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Benedikt Kristjansson (Tenor) |
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Born: 1987 - Iceland |
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The Icelandic tenor, Benedikt Kristjansson, studied at Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð in Reykjavík, Iceland. He started his singing lessons at age of 16 with his mother, Margret Boasdottir at the Reykjavik Academy of Singing and Vocal Arts and graduated from the Reykjavík Conservatory of Music in 2007. For six years he was a member of the renowned high school choir Hamrahlidarkorinn, also appearing as a soloist. Since 2008 he studies with Professor Scot Weir at the Academy of Music Hanns Eisler Berlin, and has taken master-classes with Christa Ludwig, Peter Schreier, Elly Ameling, Robert Holl, Thomas Quasthoff, Andreas Schmidt and Helmut Deutsch.
Benedikt Kristjansson won the 1st prize of the International Bach Vocal Competition in Greifswald in 2011, and was also awarded the Audience Prize. He was the Winner of the Audience Award in the International Bach Competition in Leipzig 2012. With Guitarist Sergio CotoBlanco he won the 3rd Prize of the International Competition for Chamber Music with Guitar 2010 in Aschaffenburg. He was awarded the Prize of The Most Promising Young Artist in classical/modern music at the Icelandic Music Awards in 2012 and was granted a scholarship from the Jean Pierre Jaquilliat Fund in Reykjavik in 2012.
Benedikt Kristjansson has performed in numerous concerts; he sung the evangelist and tenor arias in the J.S. Bach's Passions (BWV 244, BWV 245) and Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248) in Reykjavik, Berlin, Oslo, Zürich, Den Haag and Jerusalem. In December 2012, he sang the title role in the children’s opera Das tapfere Schneiderlein by Wolfgang Mitterer, in the Staatsoper Berlin. Also at the Staasoper he has sung the title role of Janacek’s Diary of the one who Disappeared. At Theater Kiel he sung in the production of Atys by Jean-Baptitste Lully.
Benedikt Kristjansson has given lied recitals with Robert Schumann's Dichterliebe in Iceland, and Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin in Iceland and Germany. He currently lives in Berlin, Germany. |
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Sources:
Kirkjulistahátíð Website
Benedikt Kristjansson profile on Facebook
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (October 2016) |
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Benedikt Kristjansson : Short Biography | Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works under his name |
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Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works |
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Conductor |
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Ælbgut [ensemble] |
Tenor |
[V-1] (2018): BWV 245 [Evangelist] |
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Vladimir Jurowski |
Tenor |
[VV-1] (2020, Video): BWV 248/1-6 |
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Reinbert de Leeuw |
Tenor |
[V-1] (2016, 3-CD+2-DVD): BWV 244 [Evangelist]
[VV-1] (2018, Video): BWV 245 [Evangelist] |
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Rudolf Lutz |
Tenor |
BSSG [D17-13] (2023, Video): BWV 62 |
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Hans-Christoph Rademann |
Tenor |
C-5 (2016): BWV 126, BWV 79, BWV 236
[C-6] (2018): BWV 19, BWV 149
[C-7] (2021): BWV 21, BWV 147
[BA21-2] (2021, Video): BWV 182
[BA21-3] (2021, Video): BWV 11, BWV 74, BWV 172 BWV 34
[BA22-2] (2022, Video): BWV 117
[VB-1] (2023, 2-CD): BWV 21.3, BWV 185.2, BWV 24
[VB-2] (2023, 2-CD): BWV 167, BWV 147
[VB-3] (2023, 2-CD): BWV 105, BWV 46
[V-11] (2017, 2-DVD): BWV 244 [3rd recording, Evangelist]
[V-14] (2020): BWV 244 [4th recording, Arias] |
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Hans-Christoph Rademann |
Tenor |
Member of Gaechinger Cantorey:
[VB-1] (2023, 2-CD): BWV 21.3, BWV 185.2, BWV 24
[VB-2] (2023, 2-CD): BWV 167, BWV 147
[VB-3] (2023, 2-CD): BWV 105, BWV 46 |
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Andreas Reize |
Tenor |
[TV-3] (2022, Video): BWV 248/1-6 [2nd recording] |
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Gotthold Schwarz |
Tenor |
[F2020-V1] [V-4] (2020, Video): BWV 245 [Evangelist] |
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Christoph Spering |
Tenor |
[C-6] (2018): CD-1: BWV 20, BWV 3; CD-2: BWV 116
[C-7] (2019): CD-1: BWV 137, BWV 26; CD-2: BWV 41, BWV 95 |
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Jarosław Thiel |
Tenor |
[VV-3] (2021, Video): BWV 245 [Evangelist] |
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Achim Zimmermann |
Tenor |
[CV21-8] (2021, Video): BWV 172 |
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Links to other Sites |
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Benedikt Kristjansson (Kirkjulistahátíð)
Benedikt Kristjansson (Official Website) [German]
Benedikt Kristjansson on Facebook |
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