Malcolm Martineau
Recognized at the highest international level as one of the UK’s leading accompanists, Malcolm Martineau has performed worldwide alongside the world’s greatest singers including Sir Thomas Allen, Dame Janet Baker, Florian Boesch, Elīna Garanča, Dame Sarah Connolly, Angela Gheorghiu, Susan Graham, Thomas Hampson, Sir Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager, Dame Felicity Lott, Anne Sofie von Otter, Günther Groissböck, and Sonya Yoncheva.
He has appeared at the world’s principal venues including Alice Tully Hall, Barbican Centre, Berlin State Opera, Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw, Gran Theatre del Liceu, Mariinsky Theatre, Metropolitan Opera, Munich Opera, Paris Opera and Salle Gaveau, Royal Opera House, La Scala, Sydney Opera House, Teatro Real, Salzburg Mozarteum, Suntory Hall Tokyo, Vienna’s Konzerthaus, Musikverein and State Opera, Walt Disney Hall, Wigmore Hall, and Zurich Opera, among others. Martineau has also appeared at the Aix-en-Provence, Vienna, and Salzburg festivals. He has presented his own series at the Wigmore Hall and at the Edinburgh Festival.
As a prolific recording artist, Martineau’s discography of over 100 CDs includes the following Award-winning recordings: The Vagabond with Sir Bryn Terfel (Gramophone Award), Songs of War with Sir Simon Keenlyside (Grammy and Gramophone Awards), Schumann and Mahler Lieder with Florian Boesch (BBC Music Magazine Award), Mahler Lieder with Christiane Karg (Diapason d’or), and El Nour with Fatma Said (Gramophone Award).
Highlights this season include recitals with Elīna Garanča at the Teatro alla Scala, Sir Simon Keenlyside at the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ and Opernhaus Zürich, and with Dorothea Röschmann and Florian Boesch at the Wigmore Hall. Touring projects include a European concert tour of a trio program with Fatma Said and Sabine Meyer, as well as a global recital tour with Sonya Yoncheva that includes stops at the Deutsche Staatsoper in Berlin, Opéra National de Bordeaux, and Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.
Martineau is Professor of piano accompaniment at the Royal Academy of Music and Honorary Doctor and International Fellow of Accompaniment at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He was made an OBE in the 2016 New Year’s Honors for his services to music and young singers.