Born in Melbourne, Australia, Mr. Fowler graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts Opera Studio, in Melbourne and received his master’s diploma from the New Bulgarian University (2009) in Sofia, Bulgaria, both in the class of Natalia Afeyan. He is the recipient of the “Fund Kabaivanska” scholarship (2006, 2007) and was the winner of the European Youth Vocal Championship in 2008. A rising international star, Mr. Fowler made his European debut in 2007 in Rome singing the role of Tamino. Since then he has performed at concert halls, opera houses and festivals across Europe, Asia and Australia, most recently in Amsterdam as tenor soloist in Verdi’s Requiem, broadcast live from Het Concertgebouw. He is a frequent performer with State Opera Stara Zagora in Bulgaria, where he is House Soloist from 2010; his roles there have included Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly), Tebaldo (I Capuletti e i Montecchi), and Remendado (Carmen). He is also a sought-after concert performer, frequently performing the demanding tenor solo in Orff’s Carmina Burana, including at Der Spiegel (Zwolle), Het Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Bulgaria Hall with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, and with the Radio/Television Serbia Symphony Orchestra whom he has recorded it with. Other recent concerts include Mozart’s Requiem with Sinfonia Valsovia, in Japan; Mozart’s Coronation Mass K. 317 in Kanazawa, Japan; Dvořák’s Mass in D Major with the Bulgarian National Radio, Pavarotti Memorial Concert in Bulgaria with live national T.V. broadcast and the world premiere of LIBER CANTICORUM, Miraculum by Gheorghi Arnaoudov with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra. Recordings include Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, Puccini’s La fanciulla del West with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Rossini’s Stabat Mater and Petite Messe Solennelle, Bruckner’s Mass in F Major, Dvořák’s Mass in D Major and Arnaoudov’s LIBER CANTICORUM, Miraculum. Mr. Fowler looks forward to returning to Stara Zagora this spring to sing Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore and later this year making his debut as Count Almaviva in a new production of Il barbiere di Siviglia.