Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen (born 1994)[1] is an American countertenor known for bringing his "ravishing…otherworldly" (Opera News)[2] instrument to a broad range of repertoire spanning the Baroque to the contemporary.
Acclaimed as both a "complete artist" and "young star" in The New York Times,[3] and as "extravagantly gifted... poised to redefine what's possible for singers of this distinctive voice type" in the San Francisco Chronicle,[4] Nussbaum Cohen's passion for creating performances of great vocal beauty and dramatic intensity have earned him a reputation as "a redefining force in the countertenor field" (Limelight).
While still a student at Princeton University, Nussbaum Cohen made his European debut at age 20, singing the lead role of Timante in the modern-day revival of Christoph Willibald Gluck's opera Demofoonte at the Theater an der Wien with Alan Curtis and Il Complesso Barocco.
He has performed works such as Carl Orff's Carmina Burana (with the Indianapolis Symphony led by Hans Graf, Bernstein's Chichester Psalms (with the Buffalo Philharmonic), Handel's Messiah (with the San Francisco Symphony, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, American Bach Soloists, and others), Handel's Saul and Theodora (with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Nic McGegan and Richard Egarr), Handel's Jephtha (with Music of the Baroque and Dame Jane Glover), Bach's Christmas Oratorio (with the Portland Baroque Orchestra), and many others.
Upon graduating in 2015, he was awarded the Isidore and Helen Sacks Memorial Prize for extraordinary achievement in the arts, granted each year to the student of greatest promise in the performance of classical music.