Brian Bannatyne-Scott

 


Born and educated in Edinburgh, Brian studied French and Mediaeval History at St Andrews University before attending the Guildhall School of Music in London. In 1981, he won the Decca Kathleen Ferrier Prize. Since then he has enjoyed an international career in opera and concerts. He has studied with Laura Sarti, Sir Peter Pears, Galina Vishnevskaya, Hans Hotter and Norman Bailey, and now he works with Anthony Roden.

His concert career has taken him throughout Europe, and to Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Israel, Singapore, the Philippines and Japan. He has performed regularly with Trevor Pinnock and the English Concert including his debut at the Salzburg Festival as Polyphemus (Acis and Galatea), Aeolus and Cold Genius (King Arthur) in Berlin, Halle, Opera Garnier (Paris), the Teatro Colon (Buenos Aires) and in the London Proms, Bach's "B Minor Mass" in Turin and Cremona and the "St Matthew Passion" at the National Arts Center, Ottawa. With Marc Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre, he has performed "Messiah" in Grenoble and Paris, and with the Kings Consort and the Salzurger Bachchor, he has sung Bach's "Christmas Oratorio".

He has sung the role of Christus in Arvo Pärt's "Passio" throughout Europe and in Japan with the Hilliard Ensemble, most recently as part of the Lucerne Easter Festival in April 2003. He has also sung Stravinsky's "Les Noces" with the London Sinfonietta and Sir Simon Rattle at the Festival Hall, London. Also with Sir Simon Rattle and the CBSO, he has sung Schönberg's "Gurrelieder" in Birmingham.

With Sir Colin Davis and the LSO, he has sung in Berlioz's "The Trojans" and in Britten's "Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Barbican Hall, where he has also appeared with the LSO and Mikhail Pletnev in Mozart's "C Minor Mass". With the Philharmonia Orchestra, he has sung Bernstein's "Songfest" conducted by Leonard Slatkin in the Festival Hall.

Brian has sung in most of the British Cathedrals in a repertoire ranging from Bach and Handel through Verdi and Elgar to Britten and Maxwell Davies and has appeared in major festivals throughout Britain and Europe including Edinburgh, Salzburg, Holland, Bath, Flanders, Beaune and Aix-en-Provence, and has sung frequently at the BBC Proms.

For details of Brian's operatic career, please click the 'Opera' link.

 

 
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