Baritone

Born in Hong Kong in 1983, Adrian read mathematics and philosophy at Cambridge before studying for Master’s degrees in Historical Performance from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. He is currently working towards a PhD on 17th-century sacred music in Rome at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

Adrian was a member of the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea from 2007 to 2023, and deputises at St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, and Westminster Cathedral. He also works with groups including the Academy of Ancient Music, the BBC Singers, the Brabant Ensemble, Chamber Choir Ireland, the English Concert, English Voices, Ex Cathedra, EXAUDI, Hanover Band, La Serenissima, London Voices, Oxford Camerata, Philharmonia Voices, Polyphony, and Tenebrae.

He has performed in many prestigious venues and festivals across the world, including the Royal Albert Hall, Wigmore Hall, St John’s Smith Square, Kings Place, the Royal Festival Hall, the London Handel Festival, the Aldeburgh Festival, Symphony Hall in Birmingham, the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, the Salle Pleyel in Paris, the Berliner Philharmonie, the Palau de la Música in Barcelona, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, the Philharmonie in Paris, the Rheingau Festival in Germany, and the Hong Kong Cultural Centre.

Adrian is equally at home in recitals, and is a keen proponent of music of all ages and styles. He was a soloist in the world and UK premieres of Michael Finnissy’s oratorio Remembrance Day (2014), and has worked with composers Zad Moultaka and Roque Rivas at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence; he also collaborated with recorder ensemble Consortium5 in the world premiere of Robert Fokkens’s Pentecost.

Adrian also has a great deal of stage experience, including opera performances in London, Rome, Paris, Aix-en-Provence, Köln, and Lille. Particular highlights have included performing the role of Count Almaviva in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro (Fitz Opera, Cambridge), the theatre project Ars moriendi in Switzerland, France, and Germany, and appearing as a soloist in the world premiere of Stockhausen’s opera Mittwoch aus Licht in 2012.

Adrian made his solo debut at the BBC Proms in 2013, as Ex Cathedra repeated its acclaimed performance of Welt-Parlament from Stockhausen’s Mittwoch aus Licht.

He has also made numerous recordings, including: