Tom Krause

TOM KRAUSE Baritone Born In Helsinki Finland Tom Krause Had Originally Studied To Become A Psychiatrist. After Obtaining A Medical Degree From The Helsinki University However He Began Seriously Studying Music. His Passion For Singing Took Him To Vienna Where He Studied At The Music Academy And Then On The Berlin Where He Made His Opera Debut At The Deutsche Oper. After Three Years There He Was Invited To Be A Member Of The Hamburg Staatsoper Until '72 When Rolf Lieberman Took Him To L'Opera De Paris For The Next 9 Years. Equally Successful In The Fields Of Opera Recital Oratorio And Recording Finnish Baritone Tom Krause Is Internationally Recognized As One Of The Greatest Vocal Artists Today. He Is Fluent In Seven Languages English German French Italian Spanish Swedish And Finnish. During A Career Spanning Over Fifty Roles In The Italian German French English Finnish Czech Russian And Swedish Repertory Including The Baroque Classical Romantic And Modern Mr. Krause Has Performed In All The Great Opera Houses Of The World. He Has Appeared In Leading Roles With Milan's La Scala Teatro Colon Buenos Aires Berlin Opera Vienna State Opera Munich State Opera Paris Operas Theatres Garnier And Bastille Bruxelles Opera Monnaie Finnish National Opera Rome Opera Naples' San Carlo Opera Barcelona’s Teatro Liceo Geneva Opera Metropolitan Opera House Lyric Opera Of Chicago San Francisco Opera And Houston Grand Opera As Well As With The Festivals Of Bayreuth Salzburg Edinburgh Glyndebourne Savonlinna Tanglewood Etc. A Frequent Guest Soloist In Concert The Baritone Has Been Heard Regularly With The Philadelphia Orchestra New York Philharmonic Chicago Symphony Cleveland Orchestra Boston Symphony Los Angeles Philharmonic Montreal Symphony Berlin Philharmonic Vienna Philharmonic Orchestre National De France Amsterdam Concertgebow And Others. Mr. Krause Has Regularly Shared The Stage With Such Great Singers As Placido Domingo Luciano Pavarotti Nicolai Gedda Jessye Norman Kiri Te Kanawa Joan Sutherland Birgit Nilsson Marilyn Horne And Robert Merrill As Well Worked Under The Great Conductors Of Our Time Including Bernstein Stravinsky Solti Von Karajan Mehta Ormandy Shaw Osawa Rostropovich Eschenbach Salonen Tilson-Thomas Harnoncourt And Giulini. He Has Worked With Stage Directors Such As Ponnelle Strehler Faggioni Sellars Dresen Everding Lieberman Menotti And Chereau. In 1963 Mr. Krause Was Chosen By Benjamin Britten To Perform The American Premiere Of His War Requiem At The Tanglewood Summer Festival Wt The Boston Symphony. In 1970 Krause Was Chosen By Eugene Ormandy For The American Premiere Of The 13th Symphony By Schostakowitsch And In 1971 Samuel Barber Composed The Lovers The Oratorio For Baritone Solo And Choir For Tom Krause. A Renowned Recital Artist He Has Given Countless Solo Recitals In The Most Important Cities In The U.S.A. Canada Europe And Japan. He Has Also Appeared In Numerous Television And Feature Films. As One Of The Most Prolific Recording Artists Of Our Era He Can Be Heard In Over 100 Recordings. His Recordings Of Bach With Munchinger And The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Were Awarded The Bach Medal. His Recording Of Carmen With Marilyn Horne Under Leonard Bernstein Received A Certificate For The Best Opera Recording Of 1973 By The National Academy Of Recording Arts And Sciences. His Recording Of The Complete Sibelius Songs Received The Edison Prize The Deutsche Schallplatten Prize And The Grammaphone Prize Among Others. In 1990 The Finnish State Awarded Mr. Krause With The Order Of The Finnish Lion - The Highest Award For Cultural Personalities In Finland. He Was Also Given The Title Kammersaenger In Hamburg For His Achievements There. During The 1980's Mr. Krause Started Giving Master Classes In The U.S.A. And Europe. From 1989 To 1990 He Was Guest Professor At The Sibelius Academy In Helsinki And From 1994 To 2001 A Full Professor At The Music Academy In Hamburg. In 2002 He Added A Full Professorship At The Queen Sofia School Of Music Madrid Spain Where He Chairs The Vocal Department. Because Of His Enormous Experience In All The Fields Of Classical Music And His Interest In Passing On His Legacy Of Great Singing Mr. Krause Is In Great Demand For Master Classes Around The World And Is Highly Regarded As A Juror In The Most Important International Singing Competitions. He Has Frequently Been Head Of The Jury Or Jury Member At The Most Prestigious International Singing Competitions Such As Mobil Song Quest Auckland The Queen Sonja International Singing Competition Oslo The Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition Helsinki Queen Elizabeth Singing Competition Brussels The ARD Competition Munich The Tschaikowski Singing Competition Moscow International Competition Of The Art Of Lied Stuttgart The Singer Of The World Competition Cardiff The Montreal International Singing Competition Montreal Canada The Moniuszko Competition Warsaw Etc. Mr. Krause Regularly Gives Master Classes At The Academy Of Vocal Arts And The Curtis Institute Of Music In Philadelphia PA CNIPAL Marseille Villecroz Academie Musicale France Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth Brussels Mozarteum Summer Academy Salzburg Encuentro Musical Santander The Festival Music Academy Savonlinna Voksenåsen Summer Music Academy Oslo Kusastsu Music Festival Kusatsu Japan Etc. He Has Also Given Master Classes At The San Francisco Opera California The Florida Grand Opera Miami Florida Schleswig-Holstein Festival The Fifth International Congress Of Voice Teachers Helsinki Kunitachi School Of Music Tokyo The Nagoya School Of Music Nagoya Poland Portugal Etc. In Recognition Of His Brilliant Artistic Contribution To His Native Finland The Helsinki University Awarded Mr. Krause The Title Of Doctor Of Music Honoris Causa In Their June 2003 Commencement Ceremonies. In The Last Few Years He Sang In La Fanciulla Del West By Puccini And Appeared In The Abduction From The Seraglio At The Finnish National Opera Did The Role Of Moses In Schoenberg’s Opera Moses And Aaron At The Teatro Massimo Palermo And Appeared In A Film And Sang Several Recitals And Orchestra Concerts. read less