Lee David Bowen

This is outstanding.It translates so beautifully to piano,you would swear it was composed by Rachmaninoff or Liszt.It really defines how great of a composer Chuck really was. #Metalsky #Chuckschuldiner #DEATH

Fantastic - thanks for sharing 🤘

New headshots for 2026.
Huge thanks to @KMTPhotographer — such a joy to work together.

Winter walk around the castle.

First walk of 2026. Hoping the path ahead is a calm and peaceful one for all.

Recording promo material for 2026.

Closing the year between the notes.

#BetweenTheNotes

A winter walk around Caerphilly Castle.
#BetweenTheNotes

Boxing Day walk. Stillness in the winter sun.
#BetweenTheNotes

Wishing everyone a peaceful festive season.

New Iron Maiden T-shirt.
Mozart, Phantom of the Opera and Iron Maiden all on one shirt.

In case this is useful to anyone who may not otherwise have seen it…

See also: cutting arts funding.

A really important piece in The Stage about mental health progress in our industry.

Well worth a read -

www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/what...

#Theatre #MentalHealth #PerformingArts

If you’re a performer, or just curious about the performer’s life, The Steve Faulkner Podcast is well worth a listen.

Available wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
stevefaulkner.podbean.com

#Podcast #PerformingArts

That sounds about right! 😄 Hope you’re having a good day — best wishes.

Can confirm — yes, shorts! In Swansea. In October. 😄❄️

Lovely surprise bumping into good friend and fellow tenor Aled Hall at the station. Always great to catch up.

#Opera #Tenor #BetweenTheNotes

Autumn 2025 🍂
The light changes, quietly.
#BetweenTheNotes #AutumnLight

Celebrating #WorldOperaDay with a scene from Die tote Stadt — me as Graf Albert with Alex Sprague as Victorin.

#Opera #OperaSinger #ClassicalMusic #Korngold #Tenor

A still morning and a shift in the light. 🍂
#BetweenTheNotes

Just got my copy of Someone Else’s Music, the new book by Alexandra Wilson — looking forward to starting it over the weekend.

More info: www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/someone-else...

#Opera

The Phantom of the Opera turns 39 today.

I had the pleasure of playing Piangi in the London production — wonderful memories from an unforgettable time.

#PhantomOfTheOpera
#Opera
#WestEnd
#Theatre
#BetweenTheNotes

A little throwback — ten years ago fronting the operatic symphonic metal band Proscenium.
Wonderful to have shared the stage with such brilliant musicians.

#Opera #ClassicalMusic #Proscenium #BetweenTheNotes

Great to see BBC NOW coming to Swansea’s finest concert hall, the Brangwyn.

Season opener this Friday with the powerful music of Shostakovich.

www.brangwyn.co.uk/BBCNOWCelebr...

@grandambition.bsky.social

#Shostakovich #Swansea #BBCNOW #ARTS

Thrilled to see @richardmylan.bsky.social recognised @thestage.co.uk
#DebutAwards for his outstanding direction of Mumfighter.

Big congratulations, Richard – so well deserved!

Behind the scenes at yesterday’s shoot with @grandambition.bsky.social @richardmylan.bsky.social Steve Balsamo.

Excited to be one of the soloists for something special in early 2026 – more soon via @grandambition.bsky.social

#GrandAmbition #Arts #Wales

Major plans revealed for the future of St David's Hall The future of St David’s Hall has been secured after it was revealed that Academy Music Group Limited (AMG) has entered into an agreement with Cardiff Council to take over the running of and re-open t...

Some positive news about St David’s Hall.

“The agreement will safeguard the future of the venue, preserving the National Concert Hall of Wales as a centrepiece of Cardiff’s cultural fabric and securing its legacy as a world-class music venue.”

#Arts #StDavidsHall
nation.cymru/culture/majo...

Just finished listening to Music Is Art Vol. 1 by Chimpan A — poetic, cinematic, with moving narration and stunning vocals from Steve Balsamo.

Something for everyone here. Wonderful album.

#MusicIsArt #NewMusic

Charaktertenor:

“ A voice type with both power and dramatic nuance. “

www.ipasource.com/help/fach/ar...

#Charaktertenor #Opera #OperaSinger #Tenor

YouTube video by TolkienGuide Paul Corfield Godfrey and Simon Crosby Buttle talk Operatic Lord of the Rings

Volante Opera talk about their new recording with Paul Corfield Godfrey’s operatic Lord of the Rings!

Watch: youtu.be/MSyV7Lcp_DE

#LordOfTheRings #Opera