Kamil Bien

Kamil is currently studying at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester under the tutelage of Nicholas Powell. A graduate of the Karol Szymanowski Music School in his hometown of Katowice, he is also participating in the European Network of Opera Academies by the Grand Theatre in Warsaw. He has performed extensively in both Poland and the UK, where he has won numerous prizes. In 2016, he was awarded 3rd Prize in the Junior category at the A. Dvorak Vocal Competition in Karlovy Vary, as well as the George Fischer Prize for the best interpretation of a Mozart aria. That year, he has also won Poland's Ars et Gloria International Vocal Competition of Sacred Music and the Jan Kiepura Prize. Furthermore, he is the holder of the Young Singer's Prize from the R. Zandonai International Competition and the James Martin Onken Song Prize. Kamil attended masterclasses led by Eytan Pessen (New York), Thomas Heyer (Germany), Isabella Klosinska (Poland), etc. He has performed with a number of ensembles including the Prague National Theatre Orchestra, Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, the Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice and in Zabrze. In 2017 Kamil performed the role of Le Prince Charmant in RNCM's production of Cendrillon. He has also appeared in Lehar's The Merry Widow and Weill's Street Scene.