BIOGRAPHY

Julian Chou-Lambert is an award-winning baritone based in London. A versatile artist, his range of repertoire and stage experience includes opera, oratorio, art song, contemporary, early music, jazz and electronic styles. He is a DEBUT Horizon Artist, a Pegasus Opera Mentee, and is also training at Identity School of Acting.

On the opera stage, Julian recently made his Welsh debut as Papageno in The Magic Flute at Rhosygilwen Manor, directed by Rebecca Marine, and created the role of Boris Johnson in Cummings & Goerings for Tête à Tête opera festival, directed by Sophie Daneman. He also created the role of Mr. Bear in Joanna Lee’s Peace at Last for OperaUpClose, a role he was due to to perform at English National Opera (postponed due to COV-19). Other roles include Papageno Die Zauberflöte for Berlin Opernfest, the dual roles of King Hildebrand & Mr. North Wind in Dove's The Enchanted Pig for Hampstead Garden Opera, Papageno The Magic Flute for Opera at Bearwood, Nardo La Finta Giardiniera for Hand Made Opera, and Marco Gianni Schicchi for Cambridge Summer Music Festival. Passionate about new music, he has created the roles of Abel in Cain & Abel by Piers Connor Kennedy for Opera Xylem, Maxentius Sursum Corda by Benjamin Cox for Cambridge University Opera Society, and Sweeper of Dreams in his own work The Lingerer for the ENO mini-opera competition finals. He has also played Figaro Barber, Malatesta Don Pasquale, Harlekin Ariadne, Steward Flight, Ipparco L'Egisto and Il Conte Figaro, for RAM opera scenes in London and Italy.

Concert highlights include Orff Carmina Burana at both Fairfields Hall and Saffron Hall, Bach St. John Passion at Ely Cathedral, Haydn Nelson Mass and Beethoven Mass in C with the Brandenburg Sinfonia, Haydn The Seasons at Dartington Hall, Bach Christmas Oratorio with the Royal Leamington Spa Bach Choir, Purcell Come Ye Sons of Art, Bach Magnificat & Charpentier Te Deum with Charivari Agréable, Bach B Minor Mass at the Sheldonian, Oxford, and Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs and Liszt Die Seligkeiten with Trinity Choir and Stephen Layton.

Art song is a key part of Julian’s musical life as a performer and composer. He recently collaborated with CHROMA Ensemble for new song workshops, sang for a masterclass with Phillip Moll in Berlin, and recorded Euchar Gravina's Maltese song-cycle for baritone and trombone Iż-żmien hekk jagħmel (The footprint of time). He has given recitals including Schumann Liederkreis Op. 24, Dichterliebe, Finzi Let us Garlands Bring and Debussy Romances at the Royal Academy of Music, Schumann Liederkreis Op. 38 and Fauré Mirages for Trinity College Music Society, and his own song cycle Sommerlied und Winterleid for Pembroke College Music Society and DEBUT Horizon.

Jazz singing engagements began when Julian sang with the Cambridge University Jazz Orchestra for two years, winning a gold medal at the National Big Band competition. At Cambridge, he founded and directed the Jules Chou-Lambert Quartet, featuring top young jazz musicians including Tom Millar, Liam Dunachie and Misha Mullov-Abbado. He continued his training with Nia Lynn at the Royal Academy of Music, where he sang regularly with the Royal Academy big band. He has recorded vocals for Felt Music studio in London, won acclaim for performances in Back to Basie and Songs from the Silver Screen with Keith Nichols and the RAM big band and Powerhouse! at the Grove Park Music Festival, and premiered new songs in Protest! for the Art of Chaos Festival at Shoreditch Town Hall.

Julian’s musical life began as a chorister in the renowned Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. He returned to Cambridge as a choral scholar and senior scholar at Trinity College, graduating with a first class degree in Music and a MusB in vocal performance and music psychology. He continued his training at the Royal Academy of Music, studying with Glenville Hargreaves and Audrey Hyland, where he completed a Masters with Distinction in vocal performance, with support from the Kathleen, Aspinwall and Josephine Baker Trusts. He has participated in masterclasses with Sir Thomas Allen, Phillip Moll and Dame Felicity Lott.