Sebastian Hill is a British tenor currently studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Sebastian is a graduate of Magdalen College, Oxford and is a current scholarship holder at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He was awarded first prize in the London Bach Society Competition as well as the Patricia Routledge English Song Competition.
He studies with David Pollard, and is supported by the H R Taylor Trust, Drake Calleja Trust and The Countess of Munster Trust. Sebastian was a member of the 2024 Glyndebourne Chorus for performances of Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, and will be an Opera Holland Park Young Artist 2025 covering the title role in Jonathan Dove’s ‘Itch’.
Recent debuts include Wigmore Hall as part of a Goethe celebration accompanied by Graham Johnson, the Oxford International Song Festival where he is a Young Artist alongside duo partner Will Harmer, and the International Lied Festival Zeist. Concert highlights include Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin (Oxford Festival of the Arts), Bach's St John Passion (Oxford Bach Soloists, Worcester Cathedral Choir, New College Choir, Winchester Bach Voices), Haydn’s Creation (Burford Singers), Bach’s Christmas Oratorio (Birmingham Symphony Hall, Ex Cathedra/New College Choir, Oxford), Handel's Messiah (Birmingham Symphony Hall, Ex Cathedra), and Monteverdi Vespers (Birmingham Town Hall, Ex Cathedra). He is a Samling Artist, and was a graduate scholar with Ex Cathedra and the Oxford Bach Soloists. As a member of the Guildhall semi-chorus he performed Mendelssohn's Elijah with the LSO/Antonio Pappano.
Upcoming engagements include performances of Vaughan Williams’ ‘On Wenlock Edge’ with Camerata Variabile in Switzerland, Britten’s Serenade at the Barbican, and Evangelising for several performances of Bach Passions in the UK.
Recent Press
"He has an enviably fresh and flexible voice, taking the higher notes and ornamentation with ease, and receives well-deserved applause, with Barbara Frittoli also commending his singing." Edinburgh Music Review - Samling Masterclass November 2024
"Young tenor Seb Hill started proceedings impressively. He has a clear well-centred voice, warm and powerful, and used the text well to point his phrasing and project into the hall. His vocal control was wonderfully illustrated with a flawless messa di voce." ReviewsGate - Handel's Messiah, Ex Cathedra, 2023
