KD SCHMID Thomas Hampson

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Thomas Hampson

Baritone

Biography – about the artist.

Long recognised as one of the most innovative musicians of our time, American baritone Thomas Hampson has received countless international honours for his singular artistry and cultural leadership.

His operatic repertoire is comprised of more than 80 roles, and his discography includes more than 170 albums, with multiple nominations and winners of the GRAMMY Award, Edison Award, and the Grand Prix du Disque.

Highlights of Thomas Hampson’s 2022/2023 season on the concert stage include a gala concert with Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi and mezzo-soprano Susan Graham. He also sings Mahler songs with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Belgian National Orchestra, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lyon and MDR Sinfonieorchester Leipzig with whom he also tours to the Philharmonie Berlin and Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, in addition to playing a vital role in the Mahler Festival Leipzig. Hampson also reunites with bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni for their acclaimed “No Tenors Allowed” program with the Würth Philharmoniker.


Chamber music projects see Hampson perform in the opening season concert with the New Century Chamber Orchestra and Daniel Hope. He will appear in recital at Turku Music Festival with Vlad Iftinca and in the Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam, Mozart-Saal, Stuttgart and Schloss Elmau with Wolfram Rieger. He also sings Schubert’s Dichterliebe at the KKL Luzern with Martha Argerich.

Later in the season, Hampson will return to Opéra national de Paris for his greatly anticipated role debut as Richard Nixon in Adams’ Nixon in China, led by Gustavo Dudamel.

Last season, he created the role of Jan Vermeer in the world premiere of Stefan Wirth’s Girl with a Pearl Earring at Opernhaus Zürich and starred as Don Alfonso in Mozart’s Così fan tutte at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Hampson returned to the Teatro Real de Madrid and traveled to the Festival Castell de Peralada to star in the title role of Rufus Wainwright’s Hadrian. On the concert stage, he joined the Oslo Philharmonic and cellist Sol Gabetta for a concert led by Klaus Mäkelä, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Klangforum Wien, and Prague Symphony, among others. His recital performances included organ recitals with Martin Haselböck at the Dresdner Philharmonie, with Christian Schmitt at Tonhalle Zürich, and a recital with Wolfram Rieger at Alte Kirche Boswil.

Hampson is an honorary professor of Philosophy at the University of Heidelberg and an honorary member of London’s Royal Academy of Music. In addition to several Honorary Doctorates, he is a Kammersänger of the Wiener Staatsoper and Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of the Republic of France. In 2017 he received the Hugo Wolf Medal, together with Wolfram Rieger. Hampson is the co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Lied Academy Heidelberg. Further teaching commitments include returning for the fourth edition of Opernwerkstatt Waiblingen with Melanie Diener. In 2003, he founded the Hampsong Foundation, through which he uses the art of song to promote intercultural dialogue and understanding. His international master class schedule is a continuing online resource of Medici.tv, the Manhattan School of Music, and The Hampsong Foundation livestream channel.

SEASON 2022/2023

The next dates:

23.06.2023

Schloss Kammer

Maishofen

15.07.2023

Konzerthalle Bamberg

Bamberg

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18.07.2023

Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle Stuttgart

Stuttgart

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29.07.2023

Petruskirche Kiel-Wik

Kiel-Wik

04.08.2023

Royal Albert Hall

London

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17.08.2023

Lensic Performing Arts Center

Santa Fe

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24.10.2023

Latvijas Nacionala Opera

Riga

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Your contact persons:

General Management – Concerts and Special Projects:

Susanne Büttner

+44 20 7395 09-31

susanne.buettner@kdschmid.co.uk

General Management – Concerts and Special Projects:

Ellen Arkwright

+44 20 7395 09-37

ellen.arkwright@kdschmid.co.uk

General Management – Concerts and Special Projects:

Kellie Mills Chappell

+44 20 7395 09-35

kellie.mills@kdschmid.co.uk

North America – Concerts and Special Projects:

Ann SunHyung Kim

+1 917 306 9718

ann.kim@kdschmid.com

Elspeth Manders

Associate Artist Coordinator

+44 20 7395 09-36

elspeth.manders@kdschmid.co.uk

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Discography.

Bernstein at 100

The Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood

11.2018, major, DVD

> Amazon

Songs from Chicago

Thomas Hampson, Kuang-Hao Huang

09.2018, Cedille Records, CD

> Amazon > iTunes

Sérénade

09.2017, Pentatone, CD

> Amazon > iTunes

Verdi - La Traviata

NDR Klassik Open Air

07.2017, Naxos, DVD

> Amazon

Leonard Bernstein - Complete Recordings

, Deutsche Grammophon & Decca, DVD

> Amazon

News.

BBC Proms programm anouncement

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Thomas Hampson and Martha Argerich reunite at Klavierfestival Luzern "Le piano symphonique"

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Viva Verdi

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Summer Festivals 2022

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New song cycle Lingua Angelorum: Music that goes where no words can go

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Press.

„His was the passion and interpretation of a master singer who truly loves the genre and is able to communicate this love to the audience in a touching and moving performance.“

bachtrack.com, 22.01.2019

„In the title role, Thomas Hampson is stellar. The singing is outstanding.“

schmopera.com, Greg Finney, 18.10.2018