Alan Darling

Scottish pianist Alan Darling has performed throughout the United States and Canada and Europe, collaborating with artists such as Jamie Barton, Nicole Cabell, Brandon Jovanovich, Christiane Karg, Amanda Majeski, Susanna Phillips, Matthew Polenzani, Amber Wagner and Erin Wall. He is a member of the Mirror Visions Ensemble, with whom he has premiered works by Christopher Berg, Tom Cipullo, Russell Platt and Scott Wheeler. He was an assistant conductor at Lyric Opera of Chicago for several seasons working with Maestro Bruno Bartoletti and Sir Andrew Davis.

Mr. Darling began his teaching career at Yale University. He is now on the faculty of

Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, where he teaches art song repertoire classes and is head coach for the opera productions. He has been a faculty member of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center, San Francisco Opera’s Merola Opera Program and the Ravinia Festival’s Steans Institute. His private coaching clients sing at the world’s great opera houses including the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala Milan, the Royal Opera House, the

Vienna State Opera, San Francisco Opera, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Mr. Darling received degrees from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music, the Royal Academyof Music and the University of Michigan.

He studied art song accompaniment with the renowned pianists Christoph Eschenbach, Martin Isepp, Graham Johnson and Martin Katz. Mr. Darling also studied vocal repertoire with many of the world’s great singers, including Sir Thomas Allen, Elly Ameling, Victoria de los Angeles, Reri Grist, Marilyn Horne, Christa Ludwig, Hermann Prey, Peter Schreier, and Renata Scotto.