“Tenor Nicholas Phan was unquestionably the afternoon’s star. From the moment he took the New World Center’s stage, Phan exhibited authoritative command of diverse vocal offerings, an engaging personality and a voice that seemed born to sing French opera and song.” - South Florida Classical Review
Read More“Phan’s wonderfully poised and precise singing matches it perfectly...It’s hard to imagine these Boulanger songs could have more convincing advocacy.“ - The Guardian
Read More“the American tenor Nicholas Phan made a very strong impression, with a plush, incisive voice, comfortable with all the expressive and technical rollercoasters of the score, projecting far French of a beautiful quality.” - Tribune de Geneve
Read More“This tour de force by Phan and the PCMS provides a shot of adrenaline to the Philadelphia chamber music scene, attracting a more diverse audience to discover art songs and the picture they paint of history and social change.“
- Broad Street Review
Read More“This is the kind of thoughtful, intelligent programming that should be the model in a city like Chicago and sadly isn’t.” - Chicago Classical Review
Read More“Sunday’s performance in Berkeley’s First Congregational Church did rejoice in tenor Nicholas Phan’s vivid and heroic performance as Judas. This was a clarion account, with the music emerging vigorously at the top of his range” - San Francisco Chronicle
Read More“it was Phan’s interpretive authority and finesse that gave the evening its shaded colors, nuance, and overall dramatic presence. Again and again he delivered a sense of present-tense musical meaning to the lines…”
Read More“That was the case Sunday, when its latest iteration included Nicholas Phan, a tenor who, in a short time, has become one of the world’s most remarkable singers."
Read MoreWith his Italian-sounding Latin pronunciation and the bel canto coloratura Stravinsky wrote into the part, Nicholas Phan’s Oedipus called to mind the tragic heroes of Bellini and Donizetti. His powerful, piercing tenor was ideal for the prideful monarch…
Read MoreAs a means of furthering CAIC's mission to increase the performance and appreciation of the art song repertory locally, Wednesday's Debussy concert was a treasurable addition to the series, bringing to light exquisite vocal miniatures that seldom surface in recital, in an appropriately intimate, salon-style venue...
Read MoreEugene has been lucky to have Phan return so often during the Bach festivals, and hopefully he will continue to grace our halls in coming years…
Read MoreNicholas Phan sang with extraordinary warmth of tone and clarity of diction…
Read MoreNicholas Phan sang the tenor role of the Evangelist beautifully, with unusual animation and dramatic vehemence. He also sang the tenor arias and stood up to the dual task impressively…
Read MoreThe rising young American tenor Nicholas Phan joined pianist Myra Huang in a musically substantial and intellectually satisfying recital on the Oberlin Artist Recital Series in Finney Chapel on Wednesday, February 3. Phan has a clear, well-managed lyric voice, with surprising heft at musical climaxes…
Read MoreTenor Nicholas Phan sang with a poignant, plangent tone as he communicated the haunted and haunting imagery of the poems…
Read MoreWHEN TENOR NICHOLAS PHAN invited me to one of his rehearsals, I jumped at the chance. I’ve long admired Phan’s musical individuality and his smart, thoughtful blog, and I’m fascinated to see him at work. At an October 2016 meeting near Lincoln Center, Phan and pianist Myra Huang are revisiting “Gods and Monsters,”…
Read MoreNow devoting a good third of his career to art song, Phan recently gave a recital at London’s fabled Wigmore Hall. This season has also seen his role debut as the lead in Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra of London, and next season he sings Toronto Symphony’s concert version of Bernstein/Sondheim’s Candide. It’s a genuinely 21st-century career…
Read MoreOne would think that performing in some of the world’s most prestigious concert arenas and music festivals just as a matter of course would be enough for any young tenor. But for Nicholas Phan, singing with the world’s greatest orchestras and working with leading conductors is his idea of just getting started…
Read MoreThose qualities that make Phan such an idiomatic interpreter of Benjamin Britten's songs guarantee him success in the early English vocal repertory that inspired Britten. He brings exquisite tonal purity and subtle expressive shadings to his thoughtful journey through lute songs by Dowland, Blow, Purcell and others…
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