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GARDAR THOR CORTES

About Me


For our english fans please check www.myspace.com/officialcortes
Garðar Thór Cortes wurde am 2. Mai 1974 in Reykjavík geboren und ist dort sowohl als Tenor als auch als Schauspieler sehr bekannt. Das jüngere deutschsprachige Publikum kennt ihn aber vor allem noch als Nonni aus der ZDF-Weihnachtsserie Nonni und Manni aus dem Jahr 1988.
Garðar entstammt einer sehr musikalischen Familie, seine Mutter ist Pianistin, sein Vater ist ein bekannter Tenor und Dirigent sowie Mitbegründer der isländischen Oper und des Reykjavik Symphonie Orchesters.
Von 1993 bis 1997 studierte Gardar am Musik College seines Vaters Reykjavik School of Singing, 1997 bis 1998 an der Hochschule für Darstellende Kunst und Musik in Wien Gesang und Kornett und erhielt nebenbei Privatunterricht bei Professor André Orlowitz in Kopenhagen. Ab 2000 besuchte er für weitere zwei Jahre die Royal Academy of Music in London.
Mit seiner Stimme deckt er ein reichhaltiges Repertoire von Oper über Oratorium, Musicals und Popmusik ab. Seine Liebe gilt aber der klassischen Musik, vor allem der Oper.
Sein ersten Album “Cortes” stand mehrere Wochen in den UK Classic Charts auf Platz 1 und ist seit Oktober 2008 auch bei uns in Deutschland erhältlich.
http://www.gardarcortes.de
www.myspace.com/officialcortes (english)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 24/10/2006
Band Website: gardarcortes.de
Band Members: Management:
Carolin Huder & Axel Alexander
A24 artist management
Kottbusser Damm 79
10967 Berlin
Tel 030 89 49 39 83
[email protected]

Influences: Den größten Einfluss auf meine Karriere haben meine Mutter und mein Vater...und dann gibt es da natürlich noch die Großen wie Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras, Fritz Wunderlich, Jussi Björling, Mario Lanza, Enrico Caruso etc. etc. (die Aufzählung geht unendlich weiter) :)
Sounds Like: Nessun Dorma Video

Ein kurzer Film über Gardar Thor Cortes:

Hunting High and Low Video

Nella Fantasia Video

Record Label: edel entertainment gmbh
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Working on the new album

Hello good folk. Just a few lines in between work. Been a while since my last post. Have had a good rest at home but now been working on the new album for a while, it's always fun preparing that. Hope...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:39:00 GMT

Hello from Switzerland

Hi everyone. I'm in Switzerland at the moment. Just been performing at an amazing horse show (Mercedes-CSI International Horse Show). I was on a stage in the centre of an arena (Hallenstadion). There ...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:58:00 GMT

Cortes Show Reviews

Dublin - National Concert Hall - 10/01/2008   Review by: Imke Siegerest Yet another night to rememberWhen I heard about the concert in Dublin my first thought was "Going to another country for a ...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:45:00 GMT

A well overdue post!!

Hi guys! Since I wrote last lots has happened. The tour has started with Lesley (having so much fun) and I've been to Singapore (lovely place and lovely people, definitely go there again). I'm i...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:23:00 GMT

Hi everyone!

Hi everyone! Just wanted to thank you guys who came to the Barbican and shared, what was for me, a really special evening. My first debut concert related to my album here in London and to perform in ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:39:00 GMT

A busy week.

Hi guys This last week has been so busy but so very enjoyable so I thought I'd share it with you. It started with the release of my single Hunting High and Low on Monday evening at Vanilla Bar & R...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:00:00 GMT

Hello again.

Hello everyone!It's been a while now since I blogged last. Hope you're all keeping fit. Lots of things happening at the moment. As I think I mentioned to you all, I've finished shooting 2 new videos a...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 06:46:00 GMT

Hello.

Hello all, hope you're doing well. Just thought I'd drop you a line. I'm back in London after finishing the videos in Iceland. They went really well. The locations were breathtaking! Yesterday I was s...
Posted by on Wed, 30 May 2007 09:57:00 GMT

Back in Iceland

Hi everyone. I'm back home for a week filming two new videos to the tracks Hunting high and low and Nessun dorma from the album. Filming started Monday, and should take 2-3 days. The locations ar...
Posted by on Tue, 22 May 2007 17:15:00 GMT

Bank Holiday

Bank holiday  It's always nice to get a break and this weekend I'm lucky enough to have one. The only downside is I've got a bit of a cold. So instead of enjoying my days off out and about I've&...
Posted by on Mon, 07 May 2007 09:29:00 GMT