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Jesse Blumberg (Baritone)

Born: July 1979 - Westfield, New Jersey, USA

The American baritone, Jesse Vlumberg, received undergraduate degrees in History and Music from the University of Michigan; and obtained his Master of Music degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He has been recognized in several competitions, and was awarded Third Prize at the 2008 International Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau, becoming its first American prizewinner in over thirty years.

Jesse Blumberg is equally at home on opera, concert, and recital stages, performing repertoire from the Renaissance and Baroque to the 20th and 21st centuries. His performances have included the world premiere of The Grapes of Wrath at Minnesota Opera, Niobe, Regina di Tebe with Boston Early Music Festival, Leonard Bernstein’s Mass at London’s Royal Festival Hall, and appearances with Atlanta Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Utah Opera, and Boston Lyric Opera. Recital highlights include appearances with the Marilyn Horne Foundation and New York Festival of Song, and performances of Die schöne Müllerin and Winterreise with pianist Martin Katz. He has performed major works with American Bach Soloists (Director: Jeffrey Thomas), Los Angeles Master Chorale, Boston Baroque (Director: Martin Pearlman), Oratorio Society of New York, Apollo's Fire (Director: Jeannette Sorrell), Charlotte Symphony, TENET/Green Mountain Project, and on Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series.

His 2014-2015 season included a European concert tour with Boston Early Music Festival, a USA. concert tour with Apollo's Fire, and debuts with Atlanta Opera and Hawaii Opera Theatre. In 2013-2014 he debuted with Kentucky Opera and Opera Omnia, and returned to Minnesota Opera as Papageno in W.A. Mozart's The Magic Flute. Jesse Blumberg has given the world premieres of Ricky Ian Gordon’s Green Sneakers, Lisa Bielawa’s The Lay of the Love and Death, Conrad Cummings’ Positions 1956, and Tom Cipullo’s Excelsior. He also works closely with several other renowned composers as a member of the Mirror Visions Ensemble.

Jesse Blumberg has been featured on a dozen commercial recordings, including the 2014 Grammy-winning Charpentier Chamber Operas with Boston Early Music Festival. He cis also the founder and artistic director of Five Boroughs Music Festival, which brings chamber music of many genres to every corner of New York City. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Sources:
Jesse Blumberg Website & Facebook profile
Photos 01-02: Arielle Doneson
Contributed by
Aryeh Oron (October 2016)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Jeffrey Grossman

Bass

With Impromptu Bach Ensemble:
[V-2] (Video, 2017): BWV 232 [solo]

Eric J. Milnes

Bass

With Montréal Baroque:
Cantatas
Vol. 8 (2016): BWV 76, BWV 79, BWV 80
[CV-2] (2016, Video): BWV 76, BWV 79, BWV 80

Jeannette Sorrell

Bass

[V-2] (2016): BWV 245 [2nd recording, Jesus]

Jeannette Sorrell

Bass

Member of Apollo's Singers:
[V-2] (2016): BWV 245 [2nd recording]

Julian Wachner

Bass

Bach at One [BO-39] (2015, Video): BWV 137, BWV 197
Bach at One [BO-80] (2018, Video): BWV 21, BWV 196

Links to other Sites

Jesse Blumberg - Baritone (Official Website)
Jesse Blumberg on Facebook
5 Boroughs Music Festival


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