Welsh bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel has been moving audiences worldwide with the qualities of his mighty voice and his insightful artistry for more than three decades.

With a repertoire that ranges from opera and sacred music to Lieder and musical theatre, he has cultivated a peerless degree of stylistic versatility over the years. In the latest of many honours bestowed on him, he was invited to perform at the coronation service for King Charles III on 6 May 2023 and at the Coronation Concert in the grounds of Windsor Castle on 7 May, making him the only artist to appear at both events. During the service he joined the Choir of Westminster Abbey in singing Paul Mealor’s beautiful Coronation Kyrie, the first Welsh-language work ever to be performed at a coronation. At the concert the following day, meanwhile, he and tenor Andrea Bocelli gave a heartfelt rendition of “You’ll Never Walk Alone” from Carousel.  In 2024, he will celebrate his 30th anniversary as an exclusive DG artist.

Terfel was born in North Wales in 1965. After studies at London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama, he attracted international attention in 1989 when he won the Lieder prize at the Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. The following year he made his professional operatic debut as Guglielmo in Così fan tutte for Welsh National Opera. His career gathered momentum in 1991 with significant debuts as Mozart’s Figaro at English National Opera and in the US for Santa Fe Opera; it took off at the Salzburg Festival in 1992 with an outstanding performance as Jochanaan in Salome and an equally impressive debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, as Masetto in Don Giovanni.

Since then, his operatic repertoire has grown to encompass the title roles in Boris Godunov, Der fliegende Holländer, Falstaff and Gianni Schicchi; Wotan in Das Rheingold and Die Walküre; Méphistophélès in Faust; the four villains in Les contes d’Hoffmann; Balstrode in Peter Grimes; Wolfram in Tannhäuser; Nick Shadow in The Rake’s Progress; and Scarpia in Tosca, among others. He has also made extremely successful forays into the world of musicals, starring to huge acclaim in both Sweeney Todd and Fiddler on the Roof.

Sir Bryn is equally at home on the concert platform, highlights of his long and varied career including the Wales Millennium Centre’s opening ceremony; the Last Night of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall; a gala concert with Andrea Bocelli in Central Park, New York; and a Christmas concert streamed live from Brecon Cathedral as part of the Met Stars Live in Concert series.

Terfel signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon in 1993 and sang the title role in Le nozze di Figaro under John Eliot Gardiner for his first (Archiv) recording. His debut DG solo release was an album of Schubert songs recorded with Malcolm Martineau in 1994, while English song supplied the repertoire for his second, The Vagabond. These were followed by Opera Arias, Something Wonderful, a collection of hit songs by Rodgers and Hammerstein, and If Ever I Would Leave You, an album of Broadway songs.

His DG discography continued to grow with such diverse releases as We’ll Keep a Welcome, Bryn Terfel Sings Favourites, Simple Gifts, Silent Noon, Tutto Mozart!, Bad Boys and Homeward Bound. Terfel’s opera recordings include a Ring cycle (Metropolitan Opera production), Der fliegende Holländer (from Opernhaus Zürich) and Don Giovanni (La Scala). Two recent releases on DG’s Verbier Festival Gold label feature live recordings from Verbier: a 2011 recital of songs by Schubert, Schumann, Ibert and Quilter, and a 2016 semi-staged performance of Falstaff.  

His latest recording is Sea Songs, a collection of sea shanties, sailor songs and maritime folk tunes from around the world. He is joined on the album by a remarkable line-up of guest artists, including Sting, Eve Goodman, Sir Simon Keenlyside, Hannah Stone, Calan and Fisherman’s Friends. With tracks including ‘Ar lan y môr’, ‘The Green Willow Tree’, ‘Drunken Sailor’, ‘Sloop John B’, ‘The Wellerman’ and many more, Sea Songs was released in February 2024.  

Sir Bryn has won numerous Grammys, Classical Brits and Gramophone awards. In 2003, he was made a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) for services to opera; in 2006 he became the second recipient of the Queen’s Medal for Music; and in 2017 received a knighthood for services to music. In February 2022 he was named a Kammersänger – an honour bestowed by the Austrian government for his services to the Wiener Staatsoper. A passionate advocate for music education and for his native language and culture, he has recently launched a new foundation in partnership with the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. Cronfa Syr Bryn Terfel will offer scholarships and bursaries; support projects and commissions that celebrate the Welsh language and culture; and establish a new biennial international song competition in which students will sing at least one song in Welsh and one in their own language.

Hannah Stone, former Harpist to HRH the Prince of Wales, has enjoyed a distinguished career performing at prestigious venues and events worldwide.

Recent highlights include performances with Bryn Terfel at the Tanglewood Festival and Staatsoper Hamburg. She has also given recitals in Toronto, Vancouver, Italy, the Verbier Festival, Tokyo and Melbourne.

Hannah’s international performances include guest appearances with orchestras such as the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Sinfonia Cymru, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra and Borusan Philharmonic Orchestra in Istanbul. Notable past performances include the NATO Conference Dinner at Cardiff Castle, where she played for delegates including former US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former UK Prime Minister David Cameron, as well as during the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee tour of Wales.

Her broadcast work features appearances on Bryn Terfel’s Christmas, Carols from Llandudno, Noson Lawen and Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol for S4C, as well as In Tune for BBC Radio 3. She also contributed to Catrin Finch’s Lullabies album, recorded on the Deutsche Grammophon label.

Hannah has premiered significant works such as St Asaph’s Dance by Karl Jenkins and Amaterasu by Gareth Glyn at the North Wales International Music Festival. She has performed at renowned festivals and venues including the Edinburgh International Festival, Litchfield Festival, Kings Lynn Festival, Kings Place in London, and the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace.

A prize-winning harpist, Hannah has received accolades from prestigious competitions including the Franz Joseph Reinl Competition in Vienna, the Camac Harp Competition in London, and the International Harp Competition in Caernarfon. She was also a National and International Eisteddfod winner.

Hannah completed her studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, earning both her B.Mus. and M.Mus. degrees. She furthered her education with an Erasmus Exchange at the Universitat Mozarteum in Salzburg, studying under Professor Helga Storck. She later returned to Wales to study at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, supported by the Victor Salvi Scholarship.

Pronounced a ‘real talent’ by the Wall Street Journal and finalist for Limelight’s 2024 Artist of the Year, ARIA Award-nominated Australian pianist Andrea Lam has thrilled audiences from Carnegie Hall to the Sydney Opera House with works from Bach, Chopin, Mozart and Schumann to Aaron Jay Kernis, Liliya Ugay and Nigel Westlake.

Making her orchestral debut at age 13 with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Andrea has performed with leading conductors including Sir Donald Runnicles, Alan Gilbert, Eivind Aadland, Michael Christie, Wing-sie Yip and Simone Young, and frequently collaborates with artists including cellist Matt Haimovitz, the Takács Quartet, Ani Kavafian and the Australian String Quartet.

Andrea featured in the Sydney Opera House’s International Piano Day 2020 and 2022 livestreams, New York City’s Chelsea Music Festival (including the world premiere of The Clarke Variations by Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade) and the Smithsonian Museum (Washington, DC). Andrea also performed at private birthday celebrations for actor Natalie Portman. Recent highlights include engagements with the Sydney, Melbourne, Tasmanian and Adelaide Symphony Orchestras, a critically acclaimed national tour of Bach’s Goldberg Variations for Musica Viva Australia and recitals for Sydney Opera House’s Utzon Music Series, the 2023 ABC Classic 100 concert and Adelaide Festival including the world premiere performances of Ngapa William Cooper with music by Nigel Westlake and Lior.

In 2025, Andrea headlined the ABC’s new television series The Piano, watched by over one million viewers each week, alongside Harry Connick Jr. and doyenne of Australian media, Amanda Keller. Andrea also enjoys soloist engagements with the Sydney, Melbourne and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras with renowned conductors including Simone Young, Jaime Martín and Benjamin Northey, and as soloist at the Grand Teton Music Festival (USA) at the invitation of Sir Donald Runnicles. Andrea performed in the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Myer Music Bowl series before an audience of 8,000 and returned for Classic 100 concerts at Arts Centre Melbourne with the MSO, broadcast on ABC iView. She performs in chamber concerts with the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, Australia Ensemble at UNSW and the Goldner Quartet, and plays in regional festivals such as the Four Winds Easter Festival, where Andrea takes on the dual role of Artistic Curator and performer.

In May 2025, ABC Classics released Andrea’s new solo album, Piano Diary, remaining for weeks at #1 on the ARIA Classical and Classical/Crossover charts, and selected as featured album on both ABC Classic and Fine Music FM.

Lecturer in Piano at Melbourne Conservatorium of Music (University of Melbourne) and board director of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), Andrea was a semi-finalist in the 2009 Van Cliburn Competition, Silver Medalist in the 2009 San Antonio Piano Competition, winner of the ABC's Young Performer of the Year Award in the Keyboard section and the Yale Woolsey Hall Competition. Andrea holds a Bachelor of Music from the Manhattan School of Music and Artist Diploma and Master of Music from Yale University.