Philip Langridge - Tenor
Vicente Zarzo - Horn
Jan van der Meer - Piano
Philip Langridge was born in Kent and studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He is one of the world’s most distinguished singers, whose musical and dramatic qualities ensure that he is in constant demand throughout Europe, the United States and Japan. In recognition of these qualities, he was made a Commander of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours of 1994. He has also received a number of other awards, including the prestigious Olivier Award for Osud, the Singer of the Year Award from the Royal Philharmonic Society and The Worshipful Company of Musicians’ Santay Award. He was awarded the NFMS/Charles Groves Prize 2001 for his outstanding contribution to British Music.
His remarkable versatility and command of a wide variety of styles is reflected in his extensive discography, ranging from the early classical period to the present day. These recordings have gained him two GRAMMY® Awards (Moses und Aron, and Peter Grimes), the Gramophone Award (War Requiem) and a Classic CD Award (The Turn of the Screw). On video he can be seen in Peter Grimes, Billy Budd, Idomeneo, La Clemenza di Tito, From the House of the Dead, Wozzeck, Oberon, Jenůfa and Oedipus Rex, which won the Classical Music Award.
International festivals and opera houses with which he is particularly closely associated include Salzburg, the Metropolitan Opera New York, La Scala, Milan, Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Glyndebourne, Edinburgh, and the English National Opera. In concert Philip Langridge has worked with the world’s leading conductors including Abbado, Barenboim, Gergiev, Haitink, Harnoncourt, Levine, Ozawa, Previn, Rattle and Solti, and appeared with the world’s major orchestras.
Vicente Zarzo has held positions as principal horn with the Orchestra Sinfonica del Gran Teatro del Liceo de Barcelona, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the American Wind Symphony of Pittsburg, the National Orchestra of Mexico, and for 25 years with the Residentie Orkest of The Hague, Netherlands. He has been professor of horn and natural horn at the University of Mexico, the Conservatory of Amsterdam, the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, and at the Conservatoire de Musique in Montreux, Switzerland.
Vicente Zarzo was guest professor at Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Valencia, Conservatorio Superior del Liceo in Barcelona, and the Conservatory of Music and Dance of the Balearic Islands (Palma, Mallorca).
He has recorded the Brahms Horn Trio, the Hindemith concerto, works of Amando Blanquer, and the Mozart Quintet K452 and Beethoven Quintet Op. 16 with Radu Lupu (nominated for the Grand Prix du Disc).
Composers who have written works especially for Vicente Zarzo include Wim Laman, Jan Van Vlijmen, Hans Henkemans, Paul Ro, Eduardo Mata, and Amando Blanquer.
Vicente Zarzo was honored with the Punto award at the 2004 International Horn Symposium in Valencia, Spain. In the same year, the Valencia Academy of Music appointed him as “Insigne de la Musica of Valencia.” He wrote an article about his collection of horns for the February 1995 issue of The Horn Call.
Jan van der Meer was for many years employed by the Residentie Orchestra on a regular basis. Van der Meer was in great demand as a chamber music pianist. He was part of many ensembles, including the Mendelssohn Trio.
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