Winner of the 2022 Junior Kathleen Ferrier Competition, London-Irish tenor Hugo Brady studies at the Royal College of Music, under the tutelage of Russell Smythe, as the Victor and Lilian Hochhauser Scholar. He is also a supported by the Josephine Baker Trust, and is a Samling Artist and an Oxford Song Young Artist.
Brady began singing aged eight, as a member of the Royal Opera House’s Youth Opera Company, singing in the children’s choruses of operatic favourites such as La bohème and Carmen. Since then, Brady has studied at the Centre for Young Musicians, winning first prize at both the New Talent British International Youth Music Competition and the Louis Watt Memorial Competition during his time there. He was most recently awarded the Prix de l’Académie de la ville de Ciboure at the Festival Ravel in Saint-Jean-de-Luz.
As a tenor, he has appeared with Nevill Holt Opera and the Manchester Camerata, at the Aldeburgh Festival and at Barbican Hall with the LSSO. Performing with the ensemble most recently at the Wigmore Hall, Brady is also an Associate Artist of The Mozartists. He has appeared in masterclasses with Sir Thomas Allen, Bernarda Fink, Roderick Williams and Véronique Gens, among others. For Brunswick Vocal Arts, he has recently performed a recital with pianist Simon Lepper. In 2024-25, Brady becomes an Oxford Song Young Artist, performing in recitals and masterclasses throughout the festivals, alongside artists such as Sarah Connolly and Graham Johnson.
