Ivan Ludlow
“Ivan Ludlow’s powerful and beautiful voice was able both to illuminate the proud and masculine sides of this song cycle as well as to delve in to the subtler semantics of the poems.” Music and Vision, Schumann op. 24 Liederkreis
Ivan is another Ensemble member with Winchester connections – he was apprentice lay clerk for
nine months at Winchester Cathedral, when David Hill was organist.
Nowadays, Ivan is a regular guest at Europe’s most prestigious opera houses including Opéra National de Lyon, Capitole de Toulouse, Welsh National Opera, Teatro San Carlo (Naples), Opéra Comique (Paris), Opéra National du Rhin (Strasbourg), Opéra de Marseille, Opéra National de Bordeaux, Opéra de Metz, Casa da Musica (Porto), Vlaamse Oper (Antwerp), Opéra de Lausanne and Opera Faber (Ponte de Lima Festival, Portugal). He performs with conductors such as Christophe Rousset, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Jean-Yves Ossonce, Cyril Diedrich, Franck Ollu, Christoph Ullrich Meyer, Gerard Korsten and Gustav Kuhn. He has sung the title roles in Don Giovanni and Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Guglielmo (Così fan Tutte), Nick Shadow, (Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress), Danilo (Lehàr’s Die Lustige Witwe), Iarba (Cavalli’s La Didone), Escamillo (Carmen), Nevers (Les Huguenots by Meyerbeer), The Count (in Strauss’ Capriccio), Marcello (La Bohème), Aeneas, Demetrius (Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream), The Traveller (Britten’s Curlew River), Astrologer (Burning Fiery Furnace, also by Britten), Baritone (Maxwell-Davies’ No. 11 Bus).
Ivan is a frequent recitalist, performing throughout Europe and the United States and is often partnered by Daniel Tong, pianist of the London Bridge Ensemble and Co-director of the Festival. Concert, recital and oratorio engagements include performances with orchestras such as Ensemble Modern, Le Parlement de Musique, Orquestra Nacional do Porto, Il Seminario Musicale, Northern Sinfonietta and the Remix Ensemble.
Ivan studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the National Opera Studio.