Lesley-Jane Rogers studied singing and piano at the Royal Academy of Music, taking both subjects successfully to postgraduate level, and was awarded three Principal's prizes.  She now specialises in oratorio and solo cantatas, and is heralded as one of the most versatile soloists of today, with a vast repertoire of several hundred works.

A keen exponent of contemporary music, Lesley-Jane has given several world premières, most notably Ivan Fedele's La chute de la maison Usher with the Ensemble InterContemporain in Paris's prestigious Cité de la Musique, and, at the sharp end of music technology, Lesley-Jane recently gave two world premières live on the Internet, the occasion also encompassing a simultaneous live webcast from New York.  Other contemporary music exploits include performing and recording the electronic soprano rôle in Sir Peter Maxwell Davies' opera Resurrection for Collins Classics, and recording the soprano solos in Carl Rütti's Magnificat and Alpha et Omega for ASV, the latter CD being given the accolade of ``Editor's Choice" in Britain's Gramophone magazine.  She is also the soprano soloist in Julia Usher's Sacred Physic and Sadie Harrison's Aster, both recorded for Metier, the latter CD being awarded ``Disc of the Month" by Classical London.

For recitals, Lesley-Jane works with the pianist Christopher Ross, and together they have recently released a CD of Schubert Lieder.  (Available for purchase following the concert.)