Performances by William Billingham
Johann Sebastian Bach
Aria Angenehmer Zephyrus from Zerreißet, zersprenget, zertrümmert die Gruft BWV 205
Aria Angenehmer Zephyrus from Zerreißet, zersprenget, zertrümmert die Gruft BWV 205
Edvard Grieg
Jeg elsker Dig, Op. 5, No. 3
Jeg elsker Dig, Op. 5, No. 3
Edvard Grieg
Solveigs Sang, Op. 23, No. 19
Solveigs Sang, Op. 23, No. 19
Claude Debussy
Pierrot, from Quatre chansons de jeunesse
Pierrot, from Quatre chansons de jeunesse
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Aria L'amero sarò constante from Il re pastore, K 208
Aria L'amero sarò constante from Il re pastore, K 208
Claude Debussy
Apparition, from Quatre chansons de jeunesse
Apparition, from Quatre chansons de jeunesse
Claude Debussy
Claire de lune, from Quatre chansons de jeunesse
Claire de lune, from Quatre chansons de jeunesse
Edvard Grieg
Med en vandlijie, Op. 25, No. 4
Med en vandlijie, Op. 25, No. 4
Leonard Bernstein
Glitter and Be Gay, from Candide
Glitter and Be Gay, from Candide
Claude Debussy
Pantomime, from Quatre chansons de jeunesse
Pantomime, from Quatre chansons de jeunesse
William Billingham (w.billingham), Piano
Biography
Pianist William Billingham has served as an Assistant Conductor at the Lyric Opera of Chicago since 1995. Also active as a recital accompanist and chamber musician, Dr. Billingham holds degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory, the Peabody Conservatory, and the University of Southern California, where he studied accompanying with Gwendolyn Koldofsky and Brooks Smith. He has worked as an instrumental accompanist at the Music Academy of the West, and spent five years as a repetiteur in the opera houses of Heidelberg and Düsseldorf, Germany. He has also been a pianist/coach for the Florentine Opera (Milwaukee, WI), the Pine Mountain Music Festival (Upper Peninsula, Ml), Midsummer's Music Festival (Door County, Wl), and the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists. Bill resides with his wife and three children in Wheaton, Illinois.