Who is James Newby?
James Newby
baritone
James Newby toured throughout Europe in the 2022-2023 as an ECHO Rising Star, where he made his Concertgebouw debut in the Recital Hall, accompanied by Joseph Middleton. He recorded his debut CD I Wonder as I Wander, awarded the Diapason d’Or Découverte, with Middleton as well.
James Newby
Foto: Gerard Collett
James Newby
Foto: Gerard Collett
The British baritone, currently being coached by Robert Dean, was also a BBC New Generation Artist and a Rising Star with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. As a winner of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award, he gave a recital in 2023 of Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder in Wigmore Hall in London with Mitsuko Uchida.
He previously won the Richard Tauber Prize in the 2015 Wigmore Hall/Kohn International Song Competition for best interpretation of a Schubert song. Newby is also active as an opera and concert singer, and since 2019 he has been a member of the ensemble of the Staatsoper Hannover.
The British baritone, currently being coached by Robert Dean, was also a BBC New Generation Artist and a Rising Star with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. As a winner of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award, he gave a recital in 2023 of Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder in Wigmore Hall in London with Mitsuko Uchida.
He previously won the Richard Tauber Prize in the 2015 Wigmore Hall/Kohn International Song Competition for best interpretation of a Schubert song. Newby is also active as an opera and concert singer, and since 2019 he has been a member of the ensemble of the Staatsoper Hannover.
Bijgewerkt op zondag 13 april 2025