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Biography: Malcolm Martineau

Malcolm Martineau was born in Edinburgh. He regularly appears with Sir Thomas Allen, Susan Graham, Simon Keenlyside, Magdalena Kozena, Dame Felicity Lott, Thomas Quasthoff, Michael Schade and Bryn Terfel.

He has presented his own series at St Johns Smith Square (complete songs of Debussy and Poulenc), Wigmore Hall (a Britten series and a French song series) and at the Edinburgh Festival (the complete lieder of Hugo Wolf). He accompanied in master classes at the Britten Pears School, Aldeburgh for Dame Joan Sutherland, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Suzanne Danco and Ileana Cotrubas.

His many recordings include Schubert, Schumann and English song recitals with Bryn Terfel, Schubert and Strauss recitals with Simon Keenlyside, recitals with Angela Gheorghiu, Barbara Bonney and Susan Graham, Magdalena Kozena and the complete Beethoven Folk Songs and the complete Britten Folk Songs.

He was a given an honorary doctorate at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2004 and appointed International Fellow of Accompaniment in 2009.