1. Measha Brueggergosman was born Measha Gosman in Fredericton, New Brunswick, to Anne Eatmon and Sterling Gosman.
26 Facts About Measha Brueggergosman
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Measha Brueggergosman studied voice and piano from the age of seven.
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Measha Brueggergosman went to Germany for five years, where she pursued a Master's degree at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Dusseldorf, Germany.
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In 2007, Brueggergosman discovered her family's deep history in Canada and the United States.
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Measha Brueggergosman learned of her African-American roots on Who Do You Think You Are, a British-based program bought by the CBC.
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At age 20, Measha Brueggergosman played the lead in the premiere of the opera Beatrice Chancy by James Rolfe and George Elliott Clarke.
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The opera and Measha Brueggergosman were well received by critics and audiences.
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Measha Brueggergosman has appeared throughout Canada, where she has performed with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Geoffrey Moull, National Arts Centre Orchestra under the direction of Pinchas Zukerman, and at Roy Thomson Hall.
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Measha Brueggergosman has performed internationally, as well, in the United States, Germany and other nations.
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Measha Brueggergosman was in Elektra, Dead Man Walking, and Turandot with the Cincinnati Opera.
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Measha Brueggergosman has performed the Verdi Requiem with Sir Andrew Davis and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, as well as with Helmuth Rilling at the International Beethoven Festival in Bonn.
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In 2005, Measha Brueggergosman was a soloist in recording William Bolcom's Songs of Innocence and Experience, which won three Grammy Awards, including Best Classical Album.
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Measha Brueggergosman has performed in the United States, for instance in the fall of 2009 with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, in their performance of Michael Tippett's oratorio A Child of Our Time.
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Measha Brueggergosman performed the Olympic Hymn at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Games.
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Measha Brueggergosman performed an arrangement of the English sung version of the hymn in English and French to reflect Canada's official languages.
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In 2012 Measha Brueggergosman was a judge on the Canadian reality show Canada's Got Talent.
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Measha Brueggergosman has had acting roles in the Murdoch Mysteries episode "Murdoch at the Opera", and in the films Brown Girl Begins and The Young Arsonists.
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Measha Brueggergosman is a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism.
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Measha Brueggergosman described herself after the trip as "never the same" and continues her work with AMREF today.
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Measha Brueggergosman returned to the stage in September 2009 for a performance at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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On June 20,2019, Measha Brueggergosman underwent another successful open heart surgery in Calgary.
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Measha Brueggergosman was awarded the Grand Prize at the 2009 Jeunesses Musicales Montreal International Musical Competition and won First Prize at the International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch in 2002.
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Measha Brueggergosman has been a prizewinner at other competitions, including the Wigmore Hall International Song Competition in London, the George London Foundation in New Deli, the Queen Sonja International Music Competition in Oslo, and the ARD International Music Competition in Munich.
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The recipient of the prestigious Canada Council and Chalmers Performing Arts grants, Measha Brueggergosman has been twice nominated for Juno Awards.
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Measha Brueggergosman won the 2008 Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral Performance for Surprise, recorded with Deutsche Grammophon, with whom she has an exclusive contract.
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Measha Brueggergosman has appeared as a "judge" on MuchMusic's Video on Trial and on Slice TV's Project Runway Canada.