Haitham Haidar is a Lebanese-Palestinian Canadian tenor highly sought out for his musicality, “standout presence”, and sensitive storytelling. He is a proud graduate of Yale’s Institute of Sacred Music, McGill’s Schulich School of Music, and the University of British Columbia and currently resides in Montreal, Quebec. Haitham is praised for his ‘musical and linguistic versatility’ and his ‘bright’ and ‘innately lyrical voice’ and enjoys performing oratorio, opera, and chamber music across North America, Europe, and Asia.
He has recently been seen as a tenor soloist with Early Music Vancouver, Belgian ensemble Zefiro Torna and in the lead role as the Evangelist in Bach’s St. John Passion at the Winnipeg Baroque Festival. He has also been a recent soloist with TENET Vocal Artists in New York City, with Orchestre Arion in Montreal, as well as played the role of Evangelist in Schütz’s Weinachtshistorie with Folger Consort in Washington DC.
Haitham has been recorded as a soloist and ensemble member with the choir of St Andrew and St Paul in Montreal, Yale Schola Cantorum in New Haven, and Pierre LaPointe in Montreal. Haitham is also a featured soloist on Austin-based Conspirare’s GRAMMY nominated album House of Belonging. Haitham’s debut solo album Zaytoun has been a dream come true.