Measha Brueggergosman

She is critically acclaimed by the international press as much for her innate musicianship and voluptuous voice as for a sovereign stage presence far beyond her years. Her extraordinary versatility, intuitive musicality, and radiant star quality have yielded an exclusive recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon. Her first recording on the label, Surprise, was released in North America in autumn 2007.

A dynamic scope of repertoire coupled with a profound depth of artistic commitment bring Measha Brueggergosman together with many of the finest international orchestras and most esteemed conductors of our day. During the 2007/08 season performances include Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Pinchas Zukerman and the National Arts Centre Orchestra and with Leonard Slatkin and the National Symphony Orchestra, Janá?ek’s Glagolitic Mass with Michael Tilson Thomas for her London Symphony Orchestra debut, Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été with Vasily Petrenko and the NDR Hannover Orchestra, and Messiaen’s Poèmes pour Mi with David Robertson and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. She also makes her Philadelphia Orchestra debut as soloist for the 2007 Marian Anderson Award Gala concert honoring Richard Gere and his humanitarian leadership.

Deeply committed to the art of recital, Measha Brueggergosman brings a program inspired by her Deutsche Grammophon recording, featuring songs by, among others, Bolcom, Satie, and Schoenberg, to many of North America’s major cultural centers including Boston, Chicago, New York, Toronto, and Washington DC as well as to numerous cities in Brazil, Great Britain, and Spain.

During the past season her concert schedule included performances with Franz Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra, with Daniel Barenboim and the Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala, as well as with with Paavo Järvi and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, opera arias with Sir Andrew Davis and the New York Philharmonic, season opening gala concerts of Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Schönberg’s Brettl-Lieder and Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Gershwin songs with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at Glasgow’s Proms in the Park concert, and many others. She gave solo recitals at London’s Wigmore Hall and the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels with Roger Vignoles, in Gstaad with Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and at Hertz Hall in Berkeley and at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor with J.J. Penna.

Ms. Brueggergosman has been honoured to participate in a number of very special events including the gala re-openings of Roy Thomson Hall and of the University of Michigan’s Hill Auditorium, Canada Day celebrations from Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and the opening ceremonies of the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto, sharing the stage with Bill Gates and President Bill Clinton. She has performed at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, during two consecutive years, and has given a Royal Command Performance for Queen Elizabeth II. She also has sung for the Prince of Wales, President Tarja Halonen of Finland, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson and numerous other leaders of Canada, as well as for Nelson Mandela and Kofi Annan.

Beyond the great concert halls of the world, Ms. Brueggergosman lends her voice, passion, and energy to social and environmental causes as a Canadian good-will ambassador for three international organizations: African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF); Learning Through the Arts; and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

So Much to Tell, Ms. Brueggergosman’s first solo commercial recording on the CBC Records label, with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra and conductor Roy Goodman, features music by Barber, Copland and Gershwin. Her second release for CBC Records, Extase, presents a sumptuous program of Berlioz’s Les nuits d'été and Massenet opera arias with Yoav Talmi and the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec.

Measha Brueggergosman has been the subject of a full-length feature documentary, Spirit in her Voice, aired by the CBC network and she has starred in numerous independent short music-films including Go Diva! and Infinite Dream. She has served as television hostess of the Toronto Variety Show and has taken centre stage in Bravo! Canada’s Gemini Award-winning concert series Live at the Rehearsal Hall, performing a mixed selection of classical repertoire, gospel hymns, and jazz standards.

Measha Brueggergosman was awarded the Grand Prize at the 2002 Jeunesses Musicales Montreal International Competition and has been a prizewinner at The Dutch International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch, the Wigmore Hall in London, George London Foundation in New York, The Queen Sonja International Music Competition in Oslo, and the ARD Music Competition in Munich. She also is a recipient of the prestigious Canada Council and Chalmers Performing Arts Grants. She studied at the University of Toronto with Mary Morrison and pursued postgraduate studies in Germany with Edith Wiens. She also has worked with such distinguished musicians as Christoph Eschenbach, Ruth Falcon, Brigitte Fassbaender, Margo Garrett, Jessye Norman, Rudolf Piernay, and Thomas Quasthoff.