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| Samling Artist Programme masterclass at Marchmont House in 2024 |
On Saturday 2 August 2025, Samling Institute for Young Artists will be introducing eight new Samling Artists who have been taking part in a masterclass with French soprano Véronique Gens, pianist Susan Manoff, actor James Garnon and Samling Artist staff pianist Ian Tindale, culminating in a performance at Marchmont House in the Borders.
The eight Samling Artists are:
- Soprano Sarah Chae from South Korea who was a National Opera Studio 2022/23 Young Artist
- Anglo-Venezuelan soprano Sofia Kirwan Baez who trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and Royal College of Music
- Soprano Georgie Malcolm who has just graduated from the Opera Course at Guildhall School of Music and Drama
- Portuguese mezzo-soprano Claudia Ribas who won first prize at the ‘s-Hertogenbosch (IVC) International Vocal Competition in 2024
- Tenor Patrick Dow who made his debut at English National Opera last year
- Bass-baritone Michael Ronan whose first experience of opera was through Samling while still at school. He went on to study at Royal College of Music and was a Jerwood Young Artist at Glyndebourne
- Pianist Alfred Fardell who is studying with Samling Artist James Baillieu and Anna Tilbrook at Royal Academy of Music
- Pianist Daniel Silcock who is on a Song Circle and Academy Voices fellowship at Royal Academy of Music and is a 2025 Britten Pears Young Artist.
Full details of the performance from the Marchmont House website.
