein (since August 2017); Valletta International Baroque Festival in Maalta (since 2017); Barock Vokal Akademie in Mainz (since February 2019); Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele (since February 2019); Barockfest Darmstadt (since June 2023); Early Music Sweden (since June 2023); Internationale Maifestspiele (since June 2023); Weilburger Schlosskonzerte (since June 2023). He is a member of B'Rock Vocal Consort, Ribatutta Musica, La Petite Bande (since February 2019; Director: Sigiswald Kuijken), Balthasar-Neumann-Chor (since June 2023; Director: Thomas Hengelbrock), Ensemble Polyharmonique (since June 2023).
In 2019, Fabian Kelly was a soloist in a recording of Franz Ignaz Beck's opera L'isle déserte, performed by La Stagione Frankfurt conducted by Michael Schneider. A reviewer noted the singers' technically trained voices and natural expressiveness. He was the tenor soloist in a recording of W.A. Mozart's Requiem with the Gutenberg-Kammerchor and the Neumeyer Consort, conducted by Felix Koch, with soprano Chisa Tanigaki, alto Rebekka Stolz, and bass Christian Wagner. He currently lives in Mainz, Germany. |
