Elizabeth Keusch, soprano

Notable appearances: Britten's Les Illuminations with the Bochum Symphony, Varese's Offrandres with the Kammerensemble Neue musik Berlin, Handel's Belshazzar with the Bachakademie Stuttgart, Rihm's Deus Passus and Mozart's Mass in C minor at the Oregon Bach Festival, Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire with Seattle Chamber Players, Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem with the Newton Choral Society, Mahler's Symphony No. 8 with the Boston Philharmonic and Lizst's Missa Solemnis with the American Symphony Orchestra, among many others

Premieres: numerous world and regional premieres, notably the American premiere of Golijov's La Pasion Segun San Marcos, the Taiwanese premiere of Tan Dun's The Gate: Orchestral Theatre IV and the world premiere of Tan Dun's Water Passion after St. Matthew

Televised performances: Tan Dun's Water Passion after St. Matthew at the Stuttgart Europaische Musikfest as well as his 2000 Today: A World Symphony for the Millennium with the Shanghai Broadcasting Symphony

Upcoming engagements: Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society debut in Golijov's How slow the wind and Tenebre with the Pacifica Quartet as well as a performance of Schoenberg's String Quartet No. 2 with the Brentano Quartet at Zankel Hall

Education: Bachelor of Music degree from the University of North Texas, Master of Music degree and Artist Diploma from the New England Conservatory of Music; also a Fellow at the Tanglewood Institute during the summers of 1997 and 1999

High praise: “…Keusch's instrument is facile, high, true and warm… [she] does it by… singing like an angel.” — The Boston Globe