Piran Legg is a Bass – Baritone from Whitstable and a graduate of Kent University, where he studied history. He went on to gain a Vocal Masters with Distinction on the opera course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, as well as an Artist’s Diploma. Piran has performed extensively in Opera around the UK and abroad, singing roles with the likes of The London Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Opera, Wexford Festival Opera, Garsington Opera and Chelsea Opera Group.

Alongside more conventional repertoire Piran has enjoyed performing both traditional and contemporary works. He created the role of King Erysichthon in Edward Rushton’s chamber opera Cicadas with the London Symphony Orchestra as well as premiering workshOPERA’s acclaimed chamber opera Seven Velvet Suits based on the life of eccentric French genius Eric Satie. He has sung as Danieli in a concert performance at Cadogan Hall of Wagner’s little known Das Liebesverbot with Chelsea Opera Group.

Notable oratorio performances have seen Piran as the bass soloist in Handel’s Messiah at Amiens Cathedral, Elgar’s masterpiece The Dream of Gerontius in Canterbury Cathedral, Brahms Requiem at Tewkesbury Abbey, in Dvorak’s Te Deum at Birmingham Symphony Hall and with the Orchestra of Scottish Opera in Bach’s Mass in B Minor at the Caird Hall. In 2023 amongst other performances Piran will be the bass soloist in Dvorak’s epic Requiem with the St. Albans Bach Choir, Verdi’s Requiem with Sevenoaks Symphony Orchestra and in Handel’s Messiah with the Phoenix Singers.

As a recital singer Piran has sung in solo recitals at the Barbican Theatre, Oxford Lieder Festival and the Cheltenham Festival. He has won Music Prizes at the Canterbury Festival, is a former International Opera Awards Young Artist and Fishmongers Music Scholar.

As a passionate singing teacher, Piran works with students at the University of Birmingham as well as the prestigious Shrewsbury School and Denstone College. He also enjoys working with professional singers and with private students of all ages and abilities in his studio.