03/22/2026
Nebula Performances Society reunites three-time Grammy Award-winning tenor Ian Bostridge, CBE, and acclaimed pianist Wenwen Du at Ottawa’s Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre for an evening of art song featuring the music of Hugo Wolf and Benjamin Britten, marking a welcome return to the venue where they last performed three years ago.
One of the most influential recitalists of our time, Ian Bostridge is celebrated worldwide for his profound musicianship, intellectual depth, and definitive interpretations of Lieder and art song.
“Bostridge makes you think anew about the music in hand, interpreting all these songs as
much through the mind of the poetry as that of the composer” (Gramophone).
Wenwen Du is known as much for her “superb” pianism (The New York Times) as for her dedicated mentorship and artistic leadership at Vancouver’s Nebula Performances. New York Classical Review wrote, “Accompanists are expected to be sensitive… Du was indeed sensitive but also forceful—her playing was more duet than recital.”
Together, Bostridge and Du have been praised as “not just on the same page, they anticipate
each other’s every nuance in perfect synchronization” (The Vancouver Sun).
“… In the hands of an ideal team like Bostridge and Du, a performance of the cycle is, in spite
of itself, a testament to the capacity of music to articulate — if not transcend — human
suffering.”
“If you are able, to hear, see, savour this extraordinary work of art, through the gifts of Ian
Bostridge, and Wenwen Du… by all means do, and maybe more than once” (Operawire)
This engagement of Ian Bostridge is made possible by the generous support of Executive Producer Alice Chee.
Tickets available at Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ian-bostridge-and-wenwen-du-in-recital-tickets-1985625314768?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true
Limited student tickets are available with the code STUDENT30
