Biography
Founded in 1973 by Terry Edwards, former Director of the Royal Opera House Chorus, the professional choral ensemble London Voices is managed and directed by conductor and composer Ben Parry. The choir has performed throughout Europe, Asia and the USA and can range from a small vocal consort through to a choir of more than 100 singers, performing repertoire ranging from Renaissance polyphony (Tallis at Luzern Festival) to contemporary music (Frank Zappa at Southbank Centre, London). The ensemble has collaborated with many distinguished composers and conductors including John Adams, Semyon Bychkov, Bernard Haitink, Vladimir Jurowski, György Ligeti, Vasily Petrenko, Sir Simon Rattle and Georg Solti. It had a particularly close association with composer Luciano Berio, performing his Sinfonia on many occasions (most recently at the 2018 BBC Proms), as well as works including Coro, Cries of London, A Ronne, Laborintus II and Folk Songs. The choir also performed in the world premiere of Stockhausen's Mittwoch aus Licht, staged by Birmingham Opera in 2012. It has given concerts globally, in locations including Aldeburgh, Beijing, Berlin, Birmingham, Munich, Jordan, Lucerne, New York, Rome, St Denis, Shanghai and Turkey. London Voices is well-known for singing on hundreds of movie and computer game soundtracks, including Abzu, Distant Worlds (Final Fantasy), Halo 5, the Harry Potter, Hobbit, Star Wars, Hunger Games and Lord of the Rings film series, Spectre, Grand Budapest Hotel (Oscar for Best Soundtrack) and recently appearing on-screen in Mission: Impossible - Fallout. It has participated on many operatic and choral recordings and has collaborated with musicians including Gary Barlow, Dave Brubeck, Coldplay, Jacob Collier, Renée Fleming, Sir Paul McCartney, Sting and Sir Bryn Terfel.
