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"How exceptional, how refreshing it is to meet with a singer whose whole artistic approach, i.e. voice quality, articulation and interpretation , are geared to the composer´s intent."
"Borg has a strong bass voice, which escalates into a deep baritone as required and adapts to all kinds of emotional expression"
The Times´s review of Borg´s Wigmore Hall recital in 1959
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The Finnish bass Kim Borg (1919 - 2000) was one of the great singers of the 20th century who - at least in my opinion - has not got the kind of international recognition that he deserves.
After having graduated from the Helsinki University of Technology with a degree in chemical engineering, Borg decided to embark on a career in music. He studied voice and music at the Sibelius Academy in 1948 - 1949. Later he also studied with the famous Russian singer Adelaide von Skilondz in Stockholm and Magnus Andersen in Copenhagen.
Borg gave his first recitals in Helsinki and Stockholm in 1947. His breakthrough as opera singer was as Gremin in Tchaikovsky´s Yevgeni Onegin at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen in 1952. The success at the Royal Theatre kicked off Borg´s international career, which took him to six continents and nearly 30 opera houses, including the Metropolitian, the Vienna, Bavaria and Hamburg State Operas and the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
Borg retired from stage in 1980. From 1972 to 1989 he was a professor at the Royal Danish Conservatory of Music in Copenhagen.
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