Sofia Kirwan-Baez
Soprano

Described as a ‘superb singer actress’ (Opera Today), Anglo-Venezuelan soprano Sofia Kirwan-Baez is a Kathleen Ferrier semi-finalist, a Josephine Baker Trust artist, and a recipient of a Sybil Tutton Award (2022) and a Musicians’ Company Award (2023). Operatic roles include Elle La Voix Humaine, Adina Elisir d’Amore, Papagena Die Zauberflöte and new creations (Marco Galvani, Toby Young). Her concert work spans Monteverdi’s Vespers to Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire. 

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Sofia read Music at Oxford University. Rotary International supported her Masters (RWCMD). An RCM Concert Competition winner (2021), Sofia was a Huffner Scholar in the RCM Opera Studio, supported by the Sir Gordon Palmer Scholarship. She is a National Opera Studio Young Artist (2023-24).