| Biography | Angela studied at the Guildhall school of Music and Drama and subsequently concentrated exclusively on performing contemporary works. Her performances include works by Gerald Barry (Jerusha in' The Intelligence Park' for the Almeida Festival), Berio ('Circles', 'Folk Songs' and 'Passaggio' with the Asko Ensemble), Dallapiccola ('Commiato' with the Nieuw Ensemble), Vic Hoyland ('Crazy Rosa' with the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group), Kagel ('Kantrimiusik' under the composer's direction with Ensemble Modern and the London Sinfonietta and Oliver Knussen) Loevendie ('Turkish Folksongs' Nieuw Ensemble) and Messiaen's 'Chants de Terre et de Ciel' with the Nederlands Blazers Ensemble.
In 2003 at the Edinburgh Festival she sang Isang Yun's 'Teile Dich Nacht' with the Nieuw Ensemble and in 2004 sang George Crumb's 'Ancient Voices of Children' with the Paragon Ensemble.
However, Angela Tunstall is best known for her work with Karlheinz Stockhausen. She first performed Stockhausen's 'Momente' in Birmingham in 1989 and subsequently was asked by him to perform it with the Asko Ensemble in the Concertgebouw. This was a huge critical success, and led to Stockhausen inviting her to create the role of Eva in his Opera 'Freitag aus Licht' at the world premiere in Leipzig in 1996. Angela subsequently performed and recorded frequently under Stockhausen's direction including 'Momente' for the WDR and Eva in the European tour of Freitag aus Licht.
In 2005 the NMC released her much praised performance of Gerald Barry's Opera 'The Intelligence Park', she premiered Gavin Bryars new piece 'The Paper Nautilus' and took the soprano role in Dave Heath's opera Everyday Occurrence which was premiered in 2007 in Scotland with the Macfalls Chamber Orchestra. Angela has premiered many other new works, including Dave Heath's Requiem 'The Beloved' recorded live on 'Sirocco' for Black Box, and Luke Bedford's 'Good Dreams She Has' conducted by Oliver Knussen with the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. |