Alex Potter - countertenor

After beginning his musical career as a chorister at Southwark Cathedral, ALEX POTTER was a Choral Scholar and read music at New College, Oxford. He then went on to pursue further study at the Schola Cantorum in Basel with Gerd Türk.

Since finishing his studies, Alex has specialised in seventeenth and eighteenth-century music, working with conductors, such as Philippe Herreweghe, Thomas Hengelbrock, Daniel Reuss, Peter Neumann and Philippe Pierlot. Solo-engagements have taken him to festivals such as the Festival internazionale di Musica e Arte sacra in Rome, the Feldkirch Festival in Austria, and the Prague Spring Festival.

Recent highlights include J.S Bach Johannes Passion in the Philharmonie in Essen with Peter Neumann, staged performances of Handel’s Susannah at the Stadttheater in Koblenz, Zelenka’s Missa Votiva with Kammerchor Stuttgart/Frieder Bernius, and the role of Second Witch and Spirit in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas with Philippe Pierlot/Collegium Vocale Gent at Folle Journée festival in Nantes, which was broadcast live by Arte television.

His discography includes the role of Azaria in Zelenka’s oratorio Il serpente di Bronzo with Ensemble Inegal in Prague and number of recordings as a member of the choir Collegium Vocale Gent/Philippe Herreweghe, with whom he appears as a soloist in Heinrich Schütz’s Schwanengesang

Future plans include Purcell Verse Anthems with Philippe Herreweghe in Tuscany, Handel’s Saul in the Rheingau Festival with Peter Neumann, Bach Cantatas with the Ricercar Consort/Philippe Pierlot and Duet Recitals in Canada together with Countertenor Matthew White.