Ian Bostridge & Wenwen Du

Why we picked it

Nebula Performances Society reunites three-time Grammy Award-winning tenor Ian Bostridge, CBE, and pianist Wenwen Du at the Vancouver Playhouse after ten years for an evening of art song featuring the music of Hugo Wolf and Benjamin Britten. One of the most influential recitalists of our time, Ian Bostridge is celebrated worldwide for his profound musicianship, intellectual depth, and definitive interpretations of Lieder and art song. "Bostridge makes you think anew about the music in hand, interpreting all these songs asmuch through the mind of the poetry as that of the composer" (Gramophone). Wenwen Du is known as much for her "superb" pianism (The New York Times) as for her dedicated mentorship and artistic leadership at Vancouver's Nebula Performances. New York Classical Review wrote, "Accompanists are expected to be sensitive... Du was indeed sensitive but also forceful-her playing was more duet than recital." Concert sponsor Alice Chee.