Duff Cooper Prize
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Edition 60 (2015) Winner
Ian Bostridge
イアン・ボストリッジ
Ian Bostridge
Aliases:
Ian Charles Bostridge
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1964-12-25 （London）
- Nationality
- British, English
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- London
Career
- Occupations
- tenor, opera singer, lieder singer, author, historian
- Active Years
- 1991-2024
- Affiliations
- Garrick Club
- Memberships
- Hon RAM (Royal Academy of Music), Honorary Fellow, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Honorary Fellow, St John's College, Oxford, Honorary Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford, Garrick Club
- Influenced By
- Keith Thomas
- Nominations
- Grammy Award nominee 15 times
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| St John's College, Oxford | Modern History | — | First Class Honours | — | United Kingdom |
| St John's College, Cambridge | — | History and Philosophy of Science | M.Phil. | — | United Kingdom |
| University of Oxford | — | History | D.Phil. | — | United Kingdom |
| Corpus Christi College, Oxford | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
Westminster School
Country:
United Kingdom
Queen's Scholar
St John's College, Oxford
Modern History
Degree:
First Class Honours
Country:
United Kingdom
St John's College, Cambridge
History and Philosophy of Science
Degree:
M.Phil.
Country:
United Kingdom
University of Oxford
History
Degree:
D.Phil.
Year of Graduation:
1990
Country:
United Kingdom
Thesis on witchcraft in English public life 1650-1750, supervised by Keith Thomas
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Country:
United Kingdom
British Academy post-doctoral fellow, teaching political theory and 18th-century British history
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) | — | — | British Government | 受賞 |
| — | Grammy Award | — | — | Recording Academy | 3回受賞 (15回ノミネート) |
| 1996 | Gramophone Solo Vocal Award | Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin | — | Gramophone | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Gramophone Solo Vocal Award | Schumann Lieder | — | Gramophone | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Gramophone Solo Vocal Award | Schumann: Myrthen and duets | — | Gramophone | 受賞 |
| 2015 | Duff Cooper Prize | Schubert's Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession | ノンフィクション | — | 受賞 |
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
2004
Organization:
British Government
Result:
受賞
Grammy Award
Organization:
Recording Academy
Result:
3回受賞 (15回ノミネート)
Gramophone Solo Vocal Award
1996
Work:
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin
Organization:
Gramophone
Result:
受賞
Gramophone Solo Vocal Award
1998
Work:
Schumann Lieder
Organization:
Gramophone
Result:
受賞
Gramophone Solo Vocal Award
2003
Work:
Schumann: Myrthen and duets
Organization:
Gramophone
Result:
受賞
Duff Cooper Prize
2015
Work:
Schubert's Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession
Category:
ノンフィクション
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Witchcraft and Its Transformations, c.1650–1750
1997 HistoryStudy on the significance of witchcraft in English public life from 1650 to 1750, based on his D.Phil. thesis.
witchcraftpre-Enlightenment societydemonology
A Singer's Notebook
2011 EssaysCollection of his writings on music.
musicsinging
Schubert's Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession
2015 Music criticismDetailed analysis of Schubert's Winterreise.
SchubertWinterreiseLieder
Translations
- German, Finnish, Dutch, Korean, Japanese, Italian, Swedish, Polish, Mandarin, French, Russian, Spanish editions
Song and Self: A Singer’s Reflections on Music and Performance
2023 MemoirReflections on music and performance.
singingperformanceself
Bibliography
- Witchcraft and Its Transformations, c.1650–1750 (1997)
- A Singer's Notebook (2011)
- Schubert's Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession (2015)
- Song and Self: A Singer’s Reflections on Music and Performance (2023)
Translations of Works
- Schubert's Winter Journey translated into multiple languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- scholarlypassionateurbane
- Recurring Motifs
- intersection of music and historyLieder analysisobsession
Legacy
Prominent British tenor renowned for lieder and opera, especially Schubert's Winterreise. Also a historian of witchcraft and award-winning author on music.
In Popular Culture
- Schubert's 'Die Forelle' featured in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows soundtrack
Trivia
- Brother of writer and critic Mark Bostridge
- Great-grandson of Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper John 'Tiny' Joyce