Welsh bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel has established an extraordinary career since winning the 1989 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize, performing regularly on the stages of the world's most prestigious concert halls and opera houses. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with Arthur Reckless and Rudolf Piernay. His repertory ranges from Mozart to Sondheim and his performances from inEmate recitals to the BBC Last Night of the Proms. Sir Bryn was made a CBE in 2003, was awarded the Queen's Medal for Music in 2006, received a knighthood in 2017 and was honoured with the title of Austrian Kammersänger by the Vienna State Opera and awarded a European Cultural Award at the Tonhalle, Zurich, in recognition of his extraordinary music career in 2022. In 2023, he sang Paul Mealor's new Welsh-language Kyrie at the Coronation of King Charles III.