Ian Kennedy (Tenor)

Born: England

The English tenor and conductor, Ian Kennedy, studied at the Guildhall School of Music, London, winning many prizes, including the coveted Gold Medal for Singers.

Ian Kennedy combines membership of the BBC Singers with a busy solo career in opera, oratorioa dn concert which has taken him all around the UK, Europe and the Americas, and also on cruise ships. Ian broadcasts regularly, and was a soloist in the 50^th anniversary Henry Wood/BBC Promenade Concert performance of Ralph Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music. He has sung most of the Sullivan tenor roles and has appeared regularly in concert with G&S Unlimited and on stage as Box for Opera Players and London Chamber Opera. A highly versatile musician, Ian was for several years Musical Director of G&S For All.

As conductor Ian Kennedy appeared with the Houston Symphony Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra with an audience of over 10,000 at the Hollywood Bowl.

Ian Kennedy has recorded as accompanist in a CD by singer Thomas Round, and as tenor soloist in Pierre Boulez' recording of Igor Stravinsky's Le Rossignol.

Currently Ian Kennedy is Professor of Singing and Course Tutor at the Guildhall School of Music, music director of East Surrey Choral Society and a busy festival adjudicator.

Source: Divine Art Website
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (May 2003)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

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Works

Stephen Cleobury

Tenor

BWV 182

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Ian Kennedy (Divine Art)