Rufus Wainwright
| Rufus Wainwright | |
|---|---|
Wainwright in 2010 at the Metropolitan Opera opening night of Das Rheingold
|
|
| Born |
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright July 22, 1973 Rhinebeck, New York, US |
| Spouse(s) | Jörn Weisbrodt (m. 2012) |
| Children | Viva Cohen |
| Relatives | Loudon Wainwright III |
| Musical career | |
| Origin | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Genres | Baroque pop, operatic pop, indie pop |
| Instruments |
|
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Labels |
Geffen Records DreamWorks Records |
| Website | www |
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born July 22, 1973) is an American-Canadiansinger-songwriter and composer. He has recorded seven albums of original music and numerous tracks on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also written a classical opera and set Shakespeare sonnets to music for a theater piece by Robert Wilson.
Wainwright was born in Rhinebeck, New York, to folk singers Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III. His parents divorced when he was three, and he lived with his mother in Montreal for most of his youth. His father is a descendant of Peter Stuyvesant, the 17th century Dutch governor of New Netherland, the later New York. Wainwright has dual US and Canadian citizenship. He attended high school at the Millbrook School in New York (which would later inspire his song "Millbrook"), and later briefly studied piano at McGill in Montreal. He began playing the piano at age six, and started touring at age 13 with "The McGarrigle Sisters and Family", a folk group featuring Rufus, his sister Martha, his mother Kate, and aunt Anna. His song "I'm a-Runnin'", which he performed in the film Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller at the age of 14, earned him a nomination for a 1989 Genie Award for Best Original Song. He was nominated for a 1990 Juno Award for Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year.
...
Wikipedia