Orjan Hartveit

Described in International Record Review as "definitely a name to look out for"(January 2009), Norwegian lyric baritone Ørjan Hartveit graduated from Trinity College of Music, London, in 2005 with First Class Honours and subsequently appeared in master classes with Elly Ameling, Graham Johnson and Malcolm Martineau. He appeared in recital in Bergen, Bloomington (Indiana), Cologne, Hamburg, Hardanger, Heraklion, London, New York, Prague and Vilnius, and he premiered Hampson Sisler's Music In The Soul with Ensemble du Monde under Marlon Daniel at the Merkin Hall (New York) in 2007. In 2009 he was the baritone soloist in the world premiere of Heilagbrotet with incidental music by Henrik Ødegaard (Simadal, Norway). Recent concert performances include works by Bach, Brahms Requiem, Britten, Charpentier, Händel, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Stravinsky and Vaughan Williams. Roles include Count Almaviva (The Marriage of Figaro) for St John's Opera Company (Maidenhead); Lakai and Haushofmeister (Ariadne auf Naxos) with Ensemble du Monde (New York) and Raguel's Men (Jonathan Dove: Tobias and the Angel) for English Touring Opera. He can be heard on the albums "Where Hope is Shining"(Albion Records) with Joyful Company of Singers/Peter Broadbent and "Geirr Tveitt – Piano Works and Songs"(KinnePiano). Awards include the Cyril Cork Prize (2003) for 'outstanding performance' and the TCM Trust Silver Medal (2005).