| Biography | Leonel Pinheiro, a London based tenor, was born in Braga, Portugal.
He completed his Degree in Music Teaching (Singing) at the University of Aveiro, under the tuition of Antonio Salgado and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Concert Singing at Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama with Peter Alexander Wilson, where he took part in Masterclasses with such names as Malcolm Martineau.
Leonel Pinheiro recently graduated with distinction from the Opera Course at Guildhall School of Music & Drama where he studied with Susan McCulloch. His studies where kindly supported by the Worshipful Company of Saddlers, the Roseberry Scholarship, the Blanch Gertrude Lynch Memorial Scholarship and the Music Students' Hostel Trust.
Through his Guildhall Artist Fellowship, Leonel Pinheiro was a guest teacher of singing at City University of London and a Learning Repertoire Coach at Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
Leonels operatic roles include: Billy in Kurt Weill's Mahagonny Songspiel, (F.O. Aveiro/António Saiote), Monostatos in Mozart's Die Zauberflote (U. Aveiro), Son II in Kurt Weill's Die Sieben Todsunden (U. Sheffield/James Holmes), Pluton in Offenbach's Orphee aux Enfers (U. Aveiro), 1st Commissary in Poulencs Les Dialogues des Carmelites (RSAMD), Clem/Alfred on Brittens The Little Sweep (AIYF/Haddo House), Burgher on Sallinens The King Goes Forth to France (GSMD), Anuchkin in Martinus Marriage (GSMD), Borsa in Verdi's Rigoletto (Clonter Opera), Giovanni D'Aire in Donizetti's L'Assedio di Calais (GSMD), Le Duc in Massenet's Cherubin (GSMD), Don José in Bizet's Carmen (Kentish Opera) Mr. Upfold in Britten's Albert Herring (GSMD), Cover Rodolfo in Puccini's La Boheme (BYO), Cover Cavaradossi in Puccinis Tosca (Grange Park Opera), Kozak in Statkowskis Maria (Wexford Festival Opera), Alfredo in Verdi's La Traviata (European Chamber Opera/Bangkok Grand Opera). Recently he did his Royal Albert Hall debut in the role of Il Messaggero in the Raymond Gubbay production of Aida.
Oratorio highlights include: Mozarts Missa Brevis in D, José Maria Vitiers Misa Cubana, Handels Messiah, Orffs Carmina Burana, Charpentiers Te Deum and Rossinis Petite Messe Solennelle.
Leonel Pinheiro is the recipient of the Patrick Libby prize for acting.
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