'Kamil Bien impressed with a mature tenor timbre in his roles as Interpreter and Messenger.'

Robert Beale - theartsdesk.com

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'Kamil Bien introduced two lyrical arias, as Ottavio 'Il mio tesoro' as well

as Titus 'Del piu sublime Soglio'. He sang them in his soft and delicious voice'.

Olga Janackova

Kamil is an RNCM alumnus and a master's student at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama studying with Janice Chapman.

He has performed extensively and has won numerous prizes. In 2016, he was awarded 3rd Prize in the Junior category at the A. Dvorak Vocal Competition in Karlovy Vary, as well as the George Fischer Prize for the best interpretation of a Mozart aria. That year, he has also won Poland's Ars et Gloria International Vocal Competition of Sacred Music and the Jan Kiepura Prize. Furthermore, he is the holder of the Young Singer's Prize from the R. Zandonai International Competition, the Kerry-Keane Young Junior Prize at Les Azuriales Festival as well as the James Martin Onken Song Prize.

Kamil attended masterclasses led by Eytan Pessen (New York), Thomas Heyer (Germany), Isabella Klosinska (Poland), etc. He has performed with a number of ensembles including the Prague National Theatre Orchestra, Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, the Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice and in Zabrze.

In 2020 Kamil will return to The Grange Festival to perform the roles of Edmondo, Lampionaio and Maestro di Ballo in Manon Lescaut. Previously, he performed the role of Don Curzio in The Grange Festival's production of Le Nozze di Figaro (2019), Alemric in Iolanta during the Les Azuriales Festival (2019). At the RNCM Kamil performed the roles of Messenger and Interpreter in Pilgrim's Progress and Le Prince Charmant in Cendrillon. He has also appeared in Lehar's The Merry Widow and Weill's Street Scene.