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INGRID SURGENOR Ingrid Surgenor
Ingrid
Surgenor is one of Britain's busiest and most successful pianists and is
internationally renowned for her work as official accompanist for the BBC
Singer of the World Competition in Cardiff. Following study at the Royal Academy of Music in London and with the legendary accompanist Gerald Moore, she began her
career at the Glyndebourne Festival. In addition to a long association with
Welsh National Opera she has worked at the Vienna, Passau, Taormina, Buxton, Hong Kong and Bayreuth Festivals. She has travelled widely to accompany many international
singers and has enjoyed a long working relationship with the tenor Dennis O'Neill,
performing with him on record, in televised recitals at the Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast festivals and at opera houses in Brussels, Munich, Oslo, Marseille and
the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Her television performances have included
documentaries, song recitals, quiz and discussion programmes and even a cookery
feature with a celebrity chef. Ingrid Surgenor is also principal opera coach
and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music and has been awarded Honorary
Fellowships by the University of Wales and the Royal Welsh College of Drama. In
June 2000 she was awarded an MBE for services to music.
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