Andrew Kennedy studied at King's College, Cambridge and the Royal College of Music in London. He was a member of the Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden where he performed many solo principal roles.Andrew has won numerous prizes and awards including the 2005 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Rosenblatt Recital Prize. He is a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award winner and won the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artists' Award in 2006. He was also a member of BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists Scheme.
Operatic roles include Tamino The Magic Flute (English National Opera); Flute A Midsummer Night's Dream (Royal Opera Covent Garden); Jaquino Fidelio (Glyndebourne Festival); Ferrando Così fan tutte (Glyndebourne Touring Opera); Nemorino L'elisir d'amore (Opera North); Tom Rakewell The Rake's Progress (La Monnaie and Opéra de Lyon and recently released on DVD); Vere Billy Budd (Houston Grand Opera), Tito La Clemenza di Tito (Opéra de Lyon), Shepherd Tristan und Isolde (Glyndebourne Festival), his La Scala debut of Tom Rakewell, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni (Opera National de Lyon) and Peter Quint in The Turn of the Screw in his debut for Houston Grand Opera.
Concert engagements include Jaquino Fidelio, Francesco Benvenuto Cellini and Mozart Requiem for the LSO/Sir Colin Davis (all recorded for the LSO Live CD label); Novice Billy Budd (LSO/Harding, recorded on EMI/Virgin Classics); Tom Rakewell The Rake's Progress (Stresa Festival/Noseda), Orfeo in Haydn Orfeo e Euridice (Boston Handel and Haydn Society/Norrington); Tobia Il Ritorna di Tobia (OAE/Norrington); Mozart Requiem and Young Man in Korngold's Das Wunder der Heliane (LPO/Jurowski); Finzi Intimations of Immortality (BBCSO/Daniel); Mozart Mass in C Minor (Hallé Orchestra/Elder); St. Matthew Passion (Netherlands Philharmonic/Colin Davis) and Elgar Spirit of England at the 2007 Last Night of the BBC Proms. Performances of Britten include Nocturne (BBC National Orchestra of Wales), Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (CBSO, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and BBC National Orchestra of Wales and at the BBC Proms with the Nash Ensemble/Edward Gardner) and Les Illuminations (Edinburgh International Festival/Scottish Ensemble and with the Orchestre de Picardie).
Equally passionate about song repertoire, Andrew gives numerous recitals in Europe and the UK and appears regularly with the pianists Julius Drake, Roger Vignoles Iain Burnside and Malcolm Martineau.
Andrew's fast growing discography includes four solo albums (‘Strauss Songs' with Roger Vignoles for Hyperion; ‘On Wenlock Edge' with the Dante Quartet/Simon Crawford Philips for Signum Classics; ‘The Dark Pastoral' with Julius Drake and Simon Russell Beale for Altara Classics and ‘The Curlew' with Simon Lepper for Landor Records) and two shared recital discs (‘On Buying A Horse' and a recording of Liszt songs both with Iain Burnside for Signum Classics). Andrew has recently released his first orchestral album of Gluck, Berlioz and Mozart arias for Signum Classics.
Future engagements include concerts with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa Pekka Salonen, a recital at the Wigmore Hall and a tour with the Gabrieli Consort and Players with Paul McCreesh. Future opera engagements include and Max in Der Freischutz for Opera Comique, Paris.
