Marcus Farnsworth is a past First Prize winner of the Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song Competition, and has performed in recital with Malcolm Martineau, Julius Drake, the Myrthen Ensemble with Joseph Middleton and the Nash Ensemble at venues such as Wigmore Hall, Opéra de Lille and La Monnaie, Brussels, among others. He regularly appears with English National Opera, and has also performed at Garsington Opera and Three Choirs Festival as well as with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, and has undertaken European tours of Purcell’s King Arthur with the Gabrieli Consort and Vox Luminis. Other highlights include Candide with the London Symphony Orchestra, and Maxwell Davies’ Eight Songs for a Mad King at the BBC Proms.

As well as new works, including Colin Matthews’ The Great Journey and the world premiere of Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s Last Man Standing, his concert repertoire has featured Britten’s War Requiem, Elgar’s The Apostles and Orff’s Carmina Burana with conductors such as François-Xavier Roth, Paul McCreesh and Bernard Labadie. Farnsworth is the founder and artistic director of the Southwell Music Festival.