Benedikt Kristjánsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Benedikt.
Benedikt Kristjánsson
Benedikt Kristjánsson in 2018
Born (1987-09-23) September 23, 1987
Húsavík, Iceland
OccupationOperatic tenor
AwardsInternational Johann Sebastian Bach Competition
Websitewww.kristjansson-tenor.com

Benedikt Kristjánsson (born 23 September 1987) is an Icelandic operatic and concert tenor who is based in Germany and has appeared internationally. He focuses on Baroque music, especially by Johann Sebastian Bach, but has also performed and recorded Romantic lieder and contemporary music. He has performed Bach's St John Passion in an arrangement for one singer, keyboard and percussion, notably in a live broadcast from Bach's resting place at the Thomaskirche on Good Friday 2020.

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