“A gripping communicator and charismatic musician” (Gramophone), Haitham Haidar is a Lebanese-Palestinian Canadian tenor highly sought out for his “arresting warmth and lyricism” (Music Web International) and “memorably warm tone” (Gramophone). Haitham’s debut solo album, Zaytoun, which explores the intersectionalities of Baroque and Arabic music alongside poetry and musical improvisations, was JUNO® nominated for Classical Album of the Year: Solo Artist, picked as BBC Music’s Vocal Choice of the Month in October 2025, and praised as “exquisitely beautiful and inherently melancholic” (Gramophone). Haitham also appears on multiple Grammy® nominated albums, including as a featured vocalist on Conspirare’s House of Belonging.

Haitham has performed as a soloist at the Morgenland Music Festival in Osnabrück, as the Evangelist in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with Seattle Bach Festival, as Matthew in Considering Matthew Shepard at ACDA Northwestern, and with groups like Conspirare and Seraphic Fire. He has also been tenor soloist in Handel’s Messiah with Newfoundland Symphony, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Arion Baroque Orchestra, and Spire Vocal Ensemble. Recently, he appeared as the Evangelist in Bach’s St. John Passion with the Choir of A&P in Montreal, will do so again with Cantata Collective and Nicholas McGegan in June, and will sing as the Shepherd in Early Music Vancouver’s Orfeo in July.

Haitham is a member of Kaleidoscope Vocal Ensemble, a group that unites music excellence and diversity while offering highly educational and practical experiences to students from middle school to graduate school. KVE launched the first inaugural Kaleidoscope Vocal Academy in 2025 and the group looks forward to this growing educational program.

Haitham’s approach to performance has always been humanity first. Being an Arab immigrant in North America comes with its unique set of oppressive challenges and it is because of that and what he sees around him in the field, that he aims to touch people’s hearts with music and compassion and make change in the world the best way he knows how. Haitham is a graduate of Yale's Institute of Sacred Music, McGill's Schulich School of Music, and the University of British Columbia and currently resides in Montreal, Quebec.