Dawid Kimberg
Representation: General Management
Dawid Kimberg is a Hazard Chase Young Associate Artist.
Dawid was born in Johannesburg and attended the Drakensberg Boys' Choir School. He moved to the UK in 2001 and studied at the Royal College of Music with Ryland Davies.
His many oratorio performances in the UK and South Africa include the St John Passion, St Matthew Passion, Mass in B minor, Magnificat and various Cantatas by Bach, Handel’s Messiah, Samson and Dixit Dominus, Mozart’s Mass in C major and Requiem, Haydn's Nelson Mass and Creation, Fauré's Requiem, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Puccini's Messe di Gloria, Vaughan Williams' Five Mystical Songs, Tippett's A Child of our Time, Dvorak's Stabat Mater and the complete choral works of Duruflé (available on the Lammas label). Further engagements include St Matthew Passion at Bath Abbey, St John Passion and Easter Oratorio in Norway, Messiah at the Royal Albert Hall (Sir David Willcocks), Mass in B Minor at Wells Cathedral for Bristol Bach Choir and regular appearances with the London Mozart Players. Dawid also attended the Aix-en-Provence Festival Academy in 2008.
Operatic roles include Count in Le Nozze di Figaro and Ottone in L’incoronazione di Poppea for the Benjamin Britten Opera School, Duke in Romeo & Juliette by Gounod for British Youth Opera, Bruno in Parthenogenesis by James MacMillan performed in Canterbury Cathedral and Masetto in Don Giovanni at the Purcell Room.
In recital he has performed works by Schumann, Wolf, Brahms, Beethoven, Mahler, Finzi, Britten, Vaughan-Williams, Fauré, Duparc and Schubert, including Die Schöne Müllerin in Aberdeen and London. He was the 2004 winner of the Great Elm Vocal Awards and the recipient of the Joaninha Award in 2007.
On graduating from the Benjamin Britten Opera School, Dawid joined the National Opera Studio, where he completed his formal studies in 2008. Subsequent engagements include Moralès Carmen for Glyndebourne Touring Opera, Carmina Burana for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Creonte in Haydn’s Orfeo ed Euridice in Russia, Adonis Venus and Adonis for Transition Opera at Wilton’s Music Hall, Mass in B Minor in Windsor, Carmina Burana in Halifax and Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle in London. Dawid represented South Africa in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition 2009.
In September 2009 Dawid joined the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House. His roles this season include the Flemish Deputy Don Carlos, The Steersman Tristan und Isolde, Popatych and cover Astley The Gambler, cover Forester The Cunning Little Vixen and Morales Carmen. Concerts include Sea Symphony and Mass in B Minor.
Promoters please note: if you wish to include this biography in a concert programme etc. please contact Hazard Chase to ensure that you receive the most up to date version.
Email: Lucie Davienne
