tHE VOICE OF HIS GENERATION
Praised for his "extraordinary stage presence" and "sublimely melodic voice", Alexander Simpson is a versatile young countertenor who has taken the opera world by storm. From his recent performances to his numerous scholarship awards, Simpson is making a name for himself as an exceptional talent and has been earmarked as “The voice of his generation”.
Recent operatic roles include Nireno Giulio Cesare (English Touring Opera), Cowslip Fairy Queen (Waterperry Opera Festival), Athamas Semele (Royal Academy of Music), Arsace Partenope (Iford Arts Festival), Arcane Teseo (London Handel Festival), Refugee Flight (Royal Academy Opera), Lilas Pastia Carmen (Royal Academy Opera) and Juno Semele (Cambridge University Opera Society).
Alexander won awarded the prestigious Accademia Vivaldi Scholarship at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in April and the Silver Medal in the 4th Manhattan International Music Competition. He won the Rosenblatt Recitals Singing Prize in 2016 and is currently collaborating with ArtHouse Jersey.
ONE OF OPERA’S RISING STARS
He has a particularly keen interest in the works of JS Bach and was a Runner-up in the London Bach Society’s Bach Singers Prize 2017. He is a scholar of the prestigious Royal Academy of Music/Kohn Foundation Bach series and has worked with some of the world’s leading baroque musicians. He appears regularly as a soloist for JS Bach’s St. John Passion (BWV 245), St Matthew Passion (BWV 244), Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248), Easter Oratorio (BWV 249), Ascension Oratorio (BWV 11) and many cantatas, including BWV 170, 82, 54, 53 and 169.
Alexander read Music at St John’s College, Cambridge where he was a choral scholar under Andrew Nethsingha. He went on to the Royal Academy of Music where he was awarded a full scholarship and graduated with a DipRAM for an outstanding final recital. He completed two more years with Royal Academy Opera and studied with Michael Chance, Caitlin Hulcup and Anna Tilbrook.
Alexander is a grateful recipient of the ABRSM Scholarship Award, the Violet Irene Strutton Award, the Philip Hattey Scholarship, the Leverhulme Trust Postgraduate Scholarship, the Steel Trust Award and the Steel Trust Award.
