Soloists

Ruairi Bowen
A graduate of King’s College, Cambridge, Ruairi Bowen has collaborated with conductors including Emmanuelle Haïm, Maxim Emelyanychev, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Layton, Peter Whelan and John Wilson.
He made his debut with English National Opera as Earl Tolloller in Iolanthe, and his operatic engagements have further included Damon in Acis and Galatea for Opera Holland Park; staged performances of Die Schöpfung at Lithuanian National Opera; First Armed Man in Die Zauberflöte with Scottish Chamber Orchestra at Edinburgh International Festival; The Indian Queen with Le Concert d’Astrée in Caen, Antwerp and Luxembourg; and Cyril in Princess Ida with Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
Highlights of his concert career have included Bach’s Mass in B minor with Opole Philharmonic and St John Passion with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Dvorak’s Requiem with Philharmonia Orchestra at Three Choirs Festival; Handel’s Messiah with London Handel Orchestra; Mozart’s Requiem at Händel Festspiele Halle.
Ruairi Bowen is currently engaged at Prague National Theatre, where he is singing Thesipis and Mercure in Platée with Collegium 1704 directed by Václav Luks. His recordings include participation in Proud Songsters, an album of English Solo Song with Simon Lepper; Delius’ Hassan – Complete Incidental Music with Britten Sinfonia on Chandos CD; and Percy Grainger’s Brigg Fair for BBC Radio 3 .