Stephan Loges bass
Born in Dresden, Stephan studied in Dresden and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He won the 1999 Wigmore Hall International Song Competition and he regularly gives recitals throughout the world, including at Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, and the Concertgebouw.
His concert appearances have included Haydn’s The Creation with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra under Paul McCreesh; Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius in Stuttgart and Darmstadt; Britten’s War Requiem with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; and Messiah with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington.
Stephan has sung JS Bach’s cantatas with Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the Passions with the Gabrieli Consort under Paul McCreesh. He made his debut at the BBC Proms in 2002 in the St Matthew Passion under Trevor Pinnock, and regularly sings the Christmas Oratorio, most recently with the Russian National Orchestra with Vladimir Jurowski.
Stephan made his debut with Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels in a new opera by Francesconi; he has also appeared at the Royal Opera House in Macmillan’s Parthanogenesis.
Current engagements and future plans include Brahms’ Vier Ernste Gesänge with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Britten’s War Requiem with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; and Bach’s St John Passion with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.