Description: Howard Haskin is the quintessential dramatic tenor of his generation, internationally recognized as much for his "extrovert dramatic presentation" as his "ringing, lustrous" tenor voice.
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Latest news: Howard Haskin and the pianist David Triestram are pleased to announce a new collaborative project to rediscover and present French art songs by unjustly neglected composers. Read more and listen to excerpts now!
Widely acknowledged as one of the finest dramatic tenors of his generation, Howard Haskin launched his career in Europe, where critics have praised his “strong, true tenor voice” as well as his “prodigious flair” as a singer and actor.
A Grammy nominee and the winner of several prestigious international vocal competitions, Howard Haskin, who had already achieved renown in his native Kansas City as a piano prodigy at the age of three and as a church choir director in his adolescence, pursued his formal musical training at Wichita State University and then at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he was a student of Margaret Harshaw. Very soon thereafter, Howard Haskin was selected for a European tour of Porgy and Bess with the Houston Gra