Alexander Thow

Alexander is a versatile British countertenor whose repertoire spans oratorio, opera, song, and early music.

He is an experienced oratorio soloist, supported by the Josephine Baker Trust. Recent engagements include Handel’s Dixit Dominus with the London Mozart Players; Handel’s Messiah and Israel in Egypt; J.S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor, St John Passion and Magnificat; and Purcell’s Come Ye Sons of Art with Cambridge Early Music. Alexander is an Emerging Artist of the Brighton Early Music Festival alongside lutenist Augustin Cornwall Irving. The duo will also perform at the Utrecht Early Music Festival later this year.

At the Royal Academy of Music, Alexander studies with Marcus van den Akker and Iain Ledingham, and is a recipient of the Juliens Award. He recently made his debut as an Academy Baroque Soloist and is also a member of the Academy Song Circle. In RAM Opera Scenes, Alexander has portrayed Arsace in Handel’s Partenope and Cherubino in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro. With a keen interest in contemporary music, he was part of the premiere of a short opera for the Academy’s Opera Makers programme, which has been selected to be performed again at the Tête à Tête Festival in September.

Before beginning his vocal studies, Alexander studied Natural Sciences at Trinity College, Cambridge and graduated with a master’s degree in chemistry. In his time there he sang with the choirs of Trinity College and St John’s College, recording multiple albums and performing in venues across Europe and the USA. Alexander is also a pianist, with concert experience including Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, and he regularly collaborates with other singers in recitals and competitions.