Anglo-Venezuelan soprano Sofia Kirwan-Baez trained at Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Royal College of Music and National Opera Studio. A regular song recitalist, she was a 2022/23 Wigmore Song Exchange artist. Her concert work spans Monteverdi’s Vespers to Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and she won the 2021 Concerto Competition at RCM with Poulenc’s La voix humaine. Last season, she made her role and house debuts as Musetta La bohème (Longborough Festival Opera) and Rosina Le Barbier de Séville Revisited (Opéra National de Bordeaux). Engagements in 2025/26 include covering Mélisande Pelléas et Mélisande (Longborough); Susanna The Marriage of Figaro (Cumbria Opera Group) and Papagena Die Zauberflöte (Opéra National de Bordeaux).
Sofia Kirwan-Baez
Soprano, Samling Artist Programme: 2025
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Since 1996, the Samling Artist Programme has provided intensive residential masterclass weeks for early-career singers and pianists, followed by professional development and support through our activities and established networks.
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Sofia Kirwan-Baez in Samling Artist Programme Masterclass with Véronique Gens at Marchmont House. All photos (c) Mark Pinder Photography
Samling Institute for Young Artists is a leading global authority in the training of young voices.
Since 1996, the Samling Artist Programme has provided intensive residential masterclass weeks for early-career singers and pianists, followed by professional development and support through our activities and established networks.
Find out more
Samling Artist Programme | All Samling Artists