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Biography
Ian Partridge Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE (born 12 June 1938) is a retired English people|English lyric tenor , whose repertoire ranged from Claudio Monteverdi|Monteverdi , Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach and George Frideric Handel|Handel , the Elizabethan era|Elizabethan lute songs, German, French and English songs, through to Arnold Schoenberg|Schoenberg , Kurt Weill|Weill and Benjamin Britten|Britten , and on to contemporary works. He formed a renowned vocal-piano duo with his sister Jennifer Partridge, with whom he worked for over 50 years. While concentrating mainly on songs, oratorio and lied er, he also recorded opera , and has an extensive discography. He is now a teacher and adjudicator, and conducts master classes in many countries.
Biography
Ian Harold Partridge was born in 1938 in Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon . http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Partridge-Ian.htm Bach Cantatas He was a chorister at New College, Oxford 1948-52, and a music scholar at Clifton College . He studied at the Royal College of Music from 1956, studying piano and voice. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ian-partridge-q44980/biography AllMusic Leaving after a year because he engaged in paid employment, which was banned by the RCM, he transferred to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama , where his voice teachers were Norman Walker (bass)|Norman Walker and Roy Hickman; he also studied conducting under Aylmer Buesst . http://www.ianpartridge.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/biography.html Ian Partridge website: Biography During this period, he also appeared in the West End theatre|West End production of John Osborne 's Luther (play)|Luther . Fron 1958 to 1962 he sang in the Westminster Cathedral#Westminster Cathedral Choir|Westminster CathedralChoir , where he worked on Plainsong|plainchant with George Malcolm (musician)|George Malcolm . http://www.ianpartridge.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Malcolm.html Ian Partridge website He also worked for some time as a piano accompanist. He took further instruction from BenjaminBritten and Peter Pears .
He made his debut in 1958 at Bexhill in George Frideric Handel|Handel 's Messiah (Handel)|Messiah , and commenced a solo singing career in 1962. He formed a renowned vocal-piano duo with his sister Jennifer Partridge, with whom he performed over 430 recitals over 52 years. On one occasion in Syria, the hall was sold out, until the audience discovered the performers were not The Partridge Family . http://music.barnesandnoble.com/features/interview.asp? NID=130946& userid=2IO9IIJOXV& srefer= Barnes & Noble; Interview with Tenor Ian Partridge
Partridge appeared only once in opera, but at Covent Garden , singing the role of Iopas in Hector Berlioz|Berlioz 's Les Troyens conducted by Sir Colin Davis , which he later recorded.
In 1973, his recording of Franz Schubert|Schubert 's Die schöne Müllerin , which was the first time the cycle had been recorded on a single 33rpm LP record, was voted Best Record by Record Review .
He sang the title role in the Thames Television production of Benjamin Britten's Saint Nicolas (Britten)|Saint Nicolas , which won the 1977 Prix Italia . http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/p/9079/Ian+Harold.aspx Debretts With Pierre Boulez , Partridge recorded Arnold Schoenberg|Schoenberg 's Die Jakobsleiter , Robert Schumann|Schumann 's Der Rose Pilgerfahrt and Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky 's The Nightingale (opera)|Le Rossignol .
Ian Partridge has appeared in recital and concert in many countries. He collaborated with the actress Prunella Scales in over 350 performances of "An Evening with Queen Victoria " all over the world, singing songs composed by Albert, Prince Consort|Prince Albert . http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/a.asp? a=A433 Hyperion He has performed William Walton|Walton 's Façade (entertainment)|Façade at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam with the composer's widow Lady Walton.
He has been President of the Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM). He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1992 New Year's Honours for services to music. He gave his farewell recital on 9 October 2008 at the Oxford Lieder Festival . http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/3741872.Songs_of_farewell/ The Oxford Times, 9 October 2008
He has conducted masterclasses on Lieder, English Song and Early Music, at Aldeburgh, Vancouver, Ravinia, Trondheim, Versailles and Helsinki. He has been a professor at the Royal Academy of Music since 1996.
His voice appears on Vol. 5 of The Record of Singing .
External links
http://www.ianpartridge.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/CDdiscog.html Ian Partridge website: Complete Discography
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