Performance Year: 2020
Blier es el director artístico del New York Festival of Song (NYFOS, por sus siglas en inglés), que él co-fundó con Michael Barrett en 1988. Desde el inicio del Festival, Blier ha programado, presentado, traducido y anotado más de 140 recitales vocales con un repertorio que abarca toda la gama de canciones estadounidenses, canciones de arte de Schubert a Szymanowski y canciones populares desde el vodevil temprano hasta Lennon-McCartney.
Blier disfruta de una carrera eminente como acompañante y entrenador vocal. También es parte de la facultad de The Juilliard School y ha participado activamente en el fomento de jóvenes concertistas en reconocidos programas de verano.
Performance Year: 2018, 2020
Blier is the Artistic Director of the New York Festival of Song (NYFOS), which he co-founded in 1988 with Michael Barrett. Since the Festival’s inception, he has programmed, performed, translated and annotated more than 140 vocal recitals with repertoire spanning the entire range of American song, art song from Schubert to Szymanowski, and popular song from early vaudeville to Lennon-McCartney. NYFOS has also made in-depth explorations of music from Spain, Latin America, Scandinavia and Russia. New York Magazine gave NYFOS its award for Best Classical Programming, while Opera News proclaimed Blier “the coolest dude in town.”
Mr. Blier enjoys an eminent career as an accompanist and vocal coach. His recital partners have included Renée Fleming, Cecilia Bartoli, Samuel Ramey, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Susan Graham, Jessye Norman, and José van Dam, in venues ranging from Carnegie Hall to La Scala. He is also on the faculty of The Juilliard School and has been active in encouraging young recitalists at summer programs, including the Wolf Trap Opera Company, Santa Fe Opera, and the San Francisco Opera Center. Many of his former students, including Stephanie Blythe, Joseph Kaiser, Sasha Cooke, Paul Appleby, Dina Kuznetsova, Corinne Winters, and Kate Lindsey, have gone on to be valued recital colleagues and sought-after stars on the opera and concert stage.
