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The English bass singer and composer, Vivek Haria, attended Kingston Grammar School (2013-2018), where he was a Senior Academic and Music Scholar. He led the orchestra since the age of 15, involving performances at The Rose Theatre and St Mark’s Church in Surbiton. He led Piano trios and String quartets at Kingston Grammar and participated in workshops and master-classes with the renowned ‘Maggini Quartet’ on an annual basis. He was Bass section leader in the School Choir and Chamber Choir and has had the opportunity to sing solos in Salzburg Cathedral, St Peter’s Basilica (The Vatican) and The Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome. He has also performed in Oratorios such as W.A. Mozart’s Requiem, Felix Mendelssohn’s St Paul, Johannes Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem and Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana under the direction of Moritz von Freyhold.
Vivek Haria studied at the Royal College of Music Junior Department (2014-2018): First Study Singer, Second Study Pianist and Third Study Composer. He studied Composition with Jonathan Pitkin and also had the opportunity to discuss his work with internationally renowned composers including Mark Anthony Turnage, Michael Finnissy, Dr Harris Kittos and Gregory Rose. His solo flute piece, 'Bansuri' was recently shortlisted in the BBC Proms Inspire Competition 2017, with the judges being "impressed with his piece and the skill and imagination that he showed for such a young composer." His work was also highly commended in the RCMJD Joan Weller Composition Prize 2018. He won the John Wills Writing Competition held at the Junior Department in 2015 for his piece on The Evening Song from Phillip Glass’s Opera, Satyagraha and in 2017 for his writing about Ubi Caritas for SATB Choir by the Norwegian-American composer, Ola Gjeilo.
Currently, Vivek Haria studied obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Music, First Class Honours with Distinction from University of Cambridge (2018-2021). Currently he studies at Cambridge Judge Business School for Management Studies Tripos (2021-2022).
As part of the RCMJD Chamber Choirs and Parry Voices, Vivek Haria sang twice at the Royal Albert Hall and at the Carpenters Hall for an annual charity fundraising Gala in the presence of the Patron of the Construction Youth Trust, HRH the Duke of Gloucester. He also took part in the premiere of works by distinguished composers with the Chamber Choir and Parry Voices, including Gabriel Jackson, Gary Carpenter and Nikolas Labrinakos. His own setting of Ubi Caritas was premiered by the Parry Voices in June 2017 as part of the Junior Department’s Choral Concert. He is regularly invited to sing with the Vigala Singers (a choir formed of alumni of the RCMJD Chamber Choir), conducted by Joy Hill. He has been able to perform with the Choir in venues such as St James’s Piccadilly (as part of their Carols for Shoppers and Holy Week services) and was invited to tour with them to Hungary in July 2016 as part of their residency at the Kodály Institute in Kecskemét. In February 2018, he had the privilege of participating in a Vocal Masterclass at Kingston Grammar given by the renowned British baritone, Roderick Williams.
Vivek Haria is also an avid composer and has had his works performed by Marie Sato (Woodwind Category Finalist of the BBC Young Musician Competition 2016 and 2018) as part of the Winchelsea Arts Festival 2017, The Vasara Quartet (an award-winning String Quartet at the RCM) and the Parry Voices (the flagship choir of the RCMJD).
Vivek Haria has worked as soiund engineer at the Royal College of Music Studios (since February 2017); Assistant at English National Opera (since July 2017); Senior Archivist at English National Opera (July-Sepember 2018); Bright Network Internship at Bright Network Internship Experience UK (June-July 2020); Community Manager at Quarantine Opera (April-August 2020); Assistant Orchestral Manager at New Generation Festival Apprenticeship (August 2020); Composer at Performance Arts Lab (July 2021); Private Tutor Freelance (since June 2018). |
