Kurt Hansen

Current Position

Biography

(He/Him) Coordinator, Voice and Opera Program in the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University. Tenor. Kurt Hansen is a specialist in oratorio, most notably the J. S. Bach Passions.
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Experience

Evanston, Illinois

Coordinator, Senior Lecturer

1991 - Present
Coordinator, voice and opera program. Tenor. Kurt Hansen is a specialist in oratorio, most notably the J. S. Bach Passions. He has performed as a soloist in Europe, South America, Asia, and the United States, including engagements with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Sir Georg Solti and Claudio Abbado, the Omaha Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, and Music of the Baroque. Also a frequent recitalist and performer in opera, Hansen has recorded on the Lyra label with Music of the Baroque and Colorado Mahlerfest.
Lincoln Park, Illinois

Music Director

1991 - Present
Director of Music of St. Pauls United Church of Christ in Lincoln Park. Previously, he was cantorial soloist for nearly 20 years under Max Janowski and then selected as Interim Music Director after Janowski’s passing in 1991 at KAM-Isaiah Israel Congregation in Hyde Park.

Biography

Kurt Hansen

Tenor Kurt R. Hansen’s long and distinguished career spans over 30 years, on four continents. His repertoire ranges from the Early Baroque to the Twenty-First Century, in concert, opera, and recital venues. Mr. Hansen has sung with renowned conductors Sir George Solti, Claudio Abbado, Margaret Hillis, Robert Shaw, Thomas Wikman, and Edo de Waart to name just a few. He has also been soloist with such prestigious ensembles as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra, the Omaha Symphony Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Florida Orchestra, Music of the Baroque, Chicago Master Singers, Tampa Masterworks Chorale, the Colorado Mahlerfest, the Hong Kong Early Music Fortnight Festival, and Orquestra Nacional de Colombia in Bogota.