Guildhall School of Music & Drama has announced the finalists for its 2025 Gold Medal competition, the institution’s most prestigious prize for musicians. The final is set to take place on Thursday, May 8 at Barbican Hall. This year’s finalists are Manon Ogwen Parry (soprano), Redmond Sanders (baritone), and Seohyun Go (soprano). Parry will be accompanied by pianist Zany Denyer {…}
(Photo credit: David Monteith-Hodge) The Guildhall School of Music & Drama releases its spring 2025 season. For the purposes of this article only classical voice events are included. Tenor Alessandro Fisher serves as soloist in a new version of Ian Venables’ “Venetian Songs, Love’s Voice.” Matthew Lynch conducts. Performance Dates: January 14, 2025 Eclectic Voices and Guildhall soloist soprano Biqing {…}
(Photo credit: Vikram Kushwar) Guildhall School of Music & Drama has announced that Dr. Toby Young has been selected to receive a Future Leaders Fellowship, awarded by UKRI (UK Research & Innovation). The fellowship provides a grant of £1.4 million, the largest research-related funding award Guildhall School has received to date. This funding goes directly towards Dr. Young’s research project {…}
Classical Pride has announced its five-day festival for Pride 2024. Tenor Nicky Spence and “RuPaul’s Drag Race’s” Monet X Change and Thorgy Thor, among other queens, kick off the celebration with “Classical Drag.” This crossover event features drag performances of arias from “Carmen,” “Turandot,” “Tosca,” and more. Following this, the Fourth Choir, conducted by Nicholas Chalmers presents works by Benjamin {…}
The Guildhall School of Music & Drama in the U.K. has announced that it will stream a performance of “The Little Green Swallow” this summer. The opera by Jonathan Dove and Adam Pollock is an adaptation of the Carlo Gozzi fable and will be directed by Martin Lloyd-Evans. Dominic Wheeler conducts the production which will be designed by Dick Bird {…}