An artist of international renown and an accomplished teacher, British tenor and conductor Paul Agnew has made his mark on all the main international stages as a specialist in the music of the 17th and 18th centuries and as the performer of choice for the high-tenor roles of the French Baroque.
After studying at Magdalen College Oxford, Glasgow-born Paul Agnew met William Christie in 1992 and subsequently became a close collaborator of the conductor and his ensemble Les Arts Florissants while continuing to perform with such other conductors as Marc Minkowski, Ton Koopman, Paul McCreesh, Jean-Claude Malgoire, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Philippe Herreweghe and Emmanuelle Haim.
As a guest conductor, Paul Agnew regularly conducts orchestras such as the Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg, the Staatskapelle Dresden, the Liverpool Philharmonic, the Royal Scottish National, the Norwegian Chamber, the Finnish Radio Symphony, the Seattle Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and the Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
