Roger Vignoles

Roger Vignoles BA, MusB serves as Vocal Repertoire Coach, Repertoire Professor, and Prince Consort Professor of Collaborative Piano at the Royal College of Music's Faculty of Vocal & Opera. Recognized worldwide as one of the leading piano accompanists of our time, he has maintained an active international career spanning nearly four decades.

His expertise focuses on collaborative piano and vocal repertoire, with particular strength in art song performance across multiple traditions. Vignoles has developed significant expertise in German Lieder, French mélodie, and English art song literature, working closely with major vocal artists to interpret repertoire from Schubert to contemporary composers.

Vignoles maintains an active performance schedule while contributing to the educational mission of the RCM. His work extends beyond the college through regular masterclasses at the Britten-Pears Young Artists' Programme, the Royal Conservatory in Copenhagen, and the University of Indiana, Bloomington. He also directs 'Sommer Lied Weinberg', an international workshop for singers and pianists in Upper Austria.

Professional Recognition:

• Fellow of the Royal College of Music (FRCM)
• Honorary Member of the Royal College of Music (HonRCM)
• Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music (Hon RAM)

Vignoles has recorded extensively across the vocal repertoire, with notable recordings including works by Schubert, Britten, Reynaldo Hahn (with Susan Graham), Tchaikovsky (with Joan Rodgers), Schumann and Dvorak (with Bernarda Fink), Beethoven, Wolf and Mahler (with Stephan Genz), Britten, Finzi and Tippett (with Mark Padmore), and Volume I of Hyperion's complete Strauss series (with Christine Brewer).