The UK-based Japanese baritone Yuki Okuyama won the 2nd prize in the professional category of Virtuoso International Music Awards 2024 and London Classical Music Competition 2023. Yuki is currently studying with Gary Coward. Yuki won Morag Noble and Kathleen Creed scholarship to study with Professor Lynton Atkinson at Trinity Laban where he graduated with a Masters degree after his private studies with Professor Neil Mackie CBE. He worked with Hurn Court Opera in their production of Don Giovanni and La Bohème and with Ensemble Fantômas in their production of The Red Room composed by Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour in the role of Hedayat for Tête a Tête Opera Festival and Aalborg Opera Festival in Denmark. Furthermore, Yuki performed the title role in Don Giovanni at London's Italian Cultural Institute. His recent solo work in oratorio includes Carl Orff Carmina Burana at the Lighthouse Poole, Faure Requiem, Mozart Coronation Mass and Bach Ich habe genug.
