Tom Lilburn

Tom Lilburn is a 31-year-old English countertenor who is a Young Artist with Opera Prelude. Last summer he sang Arsete in Handel’s Titus L’empereur with Opera Settecento, and he has also worked with OperaUpClose and English Touring Opera. Tom is also a Lay Clerk at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, and in April 2021 he was one of four singers at the funeral of The Duke of Edinburgh.

An experienced oratorio performer, recent performances include Handel’s Theodora, Dixit Dominus and Messiah, Bach’s Mass in B Minor, St. Matthew Passion and St. Mark Passion, Purcell’s King Arthur, Vivaldi’s Cessate, omai cessate, Orff’s Carmina Burana and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms.

Particular highlights include solos from Handel’s Messiah in the Royal Albert Hall with The Really Big Chorus, Baroque arias with Florilegium in Milan’s Museo Nazionale and Chichester Psalms at the Jubilee Concert in St George’s Chapel in 2022.

Tom is a member of vocal sextet The Queen’s Six, and he has worked with consorts including Tenebrae, The Sixteen, The Binchois Consort and ORA.

He studied Natural Sciences at St. John’s College, Cambridge, where he was a choral scholar between 2013 and 2016. He graduated with distinction from the Master of Performance course at the Royal College of Music in 2022.  He continues his studies with Sally Burgess.

In his spare time, he is a keen golfer and cricketer and enjoys playing chess and following Aston Villa.

May 2025

Photo credit: Pablo Strong

https://www.tomlilburn-countertenor.co.uk/

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