Luke Terence Scott (1994)

| United Kingdom

Baritone

Accompanist | Justas Čeponis

Luke Terence Scott is a Scottish baritone who has recently graduated with a Masters of Music in Opera from the Sibelius Academy under the tutelage of Hannu Niemelä. Scott is also an alumnus of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Royal Northern College of Music. Scott’s operatic roles include the world debut of Borys Slykovtich in Uljas Pulkkis’s opera All the Truths We Cannot See performed both in Helsinki and Los Angeles, David ("L’amico’s Fritz"), Sid ("Albert’s Herring"), Guglielmo ("Così fan tutte"). On the concert and competition stages, Scott was most recently heard at the Palais Garnier in France, where he was a finalist in the 7th edition of the Paris Opera Competition. He has sung as a soloist for Sinfonia Lahti, Buxton International Festival, London Symphony Orchestra’s Community Choir and Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra. Throughout his career so far and whilst being a Young Artist at Buxton International Festival, he has had the pleasure of working with conductors such as Markus Lehtinen, Adrian Kelly, Stephen Barlow, Nickolas Kok, Chloé Dufresne and Pierre-Michel Durand amongst others. Scott has participated in Masterclasses with Patrick Fournillier, Jorma Hynninen, Soile Isokoski, Juha Uusitalo, Kevin Murphy, Kamal Khan, Sir Mark Elder, Sir John Tomlinson and Roderick Williams OBE. Scott is proud to have had his studies and career generously supported by the Finnish National Opera foundation, Taike, the Martin Wegelius Foundation, Selim Eskelin Foundation, Oopperan Kummit RY, the Scottish International Education Trust, the Caird Trust and the Leverhulme Trust.