Dr Ingrid Surgenor MBE

Ingrid Surgenor was born in Belfast, studied at the Royal Academy of Music and with the legendary accompanist Gerald Moore. Her career began at the Glyndebourne Festival and in addition to a long association with Welsh National Opera, she worked for nine seasons at the Bayreuth Festival.

As a recitalist she has performed throughout Europe , and the USA and for twenty years was Official Accompanist for the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. Ingrid is a senior coach at Glyndebourne Festival Opera, the Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and was principal opera coach at the Royal Academy of Music, London for 20 years.
She has been a jury member for the Kathleen Ferrier Scholarship, Veronica Dunne Prize and Beijing International Opera Competition and since 2013 a member of the selection panel for BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition.

Ingrid is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, London, in June 2000 received an MBE for services to music and in July 2018 an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of Ulster.