Christine Brandes, Soprano

Noted for her radiant, crystalline voice and superb musicianship, soprano Christine Brandes brings her committed artistry to a repertoire ranging from 17th century to newly composed works and enjoys an active career in North America and abroad, performing at many of the world’s most distinguished festivals and concert series in programs spanning from recitals and chamber music to oratorio and opera. Brandes has performed with the Seattle Opera, the Minnesota Opera, Los Angeles Opera, the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra under Nicholas McGegan, the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with Robert Spano. In concert, she has appeared with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Richard Hickox, the San Francisco Symphony with Martin Haselböck, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with Nicholas McGegan, Music of the Baroque with Nicholas Kraemer, and with the National Symphony Orchestra and Leonard Slatkin. Recent symphonic appearances have included concerts with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the batons of both Pierre Boulez and Esa-Pekka Salonen, performances of John Adams’ El Niño with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, and with Sir Simon Rattle and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra and John Nelson, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New World Symphony Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony and the Minnesota Orchestra. She also has bowed at Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival and at the Ravinia Festival with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra as well as with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, and the Freiburger Barockorchester, among others. Brandes has recorded for EMI, BMG/Conifer Classics, Dorian, Harmonia Mundi USA, Virgin Classics, and Koch International.

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