Wolfgang Holzmair

Wolfgang Holzmair是奥地利男中音，特别是他的艺术歌曲演唱会很是成功。毕业后他在维也纳音乐学院开始研究声乐和戏剧艺术，并在1981年的国际声乐比赛中获得二等奖。Holzmair具有较高的中，重低音，虽然许多歌剧角色需要更沉重和较深的类型，但他曾在一个折衷的曲目中演出超过40个音符。1989年他非常成功的在威格摩音乐厅首次亮相，他的态度、智力、音乐、戏剧受到普遍赞赏。

奥地利男中音霍兹迈尔是1982年维也纳音乐协会国际艺术歌唱大赛的冠军得主，他的男中音跟传统德奥男中音的低沉音色不同，而是偏轻且能唱到很高的音域，因此特别适合艺术歌曲演唱，尤其是他在1989年到英国举行演唱会大获成功后，更奠定他成为当代最受欢迎艺术歌曲男中音的地位。

霍兹迈尔对德语的掌握和表达的深入，再加上圆滑断句，令他的德国艺术歌曲特别受到推崇。许多专业乐评人更很快就成为他的崇拜者，认为他是在新世代歌唱家中，少有能够掌握诗歌节奏于演唱中的顶尖人物。

Wolfgang Holzmair was born in Vöcklabruck, Austria, and studied at the Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Art with Hilde Rössel-Majdan (voice) and Erik Werba (lied).

The singer performs in recital throughout the world, including London, Lisbon, Moscow, New York, Seoul, Washington, at the Risör Festival (Norway), Bath, Belfast and Edinburgh festivals (UK), Menuhin Festival (Switzerland), Bregenz and Carinthian Summer festivals (Austria) in collaboration with leading accompanists and pianists of our time.

Holzmair is also active in the opera world. Roles include Masino in Haydn’s La vera costanza, Papageno and Speaker of the Temple (Magic Flute), Don Alfonso (Cosi), Eisenstein (Fledermaus), Wolfram (Tannhäuser), Faninal (Der Rosenkavalier), Music Master (Ariadne), the Father (Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck), Danilo (The Merry Widow), Eduard (Neues vom Tage by Hindemith) or Demetrius (A Midsummernight’s Dream by Britten).

Equally in demand on the concert platform, he sings with leading European and American orchestras, such as the Israel Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Budapest Festival, Vienna Symphony, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, Cleveland and Concertgebouw Orchestras and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, under eminent conductors including Blomstedt, Boulez, Chailly, Frühbeck de Burgos, I.Fischer, Haitink, Harnoncourt, Norrington, Ozawa.

Mr. Holzmair has an extensive discography of operas, concerts and songs ranging from Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert Brahms and Wolf to contemporary composers. His recordings have met with critical acclaim. For years he has also been a committed advocate of works, especially lieder, by formerly persecuted composers as is evidenced by his Krenek, Mittler, Zeisl, Schreker and Terezin/Theresienstadt CDs. His recording of Ein deutsches Requiem with Herbert Blomstedt won a Grammy award.

Since 1998 he has taught lied and oratorio at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and given master classes in Europe, Japan and North America. He is also a visiting professor of the Royal Academy of Music (London) and a fellow of the Royal College of Music (London).