Simon Lepper read music at King’s College, Cambridge before studying piano accompaniment at the Royal Academy of Music and later at the Fondation Royaumont. He is Assistant Head of Keyboard (collaborative piano) and a vocal repertoire coach at the Royal College of Music, London. Since 2003 he has been an official accompanist for the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. Performance highlights included an invitation from the Wigmore Hall to present a three concert project on the songs of Joseph Marx; recital tours with Stéphane Degout; performances of the Schubert song cycles with Gerald Finley and Mark Padmore, recitals with Christiane Karg or an all-Schubert programme with Ilker Arcayürek. Recent highlights include recitals with Masabane Cecilia Rangnawasha, a recital in Santa Fe and his Korean debut with Benjamin Appl as well the complete Messiaen songs with Gweneth-Ann Rand at the Aldeburgh Festival.
Simon Lepper, piano
