Iain Bell's love affair with the voice is evidenced by his prolific output of vocal works, earning him the attention of many of the greatest singers of our generation who have performed his music at venues including Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall and the Munich Opera Festival.

His first opera A Harlot's Progress will receive its world premiere in October 2013 at Vienna's Theater an der Wien. Based on Hogarth's eighteenth-century etchings to a libretto by celebrated British author Peter Ackroyd, it will be performed by a stellar cast headed by German coloratura soprano Diana Damrau.

In the concert hall he has worked with pianists including Helmut Deutsch, Roger Vignoles, Iain Burnside and Julius Drake. Recent highlights include the world premiere of his song cycle ‘The Undying Splendour’ at Carnegie Hall by tenor Alek Shrader along with the UK premiere of his Queen Victoria themed cycle ‘Day Turned into Night’ at Wigmore Hall. A recent performance of his orchestral song cycle ‘The Hidden Place’ by Damrau and the RSO Wien conducted by Walter Kobera was recorded for broadcast.

Future plans include a Shakespearean song-cycle commission from Wigmore Hall to be premiered by countertenor Lawrence Zazzo in 2014, further performances of A Harlot’s Progress and a new operatic commission to be staged in the US in 2014.