Stephen Stubbs

Stephen Stubbs

Stephen Stubbs (born 1951) is a lutenist and music director and has been a leading figure in the American early music scene for nearly thirty years.

He was born in Seattle and studied harpsichord and composition at the University of Washington where, at the same time, he began to play the harpsichord and lute.[1] He left America after graduation to study the instrument in England and Holland and gave his debut concert in London's Wigmore Hall in 1976.[1] Since 1981, Stubbs has been teaching at the University of the Arts Bremen in Germany where he is currently holding a post as professor.[1] He has performed extensively with his ensembles Tragicomedia and Teatro Lirico,[2][3] and conducted baroque opera worldwide. He has recorded numerous albums with other famous ensembles like the Hilliard Ensemble and with Andrew Lawrence-King.

He moved back to Seattle in 2006. There he established a program for young professional singers called the Seattle Academy of Baroque Opera, the Pacific Musicworks early music performance series, and is an adjunct professor at Cornish College of the Arts. He is artistic co-director (with Paul O'Dette) of the Boston Early Music Festival.

On February 8th 2015, Stephen was accompanied by his wife in Los Angeles as he won a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording for: Charpentier: La Descente D'Orphée Aux Enfers. Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Aaron Sheehan; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer (Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble; Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble).[4]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dickey, Timothy "Stephen Stubbs Biography", Allmusic, retrieved 2011-07-13
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kozinn, Allan (2006) "MUSIC: CLASSICAL RECORDINGS; Bringing Early Music Into the 19th Century", The New York Times , April 30, 2006, retrieved 2011-07-13
  3. ↑ Kozinn, Allan (2000) "The Rare Crossover With Many Rewards", The New York Times, June 18, 2000, retrieved 2011-07-13
  4. ↑ "‘Become Ocean’ earns Grammy for Seattle Symphony". The Seattle Times. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.