Ian Tindale

‘A wonderfully responsive and assured pianist’ (The Telegraph), Ian Tindale is increasingly in demand as a specialist in song repertoire and chamber music, with partners on the song stage including Roderick Williams, Helen Charlston and Benjamin Appl. Recent highlights include performances at the Aldeburgh Festival, London’s Fidelio Cafe with James Gilchrist and at the Elgar Concert Hall in Birmingham for a recital on Radio 3 with BBC New Generation Artist Santiago Sanchez. 

Ian frequently collaborates with established song interpreters including Julien Van Mellaerts, Robin Tritschler, and Bethany Horak-Hallett. He has performed at the Edinburgh International Festival and the Royal Opera (Covent Garden), broadcast for BBC Radio 3 and the BBC World Service, and at Salle Bourgie (Montréal), Palau de la Música (Barcelona), and Het Concertgebouw (Amsterdam). He has gained recognition for his performances of new works by leading composers and he has collaborated with Daniel Kidane, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Freya Waley-Cohen and, most recently, Emily Hazrati for the Oxford International Song Festival with soprano Soraya Mafi in October 2025. His regular partnership with soprano Harriet Burns has been hailed as ‘a symbiotic duo’ (The Scotsman) and their recent album on Delphian Records ‘A Short Story of Falling’ features two world premieres song cycles by Christopher Churcher and Derri Joseph Lewis. 

Later this year sees the release of Ian’s second album with Nick Pritchard on Signum, and in April Ian will return to the Wigmore Hall with Santiago Sanchez for a BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert. Further concert appearances include at the Ludlow English Song Weekend, a UK recital tour with Clara Osowski for the Schubert Club of Minnesota, and performances at Shipston Song, which Ian founded in 2022. Ian is a Samling Artist and he is a vocal repertoire coach at the Royal College of Music. He lives in Oxford with his partner, organist Richard Moore. 

Updated January 2026