Nathan Granner and Beau Bledsoe
Close friends and musical compatriots with a fearless attitude toward classical music, Nathan Granner and Beau Bledsoe are earning standing ovations everywhere they go.
These two young masters have consistently challenged audiences throughout the world with programs that include new commissioned works, innovative transcriptions of classical and popular song as well as genre-bending renditions of American Spirituals and traditional Flamenco.
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Nathan has seen his career quickly go from up and coming to being one of a handful of Sony Classical/Odyssey recording artists. As a solo performer and recently as one of The American Tenors, their CD reaching top five in the Classical charts, Mr. Granner has appeared in numerous international and national television programs such as PBS 2004, 2005 festival seasons, RTE1s The Late Late Show(Christmas Special), CNN, Fox News, E! Hollywood Extra as well as receiving personal critical acclaim from The Times of London, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Opera News and Opera Now from his performances on some of the premier opera and concert stages in the world.
Beau is constantly evolving by exploring new repertoire, cultures and programming. His studies in southern Spain and involvement with the tango scene of Buenos Aires have lead him to create a large body of highly original arrangements, transcriptions and compositions. Beau has worked extensively with the Guthrie Theater, classical violinist Gregory Sandomirsky and with the Argentine Tango quintet Tango Lorca. His playing has him collaborating with world leading flamenco dancers, Rey Duran and Miel Castagna. Interviews and recordings of Mr. Bledsoes music have been heard throughout the world on radio Radio1 BBC, Segovia a Yupanki! Radio Nacional Argentina and All Songs Considered on NPR.
The first recording of Beau and Nathan contains the world premiere, Selections from Winterreise. A small collection of songs from Franz Schuberts Winterreise. It is the first recording of these pieces performed with voice and guitar. Selections also contains sublime songs from Henri Duparc, Claudio Monteverdi, Mauro Giuliani as well as La Barchetta written by Reynaldo Hahn, a high water mark for lyric tenors.
Nathan and Beau combined all that they had learned about life, music, art and people into the painstakingly crafted second recording, Departure, a beautiful album of varied and highly emotive music where one travels from the evocative art of Villa-Lobos into the austere sexuality of John Dowland, while finally being snapped into the fever-pitched passion of traditional flamenco There's also a little southern comfort thrown in for good measure!
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