Dawn Upshaw

Dawn Upshaw
Born (1960-07-17) July 17, 1960 (age 64)
Nashville, Tennessee, US
GenresClassical
InstrumentVocals
Years active1984–present

Dawn Upshaw (born July 17, 1960) is an American soprano. She is the recipient of several Grammy Awards and has released a number of Edison Award-winning discs; she performs both opera and art song, and her repertoire spans Baroque to contemporary. Many composers, including Henri Dutilleux, Osvaldo Golijov, John Harbison, Esa-Pekka Salonen, John Adams, and Kaija Saariaho, have written for her. In 2007, she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.[1]