Finnish baritone Aleksi Koponen lives and works in London. After reading English and Modern Languages, he returned to classical singing and completed his vocal training in London with Neil Baker. His repertoire ranges from Wagner, Bach and the Second Viennese School to contemporary composers, for whom he has a particular fondness. 

His recent roles include the title role of Verdi’s MACBETH under the baton of Callum Morton Hüseyin and Tosca’s SCARPIA under Orlando Jopling, OREST from Elektra, FATHER from Hänsel and Gretel, GUNTHER from Götterdämmerung, DONNER from Das Rheingold, IBN-HAKIA from Iolanta, MASETTO from Don Giovanni, and PAPAGENO from The Magic Flute.

He is one of the founding members of PARTIMENTO ENSEMBLE, a baroque quartet with a core repertoire of Bach cantatas. In addition to the ensemble, he frequently sings as a soloist in the major oratorio repertoire. 

He works closely with pianists Maya Soltan, Jean Bernard Marie and Jocelyn Freeman, among others, focusing mainly on Russian and German lieder. Concerts have included song cycles of Mussorgsky, Shostakovich and Wagner, as well as Schönberg, Neuwirth, and the three major Schubert song cycles. 

He particularly champions new music and welcomes any opportunities to sing new work. He has commissioned and given premieres of pieces from several living composers, most recently CN Lester, J Diaz, Matthew Lee Knowles, Alexandre Naoumenko and Jacob Bride. He created the role of Pozzo for 'You Don't Know What Our Twilights Can Do', Will Gardner's new commission for Green Opera.