Ronald Nairne bass

Ronald studied at the RSAMD for five years with Alan Watt and Stephen Robertson and then at the RAM under the guidance of Glenville Hargreaves and Jonathan Papp. A former principal scholar at Paisley Abbey, he pursues a keen interest in Oratorio although the course he is now on is an opera one. He appeared with the RSNO, the SCO, the Scottish BBC Symphony Orchestra and the London Baroque Players.

He has sung the roles of Banquo in Macbeth, Ramphis in Aida, Kecal in The Bartered Bride, The King in Ariodante, Zuniga in Carmen, Frere Laurent in Romeo and Juliet, Sarastro in The Magic Flute, Masetto and The Commendatore in Don Giovanni and he appeared in the London Premier of Judith Weirs A Night at the Chinese Opera.

He has been supported by The Countess of Munster Trust, The Sir James Caird Travelling Scholarship, The Robertson Trust, The Cross Trust, The Scottish International Educational Trust, The Musicians Benenvolent Fund, and the Royal Academy of Music. He was recently a winner of the Susan Chilcott Award, won the Frank Spedding Lieder Prize at the RSAMD and was a Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artist.