Ian Bostridge CBE joins Ibermúsica Artists

21st January 2025

We are delighted to announce that Ibermúsica Artists will undertake the Spanish and Portuguese representation of the internationally acclaimed tenor Ian Bostridge CBE.

A specialist in the works of Schubert and Britten, he has performed in recital at major festivals around the world, including Salzburg, Edinburgh, Munich, Vienna, Aldeburgh, and the Schwarzenberg Schubertiade, as well as on prominent stages such as Carnegie Hall, the Bayerische Staatsoper, La Monnaie, and Teatro alla Scala.

Highlights of the 24/25 season include a return to the Concertgebouw, a tour across mainland China alongside conductor Daniel Harding, recitals with Piotr Anderszewski in Paris and Krakow, and a US tour with Julius Drake taking in the 92nd Street Y, Montreal’s Bourgie Hall and Baltimore’s Shriver Hall.

Ian Bostrige will also continue his artistic collaboration with director Deborah Warner in staged performances of Winterreise at the Ustinov Studio at Theatre Royal Bath. Ian will revisit beloved concert repertoire including Bach’s St Matthew Passion and Britten’s War Requiem on multiple stages across Europe and the US.

His operatic appearances have included the roles of Aschenbach Death in Venice for the Deutsche Oper, Peter Quint The Turn of the Screw for the Teatro alla Scala, Handel’s Jeptha for Opéra National de Paris, Renaud Armide for Opéra Comique, Nerone L'Incoronazione di Poppea, Tom Rakewell The Rake’s Progress and Male Chorus The Rape of Lucretia for the Bayerische Staatsoper, Don Ottavio Don Giovanni for the Wiener Staatsoper, Peter Quint The Turn of the Screw, Don Ottavio Don Giovanni and Caliban The Tempest for the Royal Opera House.

The 22/23 season saw the release of his two most recent albums with Pentatone: The Folly of Desire with Brad Mehldau and Schwanengesang with Lars Vogt. His recordings have won all major international music awards and have been nominated for 15 GRAMMY® Awards.

Bostridge is an Honorary Fellow of Corpus Christi College and St John's College (Oxford), a Honorary Doctor of Music by the University of St Andrews, Humanitas Professor of Classical Music at the University of Oxford, and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) since 2004.