CHARLES SPENCER
Piano

Charles Spencer is one of the most sought-after piano accompanists worldwide who regularly collaborates with many of the world’s most renowned singers such as Bernarda Fink, Elina Garanca, Gundula Janowitz, Vesselina Kasarova, Marjana Lipovšek, Jessye Norman, Deborah Polaski, Thomas Quasthoff, Ildikó Raimondi, Peter Schreier, Andreas Schmidt, Petra-Maria Schnitzer, Peter Seiffert, Deon van der Walt and Iris Vermillion. He was the preferred accompanist with whom Christa Ludwig collaborated for a period of more than
twelve years.

Charles Spencer has appeared on numerous CD recordings with Thomas Quasthoff (Winterreise on BMG, among other recordings), Gundula Janowitz, Marjana Lipovšek, Deborah Polaski, Doris Soffel, Michael Volle as well as with Maria Venuti. His recordings with Cecilia Bartoli and Christa Ludwig (“Farewell to Salzburg” and “Tribute to Vienna”, respectively, the latter from the Vienna Musikverein) were received enthusiastically by the international press and further bestowed with numerous international prizes and honours. Concerts with these and other artists took place in some of the most important international venues.

In addition to his active international schedule of masterclasses, Charles Spencer was appointed Professor of Lied Interpretation at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Wien in 1999, and in the same year became Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, London.

Future projects include a complete edition of Liszt songs (an ORF/Ö1 production with the label Marsyas) with Juanita Lascarro, Janina Baechle, Ferdinand von Bothmer and Josef Wagner, as well as concerts with Anne Schwanewilms, Wolfgang Holzmair and Edita Gruberova.