Performance Year: 2025
Nigel Foster was born in London and studied piano at the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where his teachers were Roger Vignoles, Graham Johnson, and Iain Burnside. At both the Academy and the Guildhall, he won every prize and award available for piano accompaniment and has since been appointed an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music. Nigel is also the founder, director, and pianist of the London Song Festival, an annual event promoting song repertoire. In addition to featuring internationally known artists, the Festival acts as a major showcase for young up-and-coming singers. Nigel’s musical interests range from the baroque to contemporary music, though his main love and passion is the song repertoire.
Nigel enjoys a busy schedule performing on the concert platform. He has performed at major UK venues, including Wigmore Hall, South Bank Centre, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, St John Smith Square, and St David’s Hall. Additionally, Nigel has given concerts across Europe in France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Netherlands, and Greece, as well as in Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the United States, and Colombia. He has also broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Classic FM in the UK, on French, Welsh and Greek television, and has given masterclasses and led workshops in the song repertoire at music programs throughout the UK, in Belgium and Portugal (OperaPlus), Italy (Asolo Festival), Germany (Saarburg Festival), Luxembourg (Vianden Festival), and the United States (Summit City Art Song Festival and University of Toledo).
