Jamie MacDougall

Born in Glasgow, Jamie MacDougall, is one of Scotland’s leading artists. He’s worked at ENO, Scottish Opera, Opera Holland Park,  English National Opera and Opera North as well as companies in Europe and Canada and is passionate about new opera and collaborates closely with New Opera in Scotland Events (NOISE)On the concert platform he has worked with some of the world’s top baroque, chamber and symphony orchestras.2017 he was Artist in Residence at the  St Andrews Voices Festival and together with pianist Tim Dean launched Scotland’s first song recital group, Song Tellers.In 2017 a co-production with  Scottish Opera, Jamie staged an adaptation of Jimmy Logan’s one man play, Lauder! that helped mark the 150th anniversary of the Theatre Royal in Glasgow. There are plans to stage it at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2019 and tour it around Scotland in 2020 to mark Lauder’s 150th anniversary of his birth.  In 2014 he took his show ‘Inspirations’ to the Wintergarten in Berlinand subsequently to Mexico and America. Jamie’s extensive discography ofover 45 titles, covers baroque and classical, German, Scottish and Englishsong as well as contemporary. With Haydn Trio Eisenstadt hereleased the 20 cd collection of Haydn Folksong arrangements. His most recent recording with Trio van Beethoven of Beethoven Folk songs was released in 2018. They will perform them at Celtic Connection in 2019. Engagements for 2019/20 include The Merry Widow (ENO) Messiah at Royal Albert Hall with Royal Philharmonic. Recital in Vienna and Christmas Concerts and Viennese Nights with RSNO. Since 2001, Jamie’s been Scotland’s Voice’ for classical music on BBC Radio Scotland and  can be heard regularly presenting for BBC Radio 3 and for 16 years he’s anchored the BBC TV’s Proms in the Park  from Glasgow as part of the Last Night of the Proms Festivities.