Magid El-Bushra Countertenor

Latest News

• Summer 2011

  Magid wins a Royal Philharmonic Society Susan Chilcott Scholarship, and is now an RPS Young Artist. Read more here.

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  Magid sings the role of David in Oldenburgisches Staatstheater's staged production of Handel's Saul to great acclaim! Click for reviews and photos.

• Spring 2011

  Click here to read Magid's first interview.

• Excerpts from Magid's concert with the Basel Kammerorchester on YouTube:

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  Autumn 2010

  Thank you to everyone who sponsored me in the Brighton Marathon in April. I completed the race in 4 hours 29 seconds - with no stops! The proceeds from this and the charity recital in July with Laurence Cummings raised £2,000 for International Alert!

  Please visit my diary page for information on all the exciting concerts I'm participating in this season.

• Magid is giving a recital in aid of the UK's leading peacebuilding charity International Alert, with world-famous harpsichordist Laurence Cummings on Friday 23 July, 7:30 pm at St. Gabriel's Church, Warwick Square, Pimlico SW1V.

  Tickets cost £15/12.50 concessions and you can buy them here:
  http://www.international-alert.org/support_us/index.php?t=1#singledonation
  or on the door.

  The programme will consist of beautiful Baroque music by Purcell, Handel, Bach and Rameau, covering the themes of war and peace (clever, huh?) all in aid of the UK’s leading peacebuilding charity. All proceeds will help support local communities that have been affected by violent conflict to improve their prospects for a peaceful future.

• Magid has reached the half way stage in his training for the Brighton Marathon on April 18 2010 in aid of International Alert. Please donate on Magid's Justgiving page

• January 2010: Great reviews for the new production of Nachtwache at the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater.

• Autumn 2009: Tickets for Purcell's Dido and Aeneas at Théâtre des Champs Elysées now available!

• Magid has reached the final of the Young Concert Artists Trust Competition - please come and support on Friday 15th May, 7pm at London's Wigmore Hall. Tickets £10/£8 concessions.

• February 2009: Latest reviews for Magid's Pie Jesu in the Duruflé Requiem (Harmonia Mundi)

  "Solo countertenor Magid El-Bushra deserves special mention for an affectingly open performance of Duruflé's 'Pie Jesu', which emerges here as the equal of Fauré's more famous setting" - Andrew Stewart, Classic FM Magazine

  "The wonderful emotional and vocal restraint Magid El-Bushra brings to the Pie Jesu, coupled with Julia Graham's matchlessly sensetive cello solo, makes this one of the finest versions of this movement currently available on disc" - International Record Review

  "...in the Pie Jesu, the alto soloist Magid El-Bushra sings most beautifully, expressing the words very touchingly" - Audiophile Audition

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  Magid wins top prize at the Concorso Musica Sacra, in Rome, 8.11.2008

• Autumn 2008 sees the release of FIVE new recordings featuring Magid El-Bushra.
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  24th November sees the UK release of Duruflé's Requiem on the Harmonia Mundi label, which features Magid singing the Pie Jesu.

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  Alpha Records recording of J.S. Bach's Mass in G and Mass in A, with Ensemble Pygmalion directed by Raphaël Pichon and featuring Magid singing the alto solos, has been awarded a Diapason d'Or - Découverte in France's Diapason magazine.

• Ricercar Records recording of Caccini's Euridice, with Scherzi Musicali directed by Nicolas Achten, and featuring Magid in the roles of La Tragedia and Dafne, has been awarded five stars in France's Diapason magazine.

• Soupir Records will shortly release Klaus Huber's Miserere Hominibus, featuring Magid, with Les Jeunes Solistes, directed by Rachid Safir.
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  Waon Records (Japan) will shortly release Baroque Dialogues, a CD of early baroque English duets and arias, featuring Magid and the ensemble La Sfera Musicale.