Susan Hamilton (born 1970) is a

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soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...

focusing on Baroque and Contemporary music Her earliest musical education was as a chorister at

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in Edinburgh where she was one of he first girl choristers and as a pupil at

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in Edinburgh. Susan performs at major international festivals and has worked with conductors such as Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Philippe Herreweghe, Paul McCreesh, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos and

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; Composers such as Fabian Fiorini, Ronald Stevenson, Pascal Dusapin, Witold Lutoslawski and Peter Nelson. Along with Ben Parry she was co-founder and formerly artistic director of the Dunedin Consort. Susan recently co-founded a new ensemble on the Scottish cultural scene, Laudonia.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Susan Living people 1970 births Scottish sopranos People educated at St Mary's Music School Place of birth missing (living people) Musicians from Edinburgh 21st-century Scottish women singers