Countertenor, Daniel Bubeck
made his professional debut to critical acclaim as the First Countertenor in the world premiere of John Adams'
El Niño, directed by Peter Sellars and conducted by Kent Nagano at the Théâtre Musical de Paris-Châtelet. Since
then he has performed this role with many orchestras such as the St. Louis Symphony, Boston Symphony, Los Angeles
Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, the Ravinia Festival, BBC Symphony, Radio Filharmonisch
Holland, Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester-Berlin, Tokyo Symphony, Malmø Opera in Sweden,
and at the Adelaide Festival in Australia. He has collaborated with such renowned conductors as Esa Peka Salonen,
Robert Spano, David Robertson, Christopher Hogwood, Sian Edwards, Bruno Weil and Paul Hillier.
A noted specialist in music of the 17th and 18th centuries, Mr. Bubeck is a frequent soloist in music of that
period. This past fall he was invited to return to sing arias of Handel with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in New
York City and this past summer he sang the title role in Scarlatti’s Tigrane at the Bloomington Early Music
Festival. Last season in addition to singing arias of Handel with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s he also performed
Handel’s Messiah at SUNY Fredonia. In the spring 2007 he sang the role of David in Handel's Saul
with the Central Florida Bach Festival and covered the role of Guido in Handel's Flavio at New York City Opera. He has also been
a featured soloist with such period ensembles as the American Bach Soloists, Carmel Bach Festival, Theater of
Voices, Catacoustic Consort, Atlanta Baroque Orchestra, and the Bloomington Chamber Singers.
Mr. Bubeck is equally at home in performances of contemporary music. Following his success in El Niño he
was re-engaged by the Tokyo Symphony for Hans Werner Henze's Das verratene Meer conducted by Kazuyoshi
Akiyama. He sang in the American premiere of Lost Objects at the Brooklyn Academy of Music with Concerto Köln,
music by David Lang, Julia Wolfe and Michael Gordon and excerpts from Phillip Glass' Akhnaten in the Los
Angeles Philharmonic's Minimalist Juke Box Series conducted by John Adams. The LA Times wrote: "The countertenor
Daniel Bubeck sang Akhanten's 'Hymn to the sun' with exquisite beauty." He has also sung the role of Oberon in
Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream for productions at Indiana University and the Peabody Conservatory.
Upcoming performances include El Niño with the Orchestra of St. Lukes at Carnegie Hall and Oberon in
Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the 2009 Princeton Festival.
Daniel Bubeck can be heard on recordings of The Masses of William Byrd with the Indiana Pro Arte under Paul
Hillier (Harmonia Mundi) and John Adams' El Niño conducted by Kent Nagano (Nonesuch / Art Haus Musik DVD).
He sang for the soundtrack of the Warner Brothers thriller I Am Legend, starring Will Smith, released in
December 2007.
Mr. Bubeck is a native of Wilmington Delaware and holds degrees from Indiana University, Peabody Conservatory
and the University of Delaware and is currently working on a DM in voice at IU. He also studied at the
Britten-Pears School in Aldeburgh, the Salzburg Mozarteum, and Oberlin Conservatory's Baroque Performance
Institute. He was a winner in the 2009 Liederkranz Vocal Competition, the Sullivan Career Grant Competition,
the Metropolitan National Council Auditions (Pittsburgh District) and was a Virginia Best Adams Fellow at the
2004 Carmel Bach Festival.
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