Philippa Hyde

British soprano Philippa Hyde (born 1969) commenced her singing studies with Ann Lampard and continued under the tuition of David Johnston and Yvonne Minton CBE at the Royal Academy of Music, graduating with the Dip. RAM in 1993. In 2001 she was awarded the ARAM, an honour granted to distinguished past students of the Academy. A busy and varied career has taken her all over Europe and to many of its major concert venues and festivals. She has performed with many of the leading early music orchestras and ensembles and regularly appears at the South Bank and Wigmore Hall in London, as well as in cathedrals throughout the United Kingdom. Highlights include a tour of Europe with Sir Roger Norrington, concerts with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by James MacMillan and Nicholas McGegan, and a performance of Haydn’s Harmoniemesse in Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall with Sir Simon Rattle. Since 1991 she has been a member of the chamber group The Musicke Companye. Philippa Hyde also teaches at the Royal Northern College of Music.