Hiroshi Amako (tenor) is a postgraduate student at the Royal Academy of Music, studying voice with Ryland Davies. His recent operatic roles include Peter Quint in Britten’s Turn of the Screw, Dr. S in Nyman’s The Man who mistook his Wife for a Hat and Albert in Britten’s Albert Herring.  Concert appearances feature Handel’s Messiah, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Tippett’s A Child of Our Time and Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers. Hiroshi often sings with the Harpenden-based ensemble Amici Voices as the Evangelist for the St. John and St. Matthew Passions, and as a soloist in the Christmas Oratorio. Aside from solo work, Hiroshi sings with the ensemble The Gesualdo Six, who are one of the 2015/16 St. John Smith’s Square Young Artists. He has also sung with choirs such as the King’s Consort and Polyphony. Hiroshi’s studies are generously supported by the Help Musicians UK Maidment Award, The Countess of Munster Musical Trust and The Royal Academy of Music.