Biography

American countertenor Reginald Mobley is globally renowned for his purity of tone and deft interpretation of baroque, classical, and modern repertoire, leading an award-winning career on both sides of the Atlantic. His debut solo album Because released in June 2023 on Alpha Classics earned raves reviews, winning both the Opus Klassik and the Edison Klassiek, while also garnering a Grammy Award nomination. The Chicago Reader keenly heralded him as “Curator, musical code-switcher, YouTube sensation: Reginald Mobley is a countertenor for our time”

Highlights of his 2025–26 season include debuts with Grant Park Music Festival and newly minted Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero and The Cleveland Orchestra with Osmo Vänska, performing Orff Carmina Burana. He returns to Detroit Symphony Orchestra in the same oratorio under the baton of Music Director Jader Bignamini, which will be recorded on Pentatone. In December, he performs Handel’s Messiah in his debut with Houston Symphony and longtime collaborator Patrick Dupré Quigley; Pittsburgh Symphony with Music Director Manfred Honeck; Ancient Academy of Music and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, both under the baton of Laurence Cummings; and then on tour with Bach Collegium Japan with the luminary Masaaki Suzuki. In addition, he performs Bach’s Passions and Cantatas with Musica Angelica, Washington Bach Consort, Bach Collegium San Diego, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, and Dunedin Consort.

An advocate for diversity in music and its programming, Reginald became the first-ever Programming Consultant for the Handel and Haydn Society following several years of leading H&H in its community engagement concerts entitled Every Voice. He holds the position of Visiting Artist for Diversity Outreach with Apollo’s Fire and has served as Artistic Advisor at the Portland Baroque Orchestra. Reginald is also leading a research project in the United Kingdom funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to uncover music by composers from diverse backgrounds, currently working on the music of Charles Ignatius Sancho.