Edward Grint

Hailed as ‘hugely impressive’ by the Independent, British bass‑baritone Edward Grint is widely acknowledged as a leading voice in Baroque repertoire. Current and future engagements include MELISSO Alcina Royal Ballet and Opera, SENECA L’incoronazione di Poppea on tour with Capella Mediterranea (Leonardo García Alarcón), Mozart Mass in C minor Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Bach concerts Netherlands Bach Society and Rene Jacobs, RATCLIFFE Billy Budd Enescu Festival Bucharest, POLYPHEMUS Acis and Galatea Early Opera Company (Christian Curnyn), Nelson Mass Singapore Symphony Orchestra, his debut with The English Concert and Harry Bickett at the Wigmore Hall, tours with Gesualdo Madrigals Les Arts Florissant, Bach Cantatas Collegium Vocale Gent, and Handel’s Messiah London Handel Festival.

Past concert projects have included ABNER in Handel’s Athalia Halle Händelfestspiele, Acis & Galatea and Acteon Early Opera Company, Messiah Irish Baroque Orchestra and The Hanover Band, a programme of Baroque music at the Wigmore Hall for La Nuova Musica, and JUPITER Castor et Pollux Early Opera Company at Opéra de Tours. Important past operatic engagements have included Was frag ich nach der Welt, a staged production of Bach Cantatas Schwetzingen Winter Festival, ARCAS Iphigenie en Aulide Theater an der Wien, ADONIS Venus and Adonis, AENEAS Dido and Aeneas Innsbruck Festival, and TEOBALDO Faramondo Göttingen Händel Festival.

Edward Grint is a sought-after performer of the baroque repertoire and works with The King’s Consort, London Mozart Players, Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, Royal Choral Society, City of London Choir, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Gabrieli consort, Dunedin Consort, Banquet Celeste, The King’s Consort, and Oxford Bach Choir. Venues have included Salzburger Festspiele, Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Paris Philharmonie, Aix-en-Provence, Opéra de Avignon, Concertgebouw, Cadogan Hall, Buxton Festival, and Three Choirs festival.

Edward studied at King’s College, Cambridge and at the Royal College of Music. He is a prizewinner of the Cesti Competition Innsbruck and the London Handel Competition.