Leandros Taliotis (WG 1993)
Leandros Taliotis, an internationally acclaimed operatic baritone based in the UK, is set to perform Mussorgsky's powerful and haunting song cycle Songs and Dances of Death with the Brent Symphony Orchestra on 14 November at St Martin's Church, Kensal Rise.
After reading Music as a choral scholar at Cambridge University, Leandros won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music and later trained at Flanders Opera Studio. Since then, he has built an impressive international career, appearing as both an operatic and concert soloist across Europe and beyond.
Leandros has performed with companies including Deutsche Oper am Rhein, De Vlaamse Opera and Teatro Rendano, and has appeared in leading roles such as Zurga in The Pearl Fishers, Germont in La Traviata and Belcore in L'elisir d'amore. Recent performances include Alfio in Cavalleria Rusticana with St Albans Chamber Opera and Mahler's Songs of a Wayfarer with the Brent Symphony Orchestra.
The forthcoming concert will see Leandros reunite with conductor Lev Parikian for a performance of one of Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky's most dramatic and evocative works.
We wish Leandros every success for what promises to be a compelling autumn performance.