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Biraj Barkakaty
Countertenor

 



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O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion
The Messiah - Handel







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“Biraj Barkaakaty invested the role of Oberon with stately majesty”
Harborough Mail, 2005

After gaining a distinction in his Postgraduate Advanced Diploma at Trinity College of Music, Biraj spent 4 years as a member of the all professional choir of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle where he performed in many royal events. Highlights include the wedding of HRH Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Wessex in 2005, the live televised broadcast of the Queen’s 80th Birthday, BBC documentary ‘The Queen’s Castle’, a segment on ‘Good Morning America’ in 2005, and many recordings with choir on the Naxos and Delphian labels. He has also performed with the leading choirs and vocal consorts in the UK and USA including the National Chorale, the Tiffany Consort, the Choirs of St. Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster Abbey, the St.Thomas Choir of Men and Boys and the American Classical Orchestra. In the summer of 2009, he will sing the role of Oberon in Britten’s Midsummer Night’s Dream after being hand picked by Joan Dornemann to perform at the International Vocal Arts Institute in Tel Aviv in July.

Equally at home as a soloist, Biraj has performed all the major oratorios including the Messiah, the B minor Mass, the St. Matthew Passion, the St John Passion, the Christmas Oratorio, Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, Charpentier’s Te Deum, Purcell’s Ode on St Cecilia’s Day, Vivaldi’s Gloria and Stabat Mater, Saint Saens Christmas Oratorio and Handel’s L’allegro , Il penseroso ed Il moderato.

Opera credits include Orpheus (Opera Valladoilid), Oberon (Opera Minima), Athamas (British Youth Opera), Ottone (Trinity College of Music), Oronte (Manhattan School of Music) and Didymus (Morley Opera). He has performed in masterclasses with some of the most eminent names in Baroque music including Della Jones, James Bowman, Emma Kirkby and the choirs of Ex Cathedra and I Fagiolini. Young artist’s programs include in British Youth Opera (2004), the Britten Pears School for Advanced Studies (2004) and the Dartington International Summer Festival (2002 and 2005).

In May of 2009, he will perform the solo part in Haendel’s Joshua with the Westchester Choral Society. Recent performances include the role of Secrecy in Purcell's Fairy Queen with the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute, the title role of Silla in the North American Premiere of Handel's Silla with the Bay Area Opera Theatre Institute in July 2007 and the role of Joachim in Handel's Susanna at the Manhattan School of Music.
This season’s  performances include concerts with the My Lord Chamberlain Consort, Musica Sacra, The Philadephia Singers and the Alto Soloist for Bach Cantata 17 at the prestigious Bach in Baltimore series. Opera roles include the title role in Handel's Orlando at the University of connecticut Theatre and Arsace in Handel's Partenope for Opera per Domani.
He is also a member of the all professional choir at Marble Collegiate Church, and is the newest member of one New York's finest Early Music Ensembles ARTEK.  

03/26/09