Mark Padmore "...did not so much sing this music as inhabit it," is how the New York Times sums up the British tenor's inherent ability to capture character and emotion in moving performances of a wide range of music. "It's all about poetry and communication and putting the music across. It's often in intimate situations where you're best able to do that," he told SF Classical Voice. Premising playful content on music that's often familiar, composer-pianist Ethan Iverson was a founding member of The Bad Plus. While DownBeat calls him "a passionate dynamo at the crossroads of jazz and classical music," The Wall Street Journal has also described his playing as "austere and elegant."
Mark Padmore was born in London and studied at King's College, Cambridge. He has established an international career in opera, concert and recital. His appearances in Bach Passions have gained particular notice, especially his renowned performances as Evangelist in the St. Matthew and St. John Passions with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle, staged by Peter Sellars.
Pianist, composer, and writer Ethan Iverson was a founding member of The Bad Plus, a game-changing collective with Reid Anderson and David King. Post-TBP, Iverson has been very busy with diverse projects. Since 2016, Iverson has been on the jazz piano faculty at New England Conservatory. Iverson resides in Park Slope with his wife Sarah Deming.