Born in Texas, he studied at the Eastman School of Music, The Juilliard School, and the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin, where he now teaches. Award-winner of the pianist’s prize at Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song and Das Lied competitions, and first prize in the 2014 International Hugo Wolf Competition in partnership with baritone Ludwig Mittelhammer. Ware has recently performed at the Heidelberger Frühling Festival with Golda Schulz, the Konzerthaus Berlin with Elsa Dreisig, Mozarteum Salzburg with Mojca Erdmann, the Rheingau Festival with Benjamin Appl, and the Munich Philharmonie and Kölner Philharmonie with Ludwig Mittelhammer. Engagements this season include recitals at Wigmore Hall, the Aldeburgh Festival, and Boulez-Saal. Passionate about lied, during the 2012/13 season he served as co-artistic director of a year-long festival devoted to the performance of the complete Schubert lieder in New York.
