Brian Parsons began his musical training at the Holland County Music School, Boston, Lincolnshire, UK.
He is a Graduate of the Royal College of Music and the RCM Opera School, London, where he studied with Bernard Roberts and Maria Donska (piano) and Frederick Sharp and Lyndon van der Pump (singing). He has also studied privately and in Masterclasses with Eric Vietheer, Eugenie Triguez, Geoffrey Parsons, Gerhardt Husch, Nadia Boulanger, Pierre Bernac, David Pollard and Sir Peter Pears.
He was a Finalist in the Richard Tauber Competition, the Royal Overseas League Competition and the National Federation of Music Societies Award for Male Singers.
Brian has sung in recital and concerts in festivals both at home and abroad including the Spitalfields, Norwich, Camden, Cuenca, Maggio Musicale and Athens Festivals with conductors including Jean-Claude Malgoire, Christoph Rousset, David Roblou, William Christie and Frantisek Vajnar.
He has broadcast for the BBC and French Radio and Television and featured as soloist in many recordings including the cantatas of Bernier and Martinu as well as contemporary works by Berio, Henze and Holliger. Brian was a member of the BBC Singers and is currently a member of the chamber music ensemble Insieme.
Equally at home on the operatic stage, Brian has sung for the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, English National Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Wexford Festival Opera, Aix en Provence Festival Opera and Opera 80 (now English Touring Opera) and more recently Venetian Opera and Bampton Classical Opera.
Brian is an active member of the Association of English Singers and Speakers and a Fellow of the Incorporated Society of Musicians.
