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Andrew Goodwin (tenor)

Andrew Goodwin is an Australian born operatic tenor.

Early years edit

Goodwin was born in Sydney, Australia, and began learning the violin at the age of five.[citation needed] His father, a school teacher, was a fan of classical music and collector of opera gramophone records. While singing in St. Andrew’s Cathedral choir, he continued learning the violin, piano, and organ.[1]

Education edit

Following a suggestion by his piano teacher that he study voice in Russia, Goodwin left Australia for Europe in 1999. He studied in the Saint Petersburg Conservatory under Professor Lyov Nikolaevich Morozov. Goodwin graduated from the Conservatory in June 2005. In 2006, he began a postgraduate diploma in vocal studies at the Royal Academy of Music.[citation needed]

Career edit

Goodwin's operatic debut was as Fenton in Verdi's Falstaff for Opera Australia in January 2006. Later that year he performed Lensky in a new Production of Eugene Onegin by Dmitry Chernyakov at the Bolshoi Theatre, Russia, a rare achievement by a foreigner. He is also now a regular soloist with the St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra and a cultural ambassador for Australia on the world stage.

Since 2006, Goodwin has been a soloist with the Bolshoi Theatre (Moscow, Russia).[2] He has also appeared at The Sydney Opera house, The Arts Centre, Melbourne, Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, Seoul Arts Centre, National Concert Hall Taipei, Teatro Real, Madrid, Gran Teatre de Liceu, Barcelona, La Scala, Milan, Philharmonic Hall, St. Peterburg, Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory.

A list of Goodwin's roles includes:

In December 2010, Goodwin played Orpheus in the Pinchgut Opera production of L'anima del filosofo by Joseph Haydn.[3]

Awards edit

Goodwin has won a number of competitions and prizes in Australia and abroad, including:

  • Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship
  • Sir Robert Askin Operatic Travelling Scholarship
  • Australian Opera Auditions Committee Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge Scholarship
  • Finalist, 2004 Australian Singing Competition
  • Nelly Apt Travelling Scholarship to attend the International Vocal Art's Institute at Tel Aviv in Israel
  • April 2004, Amber Nightingale singing competition at Kaliningrad in Russia
  • November 2005, 2nd prize in the Elena Obrastzova Singing competition at St. Petersburg; also won the Audience vote and prize for the best German Lieder

References edit

  1. ^ Keens, Leta (29 November 2010). "Pianist Andrew Goodwin finds his voice in Russia". The Australian.
  2. ^ "Andrew Goodwin biography". bolshoi.ru. 22 January 2011.
  3. ^ McDowall, Carolyn (22 October 2010). "Looking forward to tenor Andrew Goodwin as Orpheus, questing for love for the Pinchgut Opera". thecultureconcept.com.

External links edit

  • Andrew Goodwin sings Aria Lensky on YouTube

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