Bourgie Hall presents

Tenor Ian Bostridge and pianist Julius Drake

The prestigious British duo featuring Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake perform on the world’s greatest concert stages. These two peerless performers invite you to an evening entirely dedicated to the lieder of Franz Schubert.

Ian Bostridge, tenor

Ian Bostridge’s extraordinary international career has taken him to the foremost concert halls, orchestras and opera houses in the world. Synonymous with the works of Schubert and Britten, his recital career has taken him to the Salzburg, Edinburgh, Munich, Vienna, Aldeburgh, and Schwarzenberg Schubertiade festivals and to the main stages of Carnegie Hall, the Bayerische Staatsoper, La Monnaie and Teatro alla Scala. In opera, Ian has received particular praise for his interpretation of Aschenbach (Death in Venice) at the Deutsche Oper and Peter Quint (The Turn of the Screw) for Teatro alla Scala. His recordings have won all the major international record prizes and have been nominated for 15 Grammys.

“Tenor, Ian Bostridge, one of the foremost living interpreters of Schubert, simply dives into the emotions of each song. The non-sequential emotional subtexts of each are no barrier… Bostridge has an excellent voice for Schubert’s melodic adventures, pure and powerful, and capable of great meaning.” – William Quinn, The Quinntessential Review

Highlights of the 24/25 season include a return to the Concertgebouw, a tour across mainland China alongside conductor Daniel Harding, recitals with Piotr Andreweski 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. The season will also see Ian 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.

A prolific recording artist, Ian’s recent Pentatone recording of Schubert’s Winterreise with Thomas Adès won the Vocal Recording of the Year 2020 in the International Classical Music Awards.

Julius Drake, piano

The pianist Julius Drake lives in London and enjoys an international reputation as one of the finest instrumentalists in his field, collaborating with many of the world’s leading artists, both in recital and on disc. His passionate interest in song has led to invitations to devise song series for Wigmore Hall, London; The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam; 92nd Street Y, New York; and the Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin. He curates an annual series of song recitals – Julius Drake and Friends – in the historic Middle Temple Hall in London. Julius Drake is Professor of Collaborative Piano at the Guildhall School of Music in London and he is regularly invited to give masterclasses worldwide.

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 7:30pm
To purchase your tickets, visit: www.mbam.qc.ca/en/bourgie-hall/