Bass-Baritone Evan Gray on the Latest Episode of WHYY's "On Stage at Curtis"
Season 17 of WHYY’s acclaimed On Stage at Curtis series continues with a portrait of bass-baritone Evan Gray. The sonorous voice student from Zürich, Switzerland, performs five songs from Franz Schubert’s desolate and haunting song cycle, Winterreise, D. 911, with fellow Curtis student, pianist Élias Ackerley.
From early childhood guitar lessons to joining the Zürich Boys Choir at age eight and performing with them for thirteen years, he discusses his path toward a career in classical music and opera. He highlights five poignant selections from Schubert’s cycle. Mr. Gray entered the Curtis Institute of Music in 2019 and currently studies voice with Mark Schnaible as the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Fellow.
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