Austrian baritone Florian Boesch is counted as one of today’s foremost Lieder interpreters with appearances at the most important concert halls. He has been an artist in residence at the Wigmore Hall, Vienna Konzerthaus, Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid, Theater an der Wien and Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. As a frequent guest on the concert platform, Florian Boesch has worked with leading orchestras and conductors, and he worked particularly closely with Nikolaus Harnoncourt. An equally compelling performer on the opera stage, Florian Boesch’s most recent productions included Handel’s Saul and Orlando conceived by Claus Guth at the Theater an der Wien. Major productions of his career include Alban Berg’s Wozzeck in Cologne and Mozart’s Così fan tutte at the Salzburg Festival. Florian Boesch has been Professor of Lied and Oratorio at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna since autumn 2015.

Malcolm Martineau was born in Edinburgh, read Music at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge and studied at the Royal College of Music. Recognised as one of the leading accompanists of his generation, he has worked with many of the world’s greatest singers including Thomas Allen, Janet Baker, Florian Boesch, Olaf Bär, Barbara Bonney, Ian Bostridge, Susan Graham, Thomas Hampson, Simon Keenlyside, Felicity Lott and Bryn Terfel. He has presented his own series at the Wigmore Hall (a Britten and a Poulenc series and Decade by Decade – 100 years of German Song) and at the Edinburgh Festival (the complete lieder of Hugo Wolf). He has appeared throughout Europe, North America and Australia. He was a given an honorary doctorate at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2004, and appointed International Fellow of Accompaniment in 2009. Malcolm was the Artistic Director of the 2011 Leeds Lieder+ Festival.