William purefoy countertenor biography of mahatma

A graduate of Magdalen College Oxford and Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, William Purefoy was a finalist in the Kathleen Ferrier Awards, a winner of the NFMS Young Concert Artists Award and also a winner of the Silver Medal from the Worshipful Company of Musicians.

With an established reputation in the UK, including performances with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Hanover Band, English Concert and The Sixteen, William Purefoy is also frequently to be seen internationally with concerts, recitals and operatic appearances in New Zealand, America, France, Austria, Germany and Switzerland, and his debut at Carnegie Hall in New York in 2008.

His international engagements have included MAN 2 Cafe Kafka at Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia (Valencia), TRUTH Triumph of Time and Truth/Triumph of Beauty and Deceit in Kahlsruhe, a new play Le 6ème Continent at the Bouffes du Nord in Paris, ARSAMENE Serse for New Zealand Opera, OTTONE L’Incoronazione di Poppea