“Perhaps the most sophisticated and musically satisfying of today ́s countertenors“ (Opera News, 2018), Bejun Mehta fascinates with incredible vocal expression, great musicality and gripping power of performance. He is a regular guest at the world’s major opera houses, including the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, La Scala Milan, Theater an der Wien, Berlin State Opera, Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie, De Nederlandse Opera, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Teatro Real Madrid, Zurich Opera, Opéra Nationale de Paris, the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera in Chicago, Los Angeles Opera, as well as the Salzburg, Glyndebourne, and Aix-en-Provence Festivals and the Wiener Festwochen.
Concerts with major orchestras and solo recitals have brought Bejun Mehta to the leading concert venues, where he tours his award-winning CD programs and performs repertoire ranging from Baroque to contemporary music. He is a frequent guest at the Amsterdam ́s Concertgebouw, London’s Wigmore Hall, the Konzerthaus Wien and the Wiener Musikverein, Carnegie and Zankel Hall in New York, Brussel ́s Palais des Beaux-Arts, Palau des Arts in Valencia, Madrid’s Teatro de la Zarzuela, Cité de la Musique in Paris, Munich ́s Prinzregententheater, Berlin ́s Konzerthaus, the Rudolfinum in Prague, and the festivals of Edinburgh, San Sebastian, Verbier, Schleswig-Holstein, and the BBC Proms in London.
„In Mozart's light-footed, airy Divertimento in F major, and especially in the brilliant A major symphony, it was obvious: Conductor Bejun Mehta lead so passionately, so accomplished, so pronounced, that it seemed as if invisible threads were running from his finger tips to the musicians. ”SZ, 12.9.2016 J.-U. Sommerschuh
In the 2021/22 season, he sang the title parts in the acclaimed new productions of Händels „Giulio Cesare“ at the Theater an der Wien (I. Bolton / K. Warner) and Graun‘s „Silla“ at the Innsbrucker Festwochen (A. DeMarchi / G. Quander), in November/December 2022 he will sing in L’Incoronazione di Poopea“ at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden’s Barocktage, in 2023 in recitals and concerts including at the Elbphilharmonie, the Philharmonie de Luxembourg as well as at the International May Festival in Wiesbaden.
In recent years, Bejun Mehta has successfully made a name for himself as a conductor, working with orchestras including the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, the hr symphony orchestra, the Philharmonie Dresden, as well as the Kammerakademie Potsdam and the Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn. In addition to his focus on working on the repertoire of the baroque and early classical periods with modern orchestras, his particular emphasis is on the combination between orchestra and voice – either with guest soloists or in especially developed programs featuring him as singer and conductor.
„Facets of the baroque art of singing: in a lamento by "Tolomeo" flexible in timbre from the comforting enraptured to the surreal, and with a suspense-packed piano as well as in the curious musical competition of "Giulio Cesare" with the bird song imitated by the solo violin (Ulrich Edelmann). How far and how seamless the American baroque expert's voice reaches down to the bottom as well, showed itself (...) impressively. ”FAZ Rhein-Main-Zeitung, 1.6.2019, G. Holze
The twice Grammy-nominated singer (one win, as recording producer for Janos Starker's 1997 Bach Cello Suites on RCA) has a discography which now numbers 25 titles. His recordings–solo and opera alike–have been distinguished with many prizes, including the Echo Klassik (Opera Recital of the Year), the Diapason d'Or (twice), Le Diamant d’Opéra Magazine, the Choc de Classica, the BBC Music Magazine Premiere Recording of the Year and the Opera Award, the Gramophone Award- Contemporary, and the Edison Klassiek. He was shortlisted for the Gramophone Award in the Recital Category and the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik. Bejun has been nominated for the 2007 Laurence Olivier Award (Orlando, Royal Opera House Covent Garden) and is the recipient of the 2015 Traetta Prize. Bejun's latest solo CD CANTATA, yet can I hear... was awarded with the Diapason d'Or.
On television, Bejun Mehta has been profiled by CBS 60 Minutes II, A&E, Arte, ARD, ORF 2, and TW-1. He gives master classes on a regular basis, e.g. fort he Young Singers Project oft he Salzburg Festival, the International Opera Studio at the Hamburgische Staatsoper, and at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam; he also teaches at his private studio. He holds an honor’s degree in German literature from Yale University and makes his home in Berlin and New York City.
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