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Louise Alder will make her Met Opera debut later this year, Claire Barnett-Jones makes her Bayerische Staatsoper debut and Helen Sherman makes her role debut as Rosina in 'Il barbiere di Siviglia' with Opera Australia at Sydney Opera House.
Friends of Samling Artist Emma Kerr, who died in 2021, are organising concerts in London and Edinburgh in her memory and to launch the Emma Kerr Classical Singing Award. We also have news of how you can vote for Samling Artists in the BBC Music Magazine Awards and our usual round-up of opera, song, competitions and recordings.
We began 2025 with the exciting news that our founding Artistic and Executive Director Karon Wright was awarded an MBE for services to music in the King’s New Year Honours list.
Karon Wright, the founding Executive and Artistic Director of Samling Institute has been recognised in the King’s New Year Honours with an MBE.
In October, we welcomed our 2024/25 cohort of young singers to Samling Academy for six intensive days of masterclasses and workshops, ending with a sold-out concert at The Glasshouse.
Superstar Italian soprano Barbara Frittoli joined us to lead the Samling Artist Programme for the first time, alongside Samling regulars pianist Caroline Dowdle and actor James Garnon.
We end the year with major awards for pianist Ella O'Neill and soprano Lucy Crowe, new recordings for Christmas and beyond and a round-up of Samling Artists appearing in the critics' top-picks of albums released this year.
The first project to be supported by Samling and Song receives its premiere, an acclaimed debut album for Nardus Williams and Samling Artists appearing in the North East with Opera North, Royal Northern Sinfonia and Cleveland Philharmonic Choir.
Shakira Tsindos and Lana Bode become our second Samling and Song duo, Jong Sun Woo and Joël Terrin win prizes together in the Wigmore Hall/Bollinger International Song Competition and exciting performance news from our Samling Artists around the world.
Two of our most recent initiatives – ‘Samling Singing Schools’ and ‘Samling and Song’ – kickstart a busy autumn programme.