Soprano Penglei Liang has just gained her Master’s degree in Performance with distinction at the Royal College of Music, supported by the Audrey Sacher Award, where she studied with Jeffrey Stewart and Bryan Evans MBE. She also holds a Master’s degree in Musicology from the University of Edinburgh. Penglei debuted as a soloist in Orff’s Carmina Burana in Oxford. She has since appeared as the soloist in Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, Saint-Saëns’ Oratorio de Noël in London, Oxford and Aylesbury. She joined the Grasmere Song 2025 with scholarship, where she had masterclass with Sir Thomas Allen. She participated in the RCM Song Plus Program, and received a masterclass with Pumeza Matshikiza. She performed as the soloist at the Silk Road Concert supported by the Chinese Embassy. Penglei’s operatic roles include Laoula (L’étoile), Elmira (Sosarme), Hélène (Véronique) and Elisetta (Il Matrimonio Segreto). Her ensemble and chorus performances include Holst’s The Planets at the 2024 BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, Madama Butterfly with the London City Philharmonic at St. John’s Smith Square, and Le Nozze di Figaro with the RCM Opera Studio.