Piran Legg

Piran Legg is now in his second year of a postgraduate Artist Masters in Vocal performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, studying with David Pollard. He has been involved in concert and staged performances with the School's Opera Ensemble, taking part in scenes from operas such as Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, Rigoletto, The Barber of Seville and L'elisir d’amore, as well as exploring the world of musical theatre. Performing songs by Brahms, Fauré, Strauss, Schumann, Wolf and Barber in a number of concerts and masterclasses, he has worked with such acclaimed song experts as Graham Johnson, Graham Cox and Martin Katz. It was also exciting for him to perform in concert at Guildhall with Eugene Asti at the piano.

He has performed as a soloist with Mark Deller and the Ashford Choral Society in works including Handel's Israel in Egypt, Bach's Magnificat, Haydn's Harmoniemesse, Purcell's Hail Bright Cecilia and King Arthur in Montreuil sur Mer. Recent performances number among them, Handel’s Messiah, Mozart's Requiem, Stravinsky's Les Noces in Paris and Rouen Opera and Brahms' Requiem as part of the Stour Festival.

Piran will be baritone soloist in Cicadus, a new oratorio composed by Edward Rushton in November, in collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra. In October Piran will be performing Schumann’s Myrthen in the Oxford Lieder Festival, and he is also looking forward to performing the songs of Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich on the barbican stage in January as well as the Mozart Requiem in Canterbury Cathedral in the Spring. Sir John Tomlinson selected Piran to work with him in this year's week-long London Masterclasses at the Royal Academy of Music, which proved to be a great experience, and he has also taken part in classes with soprano Nelly Miriciou and tenor Graham Clarke.

Whilst studying for his degree in History at the University of Kent, Piran also performed as a soloist in many recitals and concerts around the South East, and he was awarded both the University of Kent Music Prize and the Canterbury Festival Prize.