Malcolm Bennet - Tenor
The Welsh tenor Malcolm Bennett started his musical career at an early age as a chorister at Brecon Cathedral. He studied clarinet at Trinity College of Music in London and then voice privately with Mark Wildman at the Royal Academy of Music and Brian Parsons at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Now based in Edinburgh, Malcolm works as a soloist and consort singer throughout Europe and beyond. He regularly performs with Collegium Vocale Gent directed by Philippe Herreweghe, The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir directed by Ton Koopman and the Scottish based ensemble Cappella Nova.
He has taken part in many recording projects including; the complete Bach cantata recordings with The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Handel’s Messiah & Bach’s Matthew Passion with The Dunedin Consort, Handel’s Dixit Dominus with the Akademie f?r Alte Musik Berlin with Marcus Creed and Motets by James MacMillan with Cappella Nova.
He performs regularly as a soloist throughout the UK and Europe. Recent engagements include Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang with The Edinburgh Royal Choral Union and The Scottish Chamber Orchestra at The Usher Hall, Bach cantatas with The Edinburgh based ensemble ‘Sospiro’, Handel’s Messiah with The Welsh Baroque Orchestra, Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas (sailor) with Collegium Vocale Gent at The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Future solo performances include performances of Bach’s St. John Passion with Paul Dombrecht in Belgium, Bach’s Easter Oratorio and G Major Mass with The Edinburgh Bach Choir, Handel’s Dixit Dominus at The Concertgebouw with Collegium Vocale Gent, Haydn’s St. Caecilia’s Mass and Handel’s Ode to St. Caecilia at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh, and performances of Messiah in Basel, Switzerland.