MEET THE SOLOIST: Thomas Cooley

Tenor Thomas Cooley performs HANDEL'S MESSIAH
December 15 at 3PM

Background: With an acclaimed international performance career spanning over two decades, tenor Thomas Cooley continues to set the standard in his field, delivering memorable performances across the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
           

Cooley has made noteworthy appearances in major concert halls such as Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw, Konzerthaus Berlin, Berlin Philharmonie, Symphony Hall Boston, Avery Fisher Hall, Konzerthaus Vienna, Walt Disney Hall, and the Kennedy Center, and has collaborated with distinguished conductors such as Helmuth Rilling, Donald Runnicles, Teodor Currentzis, Michael Tilson-Thomas, Robert Spano, Franz Welser-Möst, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Osmo Vänskä, Matthew Halls, Markus Stenz, Carlo Rizzi, Manfred Honneck, Jaap van Zweden, and Andrea Marcon.
           

Among Cooley's notable engagements are frequent collaborations with internationally acclaimed orchestras and ensembles such as the Bavarian Radio Symphony, Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, New York Philharmonic, Copenhagen Philharmonic, National Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, the National Arts Center Orchestra of Ottawa, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Trinity Wall Street, St. Thomas Fifth Avenue, Singapore Symphony, Mark Morris Dance Group, the Jerusalem Symphony, and the Osaka Philharmonic.
           

Renowned as an expert in the works of Handel and J.S. Bach, particularly in the role of the Evangelist, Cooley has performed this repertoire with renowned ensembles such as the Thomanerchor and Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig. He also performs regularly with historically informed groups such as Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and the Göttingen and Halle Handel Festivals.
           

Thomas Cooley's discography includes 20 recordings. An upcoming recording of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, under the baton of Nicholas McGegan, is planned for Avie Records in 2025.

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