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Famed English soprano dies of brain tumour

Famed English soprano dies of brain tumour

We are saddened to report the death, aged 71, of the singer Sarah Leonard,  a focal performer for the past half-century.

Starting out for five years in the BBC Singers, Sarah became a leading interpreter of new works by  Birtwistle, Lachenmann, Ligeti, Boulez, Dusapin, Jonathan Harvey and more. She sang new operas at La Scala, Vienna, Paris and Hamburg. She toured with the Hilliard Ensemble in the music of Arvo Pärt, and sang with The Michael Nyman Band for fifteen years.

She can be heard in the title music of the long running BBC TV series Silent Witness.

She served for the past decade as Chair of the Association of English Singers and Speakers.

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