BIOGRAPHY
Hannah is a London based soprano working across Europe as a soloist and ensemble singer, specialising in contemporary music. She graduated with Distinction in her MA from the Royal Academy of Music, where she was awarded the DipRam for her final recital, the Edlee Prize for Singing and the Edwin Samuel Dove Prize, selected from the whole of the Academy.
Whilst studying, she was a member of the Academy Song Circle and supported by the Josephine Baker Trust, as well as being chosen for the Glyndebourne Opera Lab. She also received mentorship from Barbara Hannigan. Before this, Hannah studied Music at Clare College Cambridge, where she graduated with a First and the Lester Brough Prize for Music. Recent highlights include her debut at the Salzburger Festspiele in Nono’s ‘Io Frammento del Prometeo’, a new horticultural opera with London Sinfonietta and EXAUDI, voice and synth works in Minoritensaal Graz, Brett Dean’s ‘Wolf Lieder’ alongside Riot Ensemble conducted by the composer, singing as a chorus member for English National Opera in ‘Dead Man Walking’, Mahler’s ‘Rückert-Lieder’ at Cadogan Hall with Ballet Nights, Mozart’s Requiem with National Youth Choir and Southbank Sinfonia and Fauré’s Requiem with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Hannah regularly sings with the Edward Grieg Kor in Norway, EXAUDI, The Facade Ensemble, The Carice Singers, and Cantando Admont in Austria.
Hannah sang as a choral scholar in Clare College Choir and Head Chorister at Guildford Cathedral; where she sang as a soloist on multiple recordings. At Cambridge, she received art song coaching from Joseph Middleton as a Pembroke Lieder Scholar, sung multiple principal roles in opera productions, and won the Clare College Concerto Competition.
Future engagements include a tour of Germany featuring a premiere written for her and collaborating with Beat Furrer for Irish New Music Festival.
TESTIMONIALS
“Hannah Dienes-Williams’ radiant soprano impresses again…she brings much emotional involvement and intelligent communication of the text” – Opera Today
“sensitively interpreted by soprano Hannah Dienes Williams” – Seen and Heard international
“She’s a very accomplished singer, offering pure, clear and accurate singing. The top of the voice is very well produced…but I was also pleasantly surprised by the strength and warmth of her low register’” – Music Web International
“Hannah Dienes Williams’ soprano voice soared across the auditorium” ‘ – LondonTheatre1
“in which we heard the outstandingly lovely solo voice of soprano Hannah Dienes-Williams”” – Cambridge Independent
“The music alone is heart-wrenchingly divine but Williams’ singing and Musto’s dancing took everything right over the edge” – Seeing Dance
“The standout performance is undoubtedly Hannah Dienes-Williams’s Pamina, showcasing her vocal range and powerful delivery, alongside clear articulation that made the audience feel her every emotion” – Varsity
“impressive young soprano Hannah Dienes Williams” – Ballet Position (June 2022)