Kieran White

Bach: B Minor Mass
St George's, Bristol
Saturday 28 January 2017

Kieran White KIERAN WHITE (Ternor) The English tenor, Kieran White, studied at Wells Cathedral School and is currently studying his Masters at the Royal Academy of Music under the tutelage of Dr. Neil Mackie and Iain Ledingham. He is a Kohn Foundation Bach Cantata Soloist.

Formerly Kieran was a chorister at Wells Cathedral. While singing as a treble Kieran attained a place as one of the four finalists in BBC Radio 2's Young Chorister of the Year two years running. In his last year as a chorister Kieran sang on the boys production of Britten's Missa Brevis as the featured soloist.

He enjoys performing on the concert platform and highlights include Benjamin Britten's A Birthday Hansel, Tenor and Harp at the Royal Academy of Music and Ian Venable's On the Wings of Love, Tenor, Piano and Clarinet at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Kieran is passionate about baroque music and particularly Bach's Evangelist. He has performed Bach's St John Passion in King's College London Chapel and Bach's St Matthew Passion Morley College, Bach's Cantata 62 & 63 and Rachmaninov's Vespers in Glasgow Cathedral, Bach's Christmas Oratorio, Monteverdi's Vespers and David Brigg's Requiem and Charpentier's Te deum in Truro Cathedral, Carl Orff's Carmina Burana in City Halls Glasgow, Handel's Messiah in Trinity College Dublin.

On the operatic platform roles include Renaud in Armide by Lully with Woodhouse Opera, Florville in Il Signor Bruschino, Bertrando in L'inganno Felice and Edoardo in La Cambiale di Matrimonio by Rossini with Raucous Rossini, Ferrando in Così Fan Tutte by Mozart with Opera dei Lumi, Alfredo in Die Fledermaus by Strauss with Edinburgh Studio Opera, Steuermann in Der Fliegende Höllander by Wagner with Focus Opera, Corridon in Acis and Galatea by Handel with Music of the Spheres and Glasgow Opera conducted by John Butt. He has also sung in the Chorus at Dorset Opera appearing in seven years of productions. Future Highlights include his debut performing with Amsterdam Baroque and Count Alberto in L'occasione fa il ladro by Rossini with Raucous Rossini.

Kieran is very grateful for the support from the Kathleen Trust, Sir Richard Stapeley Trust, William Gibbs Educational Trust, Sherborne Music Festival and Dr. Simon Groves.