Praised by the magazine BBC Music for his ‘lucid, velvety tenor and pop-star charisma’, the Lebanese-American tenor Karim Sulayman has garnered international attention as a sophisticated and versatile artist. He earns widespread acclaim for his innovative programming and recording projects while performing opera, appearing in concert and recital halls, and joining chamber ensembles in the world’s most prestigious venues. Thus, in recent seasons he has enjoyed engagements at Carnegie Hall and Park Avenue Armory, New York, Opera Philadelphia, Houston Grand Opera, Spoleto Festival USA, Ravinia Festival, The Royal Opera Covent Garden and Wigmore Hall, London, Aldeburgh Festival, Drottningholms Slottsteater, in Stockholm, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, and Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, as well as with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Karim Sulayman won the 2019 GRAMMY® Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album for his début solo disc, Songs of Orpheus. His second album, Where Only Stars Can Hear Us, with the fortepianist Yi-heng Yang, débuted at no. 1 on the Billboard Traditional Classical Album Chart and was included on the list of Best Classical Music of 2020 in The New York Times. His third solo album, Broken Branches, with the guitarist Sean Shibe, débuted at no. 1 on the UK Classical Chart, was nominated for the 2024 GRAMMY® Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album, and named one of the Best Classical Albums of 2023 by The New York Times. www.karimsulayman.com