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We've had a thrilling five days of Preliminary auditions at the Henry Wood Hall. Here are the Semi-finalists who will compete Wigmore Hall on 23rd April.

An exciting week for me and Francesca Lauri - we’re off to Oxford on Thursday to perform a programme of repertoire by exclusively female composers as part of the Retune Festival and then off to Burgh House on Sunday to perform a Cecilia Bartoli themed recital for Opera Prelude !!

Don't forget to book your The Ferrier Awards Semi-final tickets - we'll be Wigmore Hall on Wednesday 23rd April, starting at 1:30pm. Booking link: wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/20250…

✨ We are pleased to introduce the 2025 Kathleen Ferrier Awards Semi-finalists who will compete Wigmore Hall on Wednesday 23rd April ✨ Ellen Pearson, soprano and Francesca Lauri, piano 1/8

The new Jette Parker Artists aren’t formally announced yet (unless I missed it?) but they are listed in the RBO autumn programme. Congratulations Ellen Pearson, Sam Hird and Emir Lloyd Jones!

The Royal Opera ⁦Royal Ballet and Opera⁩ has announced the new Jette Parker Artists for 2025-27: soprano Hannah Edmunds, mezzo Ellen Pearson, tenors Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono, Giorgi Guliashvili and Emyr Lloyd Jones, baritone Sam Hird, director Talia Stern and conductor Giovanni Fanizza.

We're so proud of RCM student Sam Hird and recent alumna Ellen Pearson (Ellen Pearson) who have been selected as Royal Ballet and Opera Jette Parker Artists for 2025-27! 👏

The 2025 Ferrier Awards Finalists: Hector Bloggs, baritone Lily Mo Browne, mezzo-soprano Ayane Nakajima, piano Philippe Durrant, tenor Bethany Reeves, piano Seohyun Go, soprano Ellen Pearson, mezzo-soprano Francesca Lauri, piano Zheng Jiang, countertenor Yihan Zhao, piano

The results are in! The 2025 Ferrier Awards First Prize: Lily Mo Browne, mezzo-soprano Second Prize: Philippe Durrant, tenor Ferrier Loveday Song Prize: Ellen Pearson, mezzo-soprano @helpmusicians Accompanist's Prize: Francesca Lauri, piano Congratulations!

At the 2025 ⁦⁦The Ferrier Awards⁩, first prize went to the mezzo Lily Mo Browne and second to the tenor Philippe Durrant; the Ferrier Loveday Song Prize went to the mezzo Ellen Pearson and the Help Musicians Accompanist's Prize to Francesca Lauri.

2025 @ferrierawards Winners - after the presentation of prizes Wigmore Hall L-R Francesca Lauri, piano - @helpmusicians Accompanist's Prize Ellen Pearson, mezzo-soprano - Ferrier Loveday Song Prize Philippe Durrant, tenor - 2nd Prize Lily Mo Browne, mezzo-soprano - 1st Prize

Wonderful to see all four prizes at the 2025 Kathleen Ferrier Awards awarded to Royal College of Music musicians. 👏 Huge congratulations to all! 🎉 Lily Mo Browne Ellen Pearson Philippe Durrant The Ferrier Awards

I’m BEYOND excited to head off to Verbier Festival this summer to join the Atélier Lyrique with lots of great friends and to play the role of La Ciesca in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, with THE Bryn Terfel playing Gianni Schicchi 😍

Did the composers of these operatic classics specify a desired voice type? We also can't wait to catch up with Ellen about her success at the @ferrierawards last month! #classicalmusic #classical operaprelude.org/regional-event…

Looking forward to my lecture recital entitled “The Eternal War Between Sopranos and Mezzo-Sopranos” with George Ireland for Opera Prelude on the 16th May, 11am-1pm at the Christ Church Centre in Henley. There will be lots of opera gossip and dismantling of the fach system!

Off to Paris this weekend for a recital Salle Cortot tomorrow with the Wigmore Hall French Song Exchange! I’m very excited to perform Ravel’s Cinq Mélodies Populaires Grecques, Tarantelle by Bizet and Duparc’s incredible duet La Fuite with Harun Tekin! 🇫🇷

Come along to Lewes Festival of Song on 29th June at 1pm, Archie Bonham and I are performing a wonderful programme exploring childhood and youth!

And with that, the Wigmore Hall French Song Exchange is finished! What a wonderful experience to work with and learn from Sebastian Wybrew, François Le Roux and Felicity Lott. (As well as of course my wonderfully talented colleagues!)

It was an absolute privilege to perform an entirely new recital with the incredible Archie Bonham today for the lovely Nancy Cooley at Lewes Festival of Song on the weekend. We were so delighted to have the wonderful Dame Felicity Lott and Louise Winter in the audience! 🌸🐞