Who is Jennifer Johnston?
Jennifer Johnston
mezzo-soprano
Jennifer Johnston studied at Cambridge University and the Royal College of Music in London. Previously a BBC New Generation Artist and winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Singer Award, she has close ties with the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, where she has given over eighty performances, and with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, with whom she was artist in residence.
Jennifer Johnston
Foto: R. T. Dunphy
Jennifer Johnston
Foto: R. T. Dunphy
Mahler’s music has earned a special place in her heart. In September 2023 she sang with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in the Third Symphony with Klaus Mäkelä conducting. Her repertoire also includes the Second and Eighth Symphonies, the Rückert-Lieder, Das Lied von der Erde and the Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen.
The English mezzo-soprano made her Concertgebouw debut in 2012 in Beethoven’s Missa solemnis with John Eliot Gardiner conducting. Her oeuvre is especially broad, from Bach to contemporary music.
Mahler’s music has earned a special place in her heart. In September 2023 she sang with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in the Third Symphony with Klaus Mäkelä conducting. Her repertoire also includes the Second and Eighth Symphonies, the Rückert-Lieder, Das Lied von der Erde and the Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen.
The English mezzo-soprano made her Concertgebouw debut in 2012 in Beethoven’s Missa solemnis with John Eliot Gardiner conducting. Her oeuvre is especially broad, from Bach to contemporary music.
Bijgewerkt op zondag 13 april 2025